LAURA VANDENBURGH
born: 1963, San Francisco, CA
lives and works in Springfield, OR
EDUCATION:
1993
MFA, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY
1988
DVM, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis
1984
BS, Zoology, University of California, Davis, CA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2008
Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto, Canada, Dusseldorf Contemporary
Redux
2007
New American Art Union, Portland, OR, Invisible.other
Art Chicago 2007 (Susan Hobbs Gallery), Chicago, IL
2006 Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, Oregon Biennial
James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA, Junctions: Selected Drawings
from Contemporary Artists and Modern Masters
Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto, Canada, No(W)here
Affair at the Jupiter (James Harris Gallery), Portland, OR
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene,
OR, Eye Contact
2004 Foster Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI,
‘Proliferate: drawing in space, accumulating in time’
Schneider Museum, Ashland, OR, ‘Mark Making’
2003 *Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, NY, The Stars in Your Eyes
Davis & Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR, Intimate Visions
2002 *Portland Institute for Contemporary Arts, Portland, OR, A Wall: drift
*Wriston Art Center, Lawrence University, Appleton, WI, all which ways
Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI, Elements
2000 *Collett Gallery, Weber State University, Ogden, UT, Still Becoming Still
Weber State University, Ogden, UT, What is Drawing Now?
1999 *Laura Russo Gallery, Portland, OR, New Work
Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY, Everson Biennial
1996 Chamber, New York, NY, Chamber 8
Mare Libertum, New York, NY, Sandbox
1993 Chamber, New York, NY, Chamber 1
Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, NY, NY, MFA Thesis Exhibition
AWARDS:
2007 Finalist, Northwest Contemporary Art Awards, Portland Art Museum,
Portland, OR
2005 Ucross Foundation Residency, Clearmont, WY,
2002 Ucross Foundation Residency, Clearmont, WY,
Ragdale Foundation Residency, Lake Forest, IL,
1997 Constance Saltonstall Foundation, Ithaca, NY
1993 Esther Fisher Perry Award, Hunter College, New York, NY
SELECTED REVIEWS:
Portland Art.Net, April 18, 2007, ‘Talking with Ghosts: Invisible.other at
NAAU’, Arcy Douglass
The Oregonian, April 13, 2007, ‘Subtle Arts’, Rachel Neugarten
Canadian Art, Winter 2006, Vol. 23, #4, p. 80, ‘no(W)here’, Shannon
Anderson
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, ‘Junctions at James Harris bridges time and
space’, August 15, 2006, p. E1, Regina Hackett
Oregon Biennial 2006 (catalogue), Portland Art Museum, Jennifer Gately
Oregon.Live.com ‘(T)art: Oregon Biennial’, July 31, 2006, TJ Norris
The Oregonian, Portland, OR ‘Surveying the Scene’, July 31, 2006, DK
Row
The Oregonian, Portland, OR, ‘New Song from the Old Guard’, July 30,
2006, DK Row
TEACHING:
2008-present Head, Department of Art
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
2004-present Associate Professor, Department of Art
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
1998-2004 Assistant Professor, Department of Art
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
1996-98 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Studio Arts
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
1994-96 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Art
Hunter College, New York, NY