Bio
Associate Professor, Painting and Drawing, University of Iowa
Laurel Farrin received a B.F.A. from Ohio University-Athens and an M.F.A. from the University of Maryland. She has been an artist-in-residence at the Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM; Yaddo, MacDowell, Dora Maar, Pratt Institute Fine Art Summer Residency, Millay Colony for the Arts, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Farrin received an individual artist grant from the Washington DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Exhibitions include Devening Projects, Chicago; Lesley Heller Gallery, NY, NY; Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY; The Bronx River Art Center; The Figge Museum, The Albany International Airport; Carroll Square Gallery, Washington DC; Roswell Museum and Art Center; the Des Moines (Iowa) Art Center; the Florida Center for Contemporary Art in Tampa; Spaces in Cleveland, Ohio; Anton Gallery; the Corcoran Gallery of Art and Washington Project for the Arts, in Washington, D.C.
Curriculum Vitae
Residencies
2019
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
2018
Pratt Institute Fine Arts Summer Studio Residency, Brooklyn, NY
MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
2017
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
Dora Maar Fellowship, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Menerbes, France
2008–2016
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
2004
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
2003
Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
Millay Colony, Austerlitz, NY
Marie Sharpe Walsh Foundation, Studio Space Program, NY, NY, alternate
2000
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
Celadon Inc. & Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (5 day in-residence print workshop)
1996–1997
Roswell Museum and Art Center, 1 year Artist-in-Residence, Roswell, NM
1995–1996
Resident Critics Program, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
1995
Coca Cola Foundation Scholarship, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL, juried by David Salle
Solo Exhibitions
2020
Vaudeville, Devening Projects, Chicago, IL
2018
No Particular Order, Figge Museum, Davenport, IA
2015
Back Alley, Creen Chalk Contemporary, Monterey, CA
2014
RYG, Unity Gallery, MUM, Fairfield, IA
2012
Extractors, Iowa Hall, Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA
2009
As Is, Saugatuck Center for the Arts, Saugatuck, MI
2008
Laurel Farrin, Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY
2007
X-Ray, Joyce Goldstein Gallery, Chatham, NY
Miss Mash, Unity Gallery, Fairfield, IA
2006
Admit One, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY, catalog
2003
Presence In Absence, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
2002
Laurel Farrin, Anton Gallery, Washington DC
2000
Laurel Farrin, Anton Gallery, Washington DC
1998
Laurel Farrin, Anton Gallery, Washington DC
Linked/Longing, School 33, Baltimore, MD, sculpture installation
1997
Laurel Farrin, Anton Gallery, Washington, DC
Laurel Farrin, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM
Listen, George Washington University, Washington DC, outdoors site-specific sculpture installation
1996
Seek, Spaces, Cleveland, OH, installation
Small Works, Unity Gallery, Fairfield, IA
1995
Fall Solos, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
Laurel Farrin, Anton Gallery, Washington, DC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019
Languages of the Heart, John Molloy Gallery, NY, NY, curated by Lindsay Walt & Colin Thomson
2017
Hecho en Tránsito / Made in Transit: A U.S.-Cuban Art Exchange, Macy Gallery, Columbia University, Selena Gallery, LIU, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Katarina Wong
Laid, Placed and Arranged, University of Maryland Art Gallery
2016
Exchange Rates, Bushwick Expo, NY, NY
2016 Auction, Bemis Contemporary Art Center, Omaha NE, invitational
2015
Art and Environment, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM
2014
Subject Matters, Ildiko Butler Gallery, Fordham U. NY, NY, curated by David Storey
Higher Learning, CUNY Lehman College Office 009, traveled to Hamilton College, curated by Dannielle Tegeder
FIZZ, Laurel Farrin, Jim Shrosbree, Cattich Gallery, St Ambrose, Davenport, IA
Laurel Farrin, FATBOY Review, Issue #12 online journal, Manchester, UK
2013
GCC1, Green Chalk Contemporary, Monterey, CA
The Artist's Way, Carl Cherry Center, Carmel, CA, catalog
2012
Six Pack:Working Abs, Illeges Gallery, CSU, Columbia , GA
Tell Me a Story, Current, at Edelman, NY, NY
Transcendental Vision, Sand City Art Center, Sand City, CA
App*Rope*Ri*8, Anderson Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines, IA
2010
Iowa Artists, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, catalog
2009
Analogism, Anton Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA, installation
2008
Large Paintings, Icon Contemporary Art, Fairfield, IA
2007
Groupings, Carrol Square Gallery, Washington DC
Sly, Bronx River Arts Center, NY, NY
No Representation, Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC
40th RAIR Anniversary Exhibition, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM
WPA/Corcoran Benefit Auction 07, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC, invitational
2006
Heart of DC, Wilson Building Project, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington DC
Benefit 06, Lower East Side Printshop, NY, NY, invitational
Small Works, NYU, 80 East Washington Square Gallery, NY, NY, juried by Jack Shainman
Der Blau Maur, Anton Gallery at The Hawthorne Mansion, Monterey, CA
WPA Corcoran Auction, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC, invitational
2004
30 Years in the Studio, Millay Colony, Albany International Airport Gallery, juried by Linda Shearer
