Laura Waller: Industry & Urbanity
AWARDS
2016 Carolyn Heller Visual Arts Award, Arts Council of Hillsborough County, FL 2016 Individual Artist Grant, Arts Council of Hillsborough County, Tampa, FL
2014 Selected Artist, Creative Capital Foundation Professional Development Program funded by Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, Tallahassee, FL
2014 Award of Excellence, 9th Biennial National Art Exhibition, Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda, FL; Juror Carl J. Samson, former Chairman, American Society of Portrait Artists
2013 Best of Show, 27th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition, Lee County Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL; Juror, Frank Verpoorten, Director and Curator, Baker Museum of Art, Naples, FL
PUBLIC ART
2015 Selected Artist for ArtPop! Billboard public art project sponsored by Arts Council of Hillsborough County, Tampa, FL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Laura Waller: Rockland, Tampa, and NYC; Dunedin Fine Arts Center; Dunedin, FL; January 11 – March 1, 2019
2018 Industry and Urbanity; Elizabeth Moss Galleries; Falmouth, ME; June 14 – July 14, 2018
2017 Port Side: Featuring the Work of Laura Waller, ArtCenter Manatee, Bradenton, FL; October 3 – November 3
2017 Port Side: Paintings by Laura Waller, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, FL; January 27 – March 11
2016 The Working Waterfront: New Work by Laura Waller; Elizabeth Moss Galleries,Falmouth, ME
2015 The Working Waterfront: Port Tampa Bay – New Paintings by Laura Waller, Clayton Galleries, Tampa, FL
SELECTED DUAL AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Along The Coast: Port Paintings by Laura Waller and Sarah Hull; The Alliance for the Arts, Ft. Myers, FL
2018 Industrial Maine: Our Other Landscape, University of Southern Maine - Atrium Art Gallery, Lewiston, ME
2017 Sketchbook Project; Brooklyn Art Library, New York, NY
2015 Best in Show: The Past Decade, Lee County Alliance for the Arts, Ft. Myers, FL
2014/2015 Fine Art Exhibition, Tampa Bay Lightning/Amalie Arena, Tampa, FL
2014 Cityscapes: The City As I See It; The Gallery at the Watershed, Eugene, OR
2014 28th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibit, Lee County Alliance for the Arts, Ft. Myers, FL
2013 Maine Coastal Islands, Headquarters, National Wildlife Refuge, Rockland, ME
2013 Maine Icons and Special Places, River Arts Center, Damariscotta, ME
2013 Oil Paintings by Laura Waller, Corporate Headquarters, Maine Home and Design Magazine, Portland, ME
2012 The Human Side, River Arts Center, Damariscotta, ME 2011 Holiday Show, Jonathan Frost Gallery, Rockland, ME
2011 Travelscapes, Nuance Galleries, Tampa, FL
2010 New Works by Laura Waller, Taylor Ikin, Nuance Galleries, Tampa, FL 2010 Holiday Show, North Light Gallery, Millinocket, ME
2009 Waller and Ikin Exhibition, Nuance Galleries, Tampa, FL
2008 Two Friends Return, Laura Waller, Taylor Ikin, Nuance Galleries, Tampa, FL
2008 Annual Florida Watercolor Society Exhibition, Old School Square Cultural Center, Delray Beach, FL
2006 Oncology on Canvas, exhibition organized by Eli Lilly and Company, premiered at Royal Academy of Art in London, UK, and traveled worldwide.
TALKS
2016 “How an Artist Sees the Working Waterfront”, Farnsworth Art Museum Docent Talk, Rockland, ME
2015 Artist Presentation, 4th National Working Waterfronts & Waterways Symposium; Tampa, FL
2015 Artist Presentation, Women Artists of Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
RESIDENCIES
2018, 2015, 2014, 2013 Vermont Studio Center Residency in Art Program, Johnson, VT
INDEPENDENT STUDIES
Studied with noted painters in Arizona, Florida and Maine
EDUCATION
1982 Certified Financial Planner, Awarded by College of Financial Planning 1968 Master’s Degree, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
1966 Bachelor of Arts Degree, Newcomb College of Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, Phi Beta Kappa
MUSEUM, CORPORATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
American Victory Museum, Tampa, FL Eli Lilly and Company, New York, NY Liquid Pictures 3D, Laguna Beach, CA Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Raymond James Financial, St. Petersburg, FL Rockland Public Library, Rockland, ME
City of Rockland, Rockland, ME
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2017 “Painting Beyond Numbers;” Bay Magazine, December 10
2016 “Femme Visuale: Laura Waller;” Creative Loafing, Tampa Bay, June 16
“Focus Artist of the Week: Laura Waller;” Elizabeth Moss Galleries, June 15
2016 “Artists Receive Grants from Arts Council”, The Tampa Tribune, March 9
2016 “Fourteen Local Artists Receive Grants from Arts Council;” Hillsborough County Arts Council, February 29
2015 “ArtPop Tampa Announces Jury Selected Winners for Billboard Space,” Hillsborough County Arts Council, May 28, tampaarts.com/artpop
2015 Jet Fuel Review – Spring Issue
2013 “Alliance Announces Winners in 27th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition;” Michael Kiniry, The River Weekly News, Vol. 12, No. 24, June 21
2013 “Best of Show, Owl’s Head, Gives Viewers a Respite from Confrontational World;” Thomas Hall, The Examiner, www.examiner.com; June 8