Laura London

MFA - California Institute of The Arts
BFA - University Of Arizona

Laura London, MFA, California Institute of the Arts; BFA, University of Arizona. Ms. London is an artist based in Los Angeles, California, working in the medium of photography and video. London’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including recent solo shows at LSH Gallery Annex and Chimento Contemporary in Los Angeles. Her work explores themes of human emotions in experience, such as life and death, which are depicted through imagery. The recent series of artwork analyzes issues of identity, youth, and contemporary culture. She is the recipient of two Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Grants. Press coverage of her work includes reviews and features in the Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, Huffington Post, Time Out New York, and Artillery Magazine. She presently teaches at Otis College of Art and Design and privately. London has also taught at ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, Barnsdall Junior Art Center in Los Angeles, and many visiting artists and guest lecture appointments.

• 2006 Metro Art 2006-2010 Photo Light Box Series, Los Angeles, CA
• 2005 Metro Orange Line, Permanent Public Art Project, Valley College Station, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Solo Exhibitions: 

• 2021    “Outside/Inside,” LSH Gallery Annex, Los Angeles, CA
• 2016    “Relocation,” Chimento Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
• 2012    “Once Upon A Time…,” CC Curatorial, Los Angeles, CA
• 2009    “Laura London,” DA Gallery, Miami, FL
• 2006    “Photo Light Box Project,” Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Los Angeles, CA
• 2004    “Almost True Tales,” Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY
• 2002    “Laura London,” Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
• 2001    “Laura London,” Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
               “After School Special,” Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY
• 2000    “After School Special,” works on paper, inc., Los Angeles, CA (catalog)
• 1999    “Laura London,” Caren Golden Fine Art, New York, NY
• 1998    “Laura London,” works on paper, inc., Los Angeles, CA (catalog)

Selected Group Exhibitions

• 2023    “Focus On Women In Photography,” Robert Berman Gallery, Bergamot Station Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
• 2022    "Code Orange, The Exhibition," Robert Berman Gallery, (June 11 -July 9)
• 2020    “2 Day Show”, LSH CoLAB, Los Angeles, CA (January 18 – 19)
               “Call and Response: Collaboration at a Distance”, Round 1, Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles, CA (April 10)
•              “Video Art Today”, Shoebox Projects, Los Angeles, CA (August 22)
• 2019    “A STORE SHOW”, ODD ARK LA, Los Angeles, CA (November 9 – December 15)
• 2016    “The Fourth Wall,” organized by Kristin Calabrese, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (September 3 – October 15)
               “Phantom Ball: 23 Years of Side Street Projects’ Print Editions,” Curatorial Assistance, Pasadena, CA
• 2015    “Trio,” c. nichols project, Los Angeles, CA
• 2013    “Mind/Map/Los Angeles: The Laurence Rickels Collection,” organized by Katrine Bruun  Jørgensen, AD&A Museum UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA (February 16 – March 10)
• 2012    “Translations: Artists of the Metro Orange Line,” curated by Heidi Zeller, Los Angeles Valley College Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• 2011    “The Feminine Canvas,” Beacon Arts Building, Inglewood, CA

Selected Exhibition Catalogs/Books

• Ault, Julie, Hidden in Plain Sight: Selected Writings of Karin Higa, 2022, page 132 (illus.)
• “Relocation,” Laura London, Chimento Contemporary, 2016 (illus.)
• “Gifts from the Heather and Tony Podesta Collection,” National Museum of Woman in the Arts, 2009
• “Masquerade,” John Michael Kohler Arts Center, 2002 (illus.)
• “A Plurality of Truths,” Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, 2000 with essays:   
• “A Frank Discussion About the Real” by Laura Hoptman and “A Plurality of Truths” by Crystalle Lacouture & Lucas Natali (illus.)
• “After School Special,” works on paper, inc., 2000, essay by Laurence A. Rickels (illus.)
• “Laura London,” works on paper, inc., 1998, essay “Smoke and Mirrors” by Sarah Gavlak (illus.)

Selected Public Collections

• Corcoran, Washington DC
• Johnson City Community College, Overland Park, KS
• National Museum of Woman in the Arts, Washington, DC
• Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
• Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA

Visiting Artists Teaching Appointments

• 2015    Loyola Marymount University, Fall Semester
• 2000   The Museum of Contemporary Photography Summer Workshops
• 1998   California Institute of the Arts
• 1998   Whittier College
• 1995   Art Center College of Art and Design, Fine Arts Department Visiting Artist in  
             Photography, Spring Semester
   

Film/Video 

•  “Made In Hollywood,” Bruce and Norman Yonemoto, Film Screening Academy Museum, June 7, 2023, Los Angeles, CA, Photographic Film Stills & Special Stills
   

Artist Designed Project

• 2021 In Collaboration With LSH Gallery - Artist’s Designed Limited Edition T-shirt