2003
Holiday, Steven Vail Gallery, Des Moines, IA
New American Painting, Mid Atlantic Edition, Exhibition in Print
2002
Surfacing, 57 N Street, Washington DC, curated by J.W. Mahoney
Summer Triennial, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
Small Works on Paper, Kentler International Drawing Center, Brooklyn, NY
2001
Love, Anton Gallery, Washington DC
9/11/01, Barbara Crawford Art Gallery, Chestnut Hill Academy, Philadelphia, PA
2000
Traces, Roper Gallery, Frostburg State, Frostburg, MD
Group Show, Anton Gallery, Washington, DC
1999
Reclamation, Boyden Gallery, St. Mary’s College, St. Mary’s City, MD
Iowa Artists 1999, Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, IA, juried by Janet Kardon
Jolt, Baumgartner Galleries, Washington DC
Textures, Anton Gallery, Washington DC
Awards Exhibition, District of Columbia Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington DC
1998
Art Sites’98, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC, curated by Terry Sultan
Painted Objects, Anton Gallery, Washington DC
21st Anniversary Art Auction, Washington Project for the Arts at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC
1997
Sculpture Project, College of Santa Fe Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, curated by Stuart Ashman, Director, Museum of Fine Arts
Verticals, Anton Gallery, Washington DC
Images of Eden, Georgetown Park, Washington DC, catalog
1996
Maximum Drawings, College of Santa Fe Arts Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Cross Currents 96: Reclamation, The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, curated by James Mahoney
Land, Sky, Body, Spirit, Anton Gallery, Washington DC
Critics in Residence, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
1995
Three Visions, W.P.A Auction, Washington DC
Teen AIDS Art Auction, Sphinx Club, Washington DC
Aspects of Washington Painting, Salve Regina Hall, Catholic University, Washington DC, curated by John Figura
Beckman, Farrin, Girder-Engler, Florida Center for Contemporary Art, Tampa, FL
1994
Migration: Dana, Farrin, Murry, School 33, Baltimore, MD
7 Collaborations, Mill River Gallery, Ellicott City, MD
Catholic Girls, Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
1993
Legend, Emerson Gallery, Mclean Project for the Arts, Mclean, VA
Curatorial projects
2011
Head Case, Leslie Heller Workspace, NY, NY
Published Reviews
Tumblin, Cody, Comedy of Errors, Two Coats Of Paint, March 22, 2020,
https://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2020/02/laurel-farrins-comedy-of-errors.html
Jenkins, Mark, In the Galleries, The Washington Post, November 30, 2017
Carlin, Tova, Medium Cool, Time Out NY, June 19–25, 2008 issue 664
Haber, John, Laurel Farrin, Artillery, September/October 2008, Vol. 3, issue 1
Dawson, Jessica, The Right Ingredients for a Sweet Experience, The Washington Post, 1/04/08, pg. CO2
Huntington, Richard, Just an Illusion, Buffalo News, 5/19/06
Chapman, Cindy Cullen, State of the Art, Cedar Rapids Gazette, July 21, 2002
Colazzi, Vincenzo, Printmaking Jam, The Washington Review, February/March, 2001
Mahoney, J.W., Speakeasy, New Art Examiner, March 1999, pg. 16–17
Protzman, Ferdinand, Jolt at Baumgartner, The Washington Post, January 7, 1999
Wall, Donna Dorian, The Glory of Gold, Southeast Folio, Southern Accents, 1999
New Art Exhibit at SMC, The Enterprise, Lexington Park, MD
Howell, George, Reviews, Art Papers, January 1998
Protzman, Ferdinand, Paint Necessarily So, The Washington Post, September 11, 1997
Riley, Michael, Laurel Farrin, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Quarterly Bulletin Vol. 45, No. 2 and 3, 1997
Schulkind, Rima, Critics Roundtable, KOAN, vol. VI, No. 1, September 1997
Summers, Suzanne, Reviews, Articulate; January/February 1996
Banks, Anne, Art Reviews, Washington Review, December–January 1995
Johnson, Linda, Reviews, Articulate, Vol. 1, issue 3, Oct. 1995
Dorsey, John, Migrations, Baltimore Sun, September 1, 1994
Giuliano, Mike, Temperatures Rising, Baltimore City Paper, Vol. 18 No. 34, August 24–31, 1994
Meisner, Cecilia, Saints&Swimmers, Baltimore Alternative, November 1994
Mahoney, J.W., Studio View, The New Art Examiner, October 1993, pg. 42–43
Grants
2018
Mellon Digital Bridges Collaborative Grant
2010
Faculty Support Fund
2012
Arts and Humanities Grant, University of Iowa
2004
Arts and Humanities Initiative Book Subvention
2002
Arts and Humanities Grant, University of Iowa
1999
Old Gold Summer Fellowship, University of Iowa
1997–1998
Washington DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Individual Artist Grant
1994
Washington DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Technical Assistance Program Grant
Invited Lectures, Panels
2018
Figge Museum, Davenport, IA
2015
Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, Museum
2014
Hofstra University, Long Island, NY
2012
Ohio University, Athens Ohio
2012
Columbus State University, Columbus GA
2010
Visiting Artist, American University, Wash DC
2007–2009
Jacob Javits Fellowship Program, US Department of Education, panelist
2007
National Science Foundation, Washington DC, Panelist, Antarctica Artist and Writers Program, panelist
University of Vermont, visiting artist,
2006
National Science Foundation, Washington DC, Panelist, Antarctica Artist and Writers Program,
Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY, lecture
2004
Rice University, Houston TX, visiting artist and critic
2003
Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA, lecture
1999
St. Mary’s College, St. Mary’s City, MD, visiting artist and critic
1997
George Washington University, Washington DC, visiting artist and critic
1995
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, visiting artist
1996–2002