B I O G R A P H Y
Laura McCallum has lived and worked in Brooklyn since 1981. She began her career as a sculptor, and that three-dimensional sensibility guides all her work, which includes wall pieces and video art. Laura has had exhibitions throughout the East Coast including at the Brooklyn Museum, the Thomas Werner Gallery, Socrates Sculpture Park, the Maryland Institute of the Arts, and Long Island University. Her video work has been shown at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Emory University, and the Great River Arts Institute in Vermont.

She has also has exhibited in Washington D.C., Atlanta, Seattle, Rome, Aix-en-Provence, Berlin, and Moscow. She has been exhibiting with Mémoire de l’Avenir Gallery in Paris since 2019. McCallum has had residencies at Ucross in Wyoming, the MacNamara Foundation in Maine and EarthWatch in New Castle, England. Originally from Oregon, she was educated at Scripps College in Claremont, CA and at the University of Washington. She taught at University of Washington, Pacific Lutheran University, and the Spence School where she directed the Visual Arts Department.
C U R R E N T  E X H I B I T I O N S
2023    Banned Book Trading Card Project, Valley Cottage Library Art Gallery, Valley                          College, NY
S E L E C T E D  S O L O  E X H I B I T I O N S
2015        Inside the Labyrinth, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York 

​2010        Reconstructing Paper, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York

​2006       Moving Out, 68 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY

2004       Chants from the Sanctuary, Thomas Werner Gallery, New York
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2003       Essential Elements, Jay Hawkins Gallery, New York
S E L E C T E D  G R O U P  E X H I B I T I O N S
2023       Nidus - Distraught Earth, Icebox4 Space for Artists, Brooklyn, NY ​

​               All Fools Show, Icebox4 Space for Artists, Brooklyn, NY 
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2022     AN/AESTHETIC, Century House Historical Society, Rosendale, NY 

              11 Women of Spirit VI, Salon Zürcher, New York
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              Paysage Tactiles II, Médiathèque Marguerite Duras, Paris

2021       Emergence: 18th Annual Exhibition, Old Frog Pond Farm, Harvard, MA             ​

              Paysages Tactiles, Mémoire de l’Avenir, Paris

              USA  35 x 35 Art Project, Copelouzos Family Art Museum, Athens

2019       La Femme du Futur: Manifesto, Mémoire de l’Avenir, Paris

2018       Art of the Salish Sea, Seattle Artist’s Alliance, Seattle, WA

2017       Eotechnic Sensorium, Century House, Rosendale, NY

              Nasty Woman, The Knockdown Center, Queens, NY

2012       Hindsight: Foresight, Cheryl McGinnis Gallery, New York

              Film on Water, Emory College Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA

2011        The Value of Water, Cathedral Of St. John The Divine, New York

2010       The East Hampton Art Fair, Cheryl Mcginnis Gallery, East Hampton, NY                               ​             

2009      2,191 Days And Counting, Powerhouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY

              H2O: Film On Water, Great River Arts, Bellows Falls, VT

2005      Paper One, Thomas Werner Gallery, New York

               Paper Two, Thomas Werner Gallery, New York               

               Contemporary Art Fair, Thomas Werner Gallery, Pier 92, New York                                   ​         

2004      Affordable Art Fair, Thomas Werner Gallery, Pier 92, New York

2003      Ladders, Jay Hawkins Gallery, New York

2002      Fables de la Fontaine, Institute for American Studies, Aix-en-                                                      Provence travelled to: Rome; Seattle, WA; Baltimore, MD

               02/20, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

               The Human Figure, Dumbo Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
     
               20th Annual Sculpture Exhibition, Fulton Ferry Park, Brooklyn, NY
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