A self-taught painter, Laura captures the dynamic complexities of the feminine experience through emotionally charged portraits. Drawing inspiration from a wide range of visual and cultural sources–from Unskilledworker to Alessandro Michele’s lines for Gucci–Brooks’ poignantly ethereal figurative paintings provide us with an intimate glimpse of the world through her eyes. Hers is a universe of juxtaposition: engaging beauty and isolating melancholy, accidental vulnerability and intentional defiance, youthful exuberance and ageless serenity. She works and lives in Brooklyn, NY.
CV:
2022
Designers Collab Gallery, Brooklyn, New York (Group Exhibit)
Color Theory Workshop (Instructor), New York, New York
Live painting (feathered artist) at Moxy Hotel, New York, New York
2021
Visionary Projects, Berlin (Group Exhibit)
Locker Room Gallery, “New York is Dead”, New York (Group Exhibit)
Superfine Art Fair, New York, New York
The Other Art Fair, Brooklyn, New York
2020
Candyfloss Magazine (featured artist)
An Insider's View of a Principal's Life, paperback book by Alice Siegel and Yolanda Ramirez (book illustrations).
2019
Wonderfair - Wynwood, Miami (Group Exhibit)
A.I.R. Gallery, “Postcard Show”, Brooklyn, NY (Group Exhibit)
2018
Wonderfair - Wynwood, Miami (Group Exhibit)
Paridaez, Boston (Solo Exhibit)
2017
Beauty for Freedom benefit show, New York. (Group Exhibit)
Musee Lingerie, New York (Solo Exhibit)
NYU Luxury & Retail conference, New York (Solo Exhibit)
2016
Various live painting demonstrations at Soho House, Norwood Art Club NYC, ACME, and Blick (Solo Exhibit)
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