I am predominantly a visual artist, using the medium of photography to explore the connections between the artistic and scientific realms of inquiry.
Working with traditional and non-traditional art making tools, including printmaking, digital photography, film and Polaroid film, drawing and paint, I seek to interpret theories of physics, math and neurological research, to reconstruct individual recollections of time, place, and space.
I use the photographic images, with embedded marks and symbols, to construct a specific viewpoint. In the construction of the works, I have been influenced by geographical maps, weather maps, blueprints, ancient symbolic and pictorial written languages, NASA photography, photographs outside the normal human visual range, visual database design, and the use of grids within archeological drawings... with these grids representing both the physical relationship between the found objects, and their spatial relationship over time.
For me, defining a sense of place is the allure of the photographic image... the instant, when time and place seem to merge to catch a moment. It is the imperceptible connections I seek to define...when something catches your peripheral vision, but is gone when you turn for a longer glimpse. My photographs aim to force the viewer to look beyond the obvious... to reveal the essence beyond the normal visual spectrum.
Artist Biography
Laura Krasnow, born in New York City, has lived and traveled throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia.
In addition to being a freelance photographer, she has worked as an assistant editor in feature films, and been trained in film preservation and restoration. Her artwork has been exhibited throughout the United States and Europe, and is in the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art.
Her passion is art, science and technology. After obtaining an MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she returned to school to study math, physics and computer science. Laura has attended seminars at the Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics, and the Centre for Brain and Mind, both in Canada.
Education
The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Master of Fine Art, Photomechanical Processes, Photography, Generative Systems
State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY BA, Studio Art
Continuing Education
National College of Art, Dublin, Ireland
The L. Jeffrey School of Film Preservation, The George Eastman House, Rochester, NY Certificate in Film Preservation and Restoration
California State University at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Finalist, Photographer’s Forum 33rd Annual 2013 Spring Photography Contest
L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation Fellowship, Cineric Film Lab, New York, NY
University of Southern California, Research Fellowship, Integrated Media Systems Center, BioSIGHT Project
Hollywood Digital Careers, Silicon Studios Fellowship
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Full Scholarship/Graduate Assistantship
Bibliography
Elliot, David “Inner Landscape of the New Romantics,” The Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL
Artner, Alan G. “Landscapes of Isolated Pleasures,” The Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL
Bright, Deborah “Inner Landscape,” The New Art Examiner, Chicago, IL
Publication
Photographer’s Forum Best of Photography 2013 Annual
Graduate Prints Portfolio, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Triptik, offset artist book, edition of 50
Faces, off-set artist book, edition of 50
Collection
Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY State University of New York at Albany, NY California State University, Sacramento, CA Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA The Art Institute of Chicago, IL The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL Art Students League, New York, NY Independent Press Archive, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY Women Artists Archive, Copenhagen, Denmark Small Press Archive, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL Women’s Caucus for Art, New York Chapter, Artists’ Book Archive, New York, NY
Various private collections
Affiliation
Acoustic Ecology Institute American Society of Media Photographers Art and Science Collaborations, Inc. (ASCI) Association for Computing Machinery College Arts Association European Network for Cinema and Media Studies Leonardo/International Society of the Arts, Sciences and Technology Museum Computer Network Rhizome Society of Photographic Education
Professional Experience
2011 Co-Curator, Art is Science Made Clear: Science Made Clear, A Collective, Philadelphia Science Festival, Philadelphia, PA
2008 – 2010 Research Aide, The Elephant Listening Project, Bioacoustics Research Program, The Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University
2005 - 2010 Digital Imaging Specialist, Media Asset Manager (Moving and still images), Philadelphia, PA; Cornell University; University of Kentucky; Kentucky Educational Television
2002 - 2003 Assistant Photography Curator, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Margaret Herrick Library, Roddy McDowall Photograph Archive
Additional Experience Freelance/Fine Art Photographer
Archiving and Database Management, Digital Arts and Multimedia Design Program, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA
Workshop Instructor, Side Street Projects, Pasadena, CA; University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AK; Vacaville Prison, CA; Mental Health Clinic, Sacramento, CA
Exhibition Crew, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; International Center of Photography, New York, NY
President, Board of Directors, West Hubbard Gallery, Chicago, IL
Exhibitions
Solo
2016
The Shortest Distance Between 2 Points, Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, PA
1976 - 2000 School of Art Gallery, University of Denver, Denver, CO
Project Art Center, Cambridge, MA
West Hubbard Gallery, Chicago, IL
Fine Arts Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO
Fine Arts Gallery, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AK
Group
2015
Philadelphia Photo Arts Center Members Exhibition 2015, PPAC Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
The Sketchbook Project 2015, touring
Philly Photo Day 2014 Outdoor Exhibition, Dilworth Park, City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
2015 F295 Members Salon Exhibition, History of Art and Architecture Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Art Venice Biennale 3, Via Garibaldi 1791, Castello, Venice, Italy
LACDA Eleven, Los Angeles Center For Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
Women In Photography International Exhibition, sponsored by Women In Focus, Atlanta, GA
ELECTRON SALON, Invitational Group Exhibit, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
Un-Natural Nature, Virtual Exhibition, SciArt Center, New York, NY
Artist in Residence Exhibition, VentureF0rth, Philadelphia, PA
2014
Miracles, Old City Jewish Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
The Sketchbook Project Alma Basel Edition, Art Basel Miami, 12/4
The Ontario, Canada Northeast Sketchbook Project Tour
Un-Natural Nature, Virtual Exhibition, SciArt Center, New York, NY
Philadelphia Photo Arts Center Members Exhibition, 3rd Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Boston Biennale 3, Atlantic Works Gallery, Boston, MA
5/24
2014 Winners of Biennial Roadshow Marfa Exhibition,
Marfa, Texas, April 2014
Capsule 1
2014 Ten Year Represented Artists Retrospective, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Winners of Biennial Roadshow Marfa Exhibition, Marfa, TX
