Artist Laura Wait

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	Laura Wait- Artist Statement Symbolism, mythology, and abstract geometry are the main intellectual content of my abstract paintings, prints and books. Words as image play an important part in all my work, acting as pattern, texture, and occasionally content. The diverse media I use is incorporated into my unique artist books, including prints which are often cut up and reformatted into parts of books. The books act as inspiration for the paintings and prints. The book pages sometimes act as studies for larger paintings. I work in series, whether pages of a book or a group of paintings, investigating visual aspects of a symbol or idea, forming complementary versions of imagery. Encaustic is currently my favorite medium for painting as it allows many changes, layering, transparency and textures. My books are made of painting, monoprinting, and handwriting. Currently, I am making wallbooks which incorporate encaustic and copper. I have recently completed a series of prints and books about labyrinths, and am now embarking on a body of work about chess. Resume Education 1981 BFA, Croydon College of Art, Croydon, England 1977 Certificate in Printmaking, Croydon College of Art, Croydon, England 1975 BA, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY Exhibitions Solo: 2009 Counterplay, Plinth Gallery, Denver, CO 2009 In Opposition, K.Saari Gallery, Steamboat Springs, CO 2008 New Work, K.Saari Gallery, Steamboat Springs, CO 2007 Artist’s Books, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 2006 Paintings & Prints, Next Gallery, Denver, CO 2005 Artist’s Books and Paintings, Art Depot, Steamboat Springs, CO 2000 Artist’s Books and Paintings, Edge Gallery, Denver, CO 1998 Transformations & Explorations, Regis University, Denver, CO Group: 2009 Marking Time, Guild of Bookworkers, Traveling show. Opened Minnesota Center for the Book 2009 Book Wide Open, Business of Art Center, Manitou Spgs, CO 2009 Before and After, University of the Arts, Phildelphia, PA 2009 Boundless Transformations, Art Students League, Denver, CO 2008 West of the Plains, Guild of Bookworkers, Traveling show. Opened Denver Public Library, Denver, CO 2008 Book Forms, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ 2008 5TH International Book & Paper Arts Triennial, Center for the Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College, Chicago, IL 2008 Visually Literate, K.Saari Gallery, Steamboat Springs, CO 2007 Tri-fusion, Steamboat Springs Art Depot, Steamboat Springs, CO. 2007 Five, K. Saari Gallery, Steamboat Springs, CO 2007 New, Penland Gallery, Penland, NC 2007 Intaglio, Steamboat Springs Art Museum, Steamboat Springs,CO 2006 The Repetitive Gesture, Depot Arts Center, Steamboat Spgs, CO 2006 100th Anniversary Book Arts, Guild of Bookworkers,Traveling show. Opened Minnesota Center for the Book, Minneapolis, MN 2006 The Elements, Hunterdon Museum of Arts, Hunterson, NJ 2005 4TH International Book & Paper Arts Triennial, Center for the Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College, Chicago, IL 2005 The Intensive Spirit, Depot Arts Center, Steamboat Spgs, CO 2004 Matter and Spirit, Wells Book Arts Center, Wells College, Aurora, NY 2003 Open Signatures, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, ID 2003 American Bookbinding 3rd Triennial, Bridwell Library, Dallas, TX 2002 Eye & Hand, The Art of Calligraphy- Arvada Center for the Arts. Arvada, CO 2000 American Bookbinding 2nd Triennial, Bridwell Library, Dallas, TX 1998 Abecedariums, Guild of Book Workers. Traveling Show. Opened Greensboro Public Library, Greensboro, NC 1997 American Bookbinding 1st Triennial, Bridwell Library, Dallas, TX Paperbound, Guild of Book Workers. Traveling Show. Opened Scripps College, Claremont, CA Awards 1998 Master/Apprentice Grant, from Colorado Council on the Arts Collections University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ Bibliotheca Librorum & Artificem, Sydney, Australia University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CO University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO Claremont College, Claremont, CA Library of Congress, Washington, DC Denver Public Library, Denver, CO University of Denver, Denver, CO Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL Jack Ginsberg Collection, Johannesburg, South Africa Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Mills College, Oakland, CA Oberlin University, Oberlin, OH Princeton University, Princeton, NJ Quintess Properties, Broomfield, CO Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL Regis University, Denver, CO Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Wells College, Aurora, NY Publications 2009 Annual Juried Issue, Letter Arts Review, Vol. 23, No 3, Fall 2008 “5oo Handmade Books”, Cover Artist, Lark Books, Asheville, NC 2008 Annual Juried Issue, Letter Arts Review, Vol. 22, No 3, Winter 2007 “Interview with Laura Wait”, Podcast, bookarts.us.edu, January 2004 “The Penland Book of Handmade Books”, Gallery Artist. Lark Books, Asheville, NC 2002 “The Art of Making Paste Papers”, Diane Maurer-Matison. Watson-Guptill 2001 “An Artists’s Eye View of a Book Exhibit”, Laura Wait. 2001 Guild of Bookworkers Journal. Vol. XXXVI. No.2 2000 “Interview: Laura Wait", Mary Laird. The Ampersand. Vol. 18 1999 "Point Blank: Page Fear", Laura Wait. Tabellae Ansata. Spring Representation Joshua Heller Rare Books, Washington, D.C. K.Saari Gallery, Steamboat Springs, CO Plinth Gallery, Denver, CO Priscilla Juvelis Rare Books, Kennebunkport, ME Donna Seager Gallery, San Raphael, CA Vamp & Tramp Books, Birmingham, AL Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO





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