Laurel Garcia Colvin

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
On the Cusp, Brownson Gallery, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY, Spring 2007

Revelations, Westchester Community College Art Gallery, Peekskill, NY, Fall 2006

Viajes del Agua~Viajes del Alma (Water Journeys~Soul Journeys), Ceres Gallery, New York, NY, Spring 2005

Manifestations, The Gallery at R & F, Kingston, NY, Fall 2004

The Language of Hands, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY, Fall 2002

Herstory: Remnants of Memory installation, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY, Fall 2001

Remembrance-Reflection installation, Gallery @ 49, New York, NY, Spring 2001

GROUP
Artist as Teacher, The Studio, Armonk, NY, Fall 2006

Copilandia “a public art intervention,” sponsored by Centro de Arte de Sevilla and art group Gratis for Seville between Cultures festival, Seville, Spain, Winter 2006

Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art Benefit Auction, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY, October 11, 2005

Peekskill Project, curated by Natalie Angles, Paul Clay, Susanna Cole, Erin Donnelly, Kari Conte, Firefly (cultural division of Amnesty International), Alison Levy, Steve Sacks, Sue Stoffel, Ricardo Viera, Carmen Zita, Sara Pasti, Marc and Livia Straus, sponsored by the Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY, Fall 2005

Edgy and Elegant, curated by Rosemary Cohane Erpf, Arts Exchange, Westchester Arts Council, White Plains, NY, Fall 2005

Women, Words and Images, curated by Connie Koppelman, Ph.D, Stony Brook University, Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY, Spring 2005

Winter Solstice III, The Studio, Armonk, NY, Winter 2004-2005

Real to Unreal, The Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY, Fall 2004

Constellation, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY, Summer 2004

Katonah Museum Artists Association at Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY, juried by DeDe Young, Curator, Neuberger Museum of Art, Summer 2004

Westchester Biennial 2004, Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY, juried by Kerrie Buitrago, Pollack Krasner Foundation, Judy Kim, American Federation of Arts, Robert Curio and Benjamin Ortiz, independent curators, Spring 2004

Illustrated Recipes, curated by Susan Edwards, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, Fall 2003

Art of the Northeast USA, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT, juried by Harry Philbrick, Director, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Summer 2003

The Whole Ball of Wax, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, Spring/Summer 2003

HER MARK 2003 Datebook and Photo-based Exhibition, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, Fall 2002

The Human Presence: Interpretations, Westchester Arts Council, White Plains, NY, curated by Rosemary Cohane Erpf, Summer 2002

Westchester Biennial 2002, Castle Gallery, The College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY, juried by Susan Edwards, Katonah Museum, Rosemary Erpf, Westchester Arts Council, Richard Klein, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Dede Young, Neuberger Museum of Art, Spring 2002

Curious Journey, National Juried Exhibition, Gallery 214, Montclair, NJ, juried by Sid Sachs, Director of Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Winter 2001

Art as Spectacle, Katonah Art Museum, Katonah, NY, juried by Thelma Golden, Spring 1998
Austin, TX, 1981-83

EXHIBITION REVIEWS
Genocchio, Benjamin, “Those Who Teach, Can,” New York Times, October 29, 2006, Westchester section, p. 15

Gouveia, Georgette, “A Grand opening in White Plains,” The Journal News, October 9, 2005, Life & Style section, p. 6E

Genocchio, Benjamin, “Some Rich Pickings For the Art Lover,” New York Times, October 2, 2005, Westchester section, p. 6

Genocchio, Benjamin, “In Peekskill, It Takes a Community,” New York Times, September 25, 2005, Westchester section, p. 10

Eliasoph, Philip, “Getting an eyeful at Silvermine,” The Connecticut Post, May 25, 2003, Arts & Travel section, p. G1, G3

Streitfeld, L. P., “54th ‘Art of the Northeast’,” The Greenwich Times, May 18, 2003, Art section, p. D3

Streitfeld, L. P., “54th ‘Art of the Northeast’,” The Stamford Advocate, May 18, 2003, Art section, p. D3

Helle, Nancy, “Aldrich Museum director’s picks: Art of the Northeast USA,” The Ridgefield Press, May 8, 2003, Arts & Leisure section, p. 1B, 9B

Gouveia, Georgette, “Fresh Takes: Westchester Biennial pairs recent favorites and new delights,” The Journal News, June 2, 2002, Life & Style section, p. 3

Gouveia, Georgette, “The Reunited Self: 48 artists reinterpret the figure,” The Journal News, May 31, 2002, Life & Style section, p. 1 – 2

“Social Comment and Personal Redemption in the Collages of Laurel Garcia Colvin,” Gallery & Studio magazine, Sept/Oct. 1999 issue, p. 4

Raynor, Viven, “A Sense of the Spectacle and Its Place in Society,” The New York Times, Westchester Section, May 10, 1998, p. 20

COLLECTIONS
In private collections in England, Ireland, New York, California, Connecticut, Washington D.C., Pennsylvania, Florida, Illinois and Texas

EDUCATION
University of Texas at Austin, M.F.A. with Highest Honors
University of Texas at Austin, B.F.A. with Honors

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Board member, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York
Advisory Board member, The Studio: An Alternative Space for Contemporary Art, Armonk, New York
Artist Archival file, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.
Artist Archival file, Artists Space, New York City

"Laurel Garcia Colvin is a wonderful artist whose encaustic works, sculptures and assemblages draw people in by their sheer beauty, their spiritual depth and romantic nature and their meticulous proficiency. I have now visited Ms. Garcia Colvin’s studio a number of times as well as having attended several of her exhibitions. I have seen a consistent positive reaction on the part of the viewing audience. Her works bridge the classical school of art with contemporary technology and genre."

Livia Straus, Art Collector and Founder/President of the Hudson Valley Center of Contemporary Art, Peekskill, New York, 2006