Selected Bibliographies 

• Aletti, Vince, “Laura London,” The Village Voice, February 13, 2001, p. 105, Art Week, “Artwork for Orange Metro,” March 2006, pp. 24 - 25
• Bartron, Stephanie, “Teen Dreams - Laura London Plays Dress-Up,” Glue, November/December 2000, p. 47 (illus.)
• Bevevino, Amy, “On The Wall,” Real Detroit Weekly, March 3, 2004, p. 45 (illus.)
• Bjork, Lori, “Ten Questions with artist Laura London,” examiner.com, October 18, 2012
• Bloch, Cara, Lipsticktrasz, “Laura London:  Photographs based on youth culture and rock n roll,” January 6, 2009
• Collins, Lisa M, “Head Games March 6 to April 17 Revolution Art Gallery,” Metrotimes, March 3-9, p.15 (illus.)
• Dambrot, Shana Nys, “Laura London: Relocation at Chimento Contemporary,” Huffington Post, April 13, 2016
• Dambrot, Shana Nys, “The Art World Party Line Blows Up,” LA Weekly, May 26, 2011
• Faust, Lily, “Laura London,” The New York Art World, February, 2000, p. 15
• Firstenberg, Lauri, “Laura London at Caren Golden Fine Art,” NY Arts, February 1999, p. 51 (illus.)
• Frank, Peter, “Haiku Reviews: ‘Hair’, Cirque du Soleil and Some Electric Cellos (VIDEO + PHOTOS),” Huffington Post Arts, November 4, 2011
• Frank, Peter, “Pick of the Week,” LA Weekly, May 29 - June 4, 1998 (illus.)
• Fulcher, Dawn, “Preview: Laura London at Caren Golden Fine Art,” Contemporary Visual Arts, January 1999, issue #21, pp. 86-87 (illus.)
• Hart, Jane, Zing Magazine, Winter 1998, vol. 5 (illus.)
• Hoban, Phoebe, “Laura London - Her Fave Raves,” Smock, Spring/Summer, 2001, pp. 35, 36, 37 (illus.)
• Hymon, Steve, “Artists of the Metro Orange Line exhibition opens October 11 at Los Angeles Valley College,” thesource.metro.net, August 30, 2012
• Ise, Claudine, “Worth Watching,” LA Times, May 1, 1998, p. F24
• Koll, Juri, “How Artists Survive, Part 8 – They Mark Their Territory,” Huffington Post, April 23, 2015
• Leonardo, Kathy, “photo L.A. and MOPLA Unite January 12-15, 2017,” The Huffington Post, January 9, 2017
• Mahoney, Robert, “Laura London,” Time Out NY, February 18-25, 1999 (illus.)
• Martens, Anne, “ARTILLERY FEATURE”, Artillery Magazine, Vol. 7 Issue 2, November/December 2012, p. 28 (illus.)
• Molapo, Mosa, “Andrea Chung Joins the SCMA Collection,” Smith College Museum of Art, July 20, 2022
• Myers, Holly, “London’s Photos Depict Teen Dreams, Fantasies,” LA Times, November 24, 2000, p. F29 (illus.)
• Nahas, Dominique, “Identity Crisis,” Review, April 1998, p. 24
• National Museum of Woman In the Arts, Washington DC, 2009, Calendar (illus.)
• Osberg, Annabel, Artillery Magazine, “Laura London,” Chimento Contemporary, May 11, 2016
• Public Art Review, Public Art 2.0, issue 41, Fall/Winter, 2009
• Public Art Review, U.S. Recent Projects, issue 36, Spring/Summer, 2007
• Rickels, Laurence A., “Bridge Isn’t Falling Down,” catalog essay, Oct. 2000
• Rockwell, Steve, “Toronto Gallery Tour,” dart International, Winter 2004, pp.40-41 (illus.)
• Rosel, Lisa, “c.nichols project Mar Vista,” Women In Nature, 2015
• Shalgos, Molly, “The Feminine Canvas art show and panel highlights with Jessica LeRoy,”
• Center for the Psychology of Women Blog, December 5, 2010
• Valdez, Sarah, “Bootleg Identity,” Time Out NY, June 27 - July 4, 2004
• Watson, Simon, “First Look,” Simon Says, January 1999 (illus.)
• Western, Beverly, “GIRL POWER AT CHIMENTO CONTEMPORARY, Laura    
• London, Cole Case at Chimento Contemporary,” Artillery Magazine, April 18, 2016
• Wood, Eve, “Pick of the Week: Trio: Kathleen Johnson, Laura London, Lisa Rosel,” Artillery, April 9, 2015
• Zeller, Heidi, “Artists of the Metro Orange Line exhibition closes December 13,” thesource.metro.net, December 6, 2012

Curatorial

• 2023 Artillery Magazine, CODE ORANGE, curator
• 2022 Artillery Magazine, CODE ORANGE, curator
• 2021 Artillery Magazine, CODE ORANGE, curator
• 2020 Artillery Magazine, CODE ORANGE, curator
• 2019 Artillery Magazine, CODE ORANGE, curator
• 2018 Artillery Magazine, CODE ORANGE, curator

• 2023-2022   Otis College of Art and Design Foundation Department
• 2023-1992   Otis College of Art and Design Extension Department
• 2023-2003   Photography Workshops
• 2001-1995   Art Center College of Art and Design
                       Graduate, Liberal Art, and Fine Arts Department
• 1995-1992   Otis College of Art and Design Photographic/Communications Department