Education
1981 The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Halifax Graduate Program
1978 The Cooper Union School of Art New York BFA
1977 The California Institute of the Arts Valencia California
Solo Exhibitions
2017 University of Connecticut Storrs Connecticut
2012 Laura Newman Recent Paintings Jen Bekman Gallery New York
2011 Air 1 GAP Gallery Brooklyn New York
2010 Glass Walls and Billboards Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Halifax
2007 Lesley Heller Gallery New York
2004 Skies and Highways Randolph-Macon College Ashland Virginia
2002 Bellwether Gallery New York
1996 Tenri Gallery New York
1987-89 Victoria Munroe Gallery New York
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 Laura Newman and Marcy Rosenblat 490 Atlantic Gallery Brooklyn May
2016 Machines of Paint and Other Materials 72 Front Street Brooklyn
2016 Conference of the Birds Shirley Fiterman Art Center at BMCC New York
2016 Surface Two Arena Brooklyn New York
2016 Inside Out Art 101 Brooklyn New York
2015 Working in NYC Central Connecticut University New Britain Connecticut
2015 Paperazzi 3 Janet Kurnatowski Gallery Brooklyn New York
2014 My Big Fat Painting Brian Morris Gallery New York
2014 Clouds Lesley Heller Workspace New York
2013 Rockslide Sky Fordham University at Lincoln Center New York
2012 What’s the Point Jen Bekman Gallery New York
2012 Charles Hagen Photographs Laura Newman Paintings Carol Shen Gallery Packer Collegiate Institute Brooklyn New York
2011 Little Languages/Coded Pictures Lesley Heller Fine Art New York
2010 Rhyme not Reason curated by John Yau Janet Kurnatowski Gallery
2009 Mary Carlson and Laura Newman Big Small/Casual Gallery Long Island City
2008 The 183rd Annual Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art The National Academy of Design New York
2006 Air Monya Rowe Gallery New York
2002 Art on Paper The Weatherspoon Art Museum Greensboro North Carolina
1998 Current Undercurrent The Brooklyn Museum New York
1997 Dreams and Dislocations Elizabeth Harris Gallery New York
1995 Temporarily Possessed The New Museum New York
1992 American Academy of Arts and Letters New York
1984 New Work The New Museum New York
Publications
2017 The Drawer Revue de Dessin Volume 12 Untitled March selected by Barbara Soyer
2016 Machines of Paint Art Critical link
2015 No Shape Bends The River So Long Monica Berlin and Beth Marzoni cover
2014 Art Critical My Big Fat Painting link
2012 Rockslide Sky an exhibition inspired by Roberto Bolaño’s story Gomez Palacio catalog curated by Carleen Sheehan
2012 Bloom 20 x 200 Editions Digital Print Edition
2012 Rorschach 20 x 200 Editions Digital Print Edition
2012 Sharon Butler Two Coats of Paint October 2 link
2011 Laura Newman interviewed by Emily Auchincloss NYArts Magazine October
2010 Amy Sillman “Never Trust a Laura Newman Vertical” Artcritical.com September 9 Revised essay
2010 Laura Newman Glass Walls and Billboards catalog Essays by Amy Sillman and John Yau NSCAD University Halifax
2008 The National Academy Museum The 183rd Annual Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art catalog
2007 Stephanie Buhmann exhibition review The Brooklyn Rail October
2004 Laura Newman Skies and Highways catalog Randolph-Macon College Ashland Virginia
2002 Martha Schwendener Artforum Magazine Summer Exhibition Review
2002 Judith Linhares "Laura Newman" Bomb Magazine Spring
1996 Roberta Smith The New York Times June 21
Fellowships and Residencies
2017 2015 The American Academy in Rome Visiting Artist Residency
2015 Yaddo Residency
2014 American Academy in Rome Visiting Artist Residency
2002-2016 Vassar College Faculty Research Award
2010 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University Residency Halifax
1996 New York Foundation of the Arts Fellowship Painting
1992 American Academy of Arts and Letters Rosenthal Award
1985 Yaddo Residency
1985 MacDowell Colony Residency
1981 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in Painting
1980 Rome Prize Fellowship in Painting The American Academy in Rome
Selected Collections
Chase Manhattan Bank
IBM Corporation
Neuberger and Berman
The New Museum Impermanent Collection
Prudential Insurance Company
The University of Arizona
Teaching
1998 - present Associate Professor Vassar College Poughkeepsie New York
1998 - 1999 Visiting Assistant Professor Brown University Providence Rhode Island
1993 - 1997 Assistant Professor Yale University School of Art New Haven Connecticut
1990 - 1993 The Cooper Union School of Art New York
1989 - 1990 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Halifax Nova Scotia
Other Professional Activities
2016 University of Connecticut studio visit MFA program
2016 School of Visual Arts studio visit MFA program
2015 Gallery Conversation Scale from the Artist's and Curator's Viewpoint Public conversation with curator Mary-Kay Lombino The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center Vassar College
2015 Art Talks Stars and Personage Juan Miro online video
2014 Maryland Institute College of Art Hoffberger School of Painting Baltimore Visiting Artist
2013 Knox University Galesburg Visiting Artist and Juror Al Young Contest
2010 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University Halifax studio visit
2012 The Pasadena Museum of California Art CA studio visit
2011 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University Halifax lecture
2010 California State University at Long Beach studio visit
2010 Princeton University studio visit
2009 Pratt Institute MFA program studio visit
2008 The Whitney Museum of Art Education Program studio visit
2008 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University studio visit
2007 Lesley Heller Gallery NYC lecture