Artist Registry
Laura Young
Contact information
youngdeutch@comcast.net
www.laurayoung.smugmug.com
Artist statement
Through my work, I explore the identity issues of gender, social status, and age. I have chosen to use my own body for this work because it is the most personal image that I can create to symbolize my sense of self. My body is the physical container in which I carry my mutable identity. The container's surface, my skin, is the protective but vulnerable membrane that divides my internal self from the external world. My skin is a boundary, an organ, a canvas upon which I inscribe my longings.
These photographs are a documentation of my experiments to reveal and push at the boundaries between male/female, young/old and human/animal.
Resume / bio
Education
- University of Miami, 1982 - M.F.A.
- University of Georgia, 1980 - B.F.A.
Exhibitions
- Spot, Southeastern Photography Triennial, Gregg Museum of Art and Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC, 2007
- Dangenart Gallery, Nashville TN, juried exhibition, 2007
- Art & Invention Gallery, Nashville TN, juried exhibition, 2006
- Filmhouse, Nashville TN, 2006
- Art & Invention Gallery, Nashville TN, 2004
- Collaborative Process, University School of Nashville TN, exhibition and workshop, 2004
- Art & Invention Gallery, Nashville TN, Artrageous 16, 3-person show, 2003
- Artclectic, Nashville TN, juried exhibition, 2003
- The Ties That Bind: Women and Collaboration, Smithtown Township Arts Council, Mills Pond House, St. James NY, 2003
- The End is the Beginning, VAAN exhibition, Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN, 2002
- VAAN 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Watkins School of Art, Nashville TN, 2001
- Filmhouse, Nashville TN, 2001
- ArtSynergy, Nashville TN, 2001
- Yellow Porch Restaurant, Nashville TN, 2000
Collections
- Nancy Hayden Architect, Nashville, TN
- Dr. Basil and Barbara Hirschowitz, Birmingham, AL, private collection
- Hans Vorbush, Luino, Italy, private collection
Bibliograhpy
- Spot 2007, exhibition catalog, Gregg Museum of Art and Design
- “Critic Picks,” Nashville Scene, Feb. 12, 2004
- “The Ties that Bind,” The New York Times, 2003, Review of Women and Collaboration in Art and Life
- “Collaborate&mdashTo Work in Partnership,” VAAN Newsletter, no. 89, 2001
(Information last updated: 19 December 2007)
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