Artist Bio
Laura Chasman’s intimate portraits of adolescents, executed in gouache on paper, reveal the distinctive characteristics of teenagers at a transformative time. Laura’s deeply personal and poignant depictions of her young son Oliver and friends sensitively communicate the delicate nature of development between childhood and adulthood, embodying the nuances of the biological and emotional changes that they encounter.
LAURA CHASMAN IS AVAILABLE FOR COMMISSIONS. Ms. Chasman paints portraits of people of all ages. The artist begins by making a series of photographs of the subject. Laura then selects those photos which she finds most inspiring and shares these with the purchaser of the commission. A photo is chosen which is mutually agreeable, from which Ms. Chasman paints the portrait.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2010 Clark Gallery, Portraits, Lincoln, MA
2005 Allston Skirt Gallery, Those Around Me, Boston, MA
2003 Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
2001 Museum of Fine Arts, Maud Morgan Prize recipient, Boston, MA
2001 Allston Skirt Gallery, Allston, MA
1999 New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University, Boston, MA
1999 Johnson Gallery, Glen Urquhart School, Beverly Farms, MA
1998 Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA
1998 Massachusetts Cultural Council, Boston, MA
1987 Arthur B. Mazmanian Gallery, Framingham State College, Framingham, MA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2010 National Portarit Gallery, Boochever Portrait Competition Exhibition Washington 2009 Clark Gallery, Salon Show, Lincoln, MA
2008 Clark Gallery. Free Reign, Lincoln, MA
2008 Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York City, Red Dot Art Fair, New York, NY
2007 Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York City, Aqua Art Miami, Miami, Florida
2006 Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, Aqua Art Miami , Miami, Florida
2006 Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York City, Bridge Art Fair, Miami , Florida
2005 Bergdorf Goodman, “Eploding Plastic Inevitable:40 Fun Galleries”, New York, NY
2005 ArtSpace, “Painting Now:Selections from the Ma.Cultural Council Artist Grant Awards”
2004 Allston Skirt Gallery, New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA) Art Fair, Miami, FL
2003 Allston Skirt Gallery, New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA)) Art Fair, Miami, FL
2003 New Art Center, “Art and Soul”, Newton, MA
2003 Allston Skirt Gallery, “Gone Fishin’”, Boston, MA
2003 Danforth Museum of Art,”Small Works from the Arthur S.Goldberg Collection”, Framingham,MA
2002 Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, “Portraits:Yesterday and Today”,Worcester, MA
2002 L.F.L. Gallery, Flat Flies, New York City, NY
2002 Horn Gallery, Babson College, “Seen and Remembered”, Babson Park, MA
2001 Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, “”Simmons Collects”, Boston, MA
2000 New Art Center, “Alone Together”, Newton, MA
2000 Hanna Gallery, Desisto School, “50th Anniversary Invitational”, Stockbridge, MA
2000 New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University, “10 Artists, 10 Years”, Boston, MA
2000 Mills Gallery, Boston Center for the Arts, “The Drawing Show”, Boston, MA
AWARDS:
2006 Artists’ Resource Trust Grant, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Great Barrington, MA
2004 Finalist in Painting, Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grant Program
2001 Eighth Annual Maud Morgan Prize, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,MA
2001 Artists’ Resource Trust Grant, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Great Barrington, MA
1996 Massachusetts Cultural Council/ NEFA, Regional Fellowship for Visual Artists
1990 Finalist in Painting, Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grant Program
VISITING ARTIST:
2002 Cantor Art Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA Slide presentation.
2000 Addison Gallery of American Art, “Alice Neel and the Contemporary Portrait”, panel discussion
and slide presentation, Andover, MA
1997 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, “Survival Skills for Artists”, Boston, MA
1996 Massachusetts Cultural Council, Exhibition and slide presentation, Boston, MA
PUBLICATIONS:
New American Paintings, volume 68, The Open Studios Press, February, 2006
Artist’s Resource Trust, The first ten years, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, April, 2006
Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, Calendar, Gallery Pick, September 22, 2005
artMatters, School of the Museum of Fine Artts, Boston, Summer, 2004
Christine Temin, The Boston Globe,”Painters past and present evoke spirit of childhood in their times”, May 26, 2003
Charlotte Gibbs, Art New England, “Portraits Yesterday and Today”, April/May, 2003
Edgar Allen Beem, Yankee Magazine, “Six to Watch”, September, 2002
Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, “ Artwork draws on nuances of puberty”, December 5, 2001
Joanne Silver, Boston Herald, “Pictures Perfect”, December 3, 2001
Donelson, Boston Metro, Weekend, Nov. 30-Dec.2, 2001
Joan E. McCarthy, Art New England, October/November, 2001
Cate Mcquaid, The Boston Globe, “Boys, girls drawn into adulthood”, June 7, 2001
New American Paintings, volume 32, The Open Studios Press, February, 2000
Cate Mcquaid, The Boston Globe, “Women artists celebrate friendship in portraits”, June 29, 2000
Mary Sherman, The Sunday Herald, “Drawing the Line”, May 7, 2000
Christine Temin, The Boston Globe, “Winners in BCA drawn, but not by chance”, May 24, 2000
Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, “Striking portraits at three Boston venues”, July 22, 1999
Tara Leonard, The South End News, February 13, 1997
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