Laura Adler
Grey Day Mornings, 2019-2020
oil on linen
12 x 44 in.
I paint directly from observation of life. Sometimes, that may be in a field, on a beach, at a farm, with a dog, with a cow, or overlooking a city street corner through an open window. What fascinates me are the abstract qualities hovering just beneath the surface of what is right in front of me. The challenge is bringing the representational and the abstract sides into balance, so that one does not overtake the other. I aim for what is essential, and hope to capture the fleeting weather, light, and movement of the everyday. Working on location allows me to be part of the world that I’m painting while it unfolds around me. It takes time to slowly learn the order of things, and to better understand the relationships within the scene, which is always full of life. I try to bring that sense of the experience into my paintings.
"When I am in nature, I marvel at how surreal it all is."
LAURA ADLER
Education
1992-1995
MFA, Full Fellowship, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
1990-1992
Washington Studio School, Printmaking and Drawing, Washington, D.C.
1985-1989
BA in Art History and Child Study, Cum Laude, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Selected Exhibitions
2022
Laura Adler: Recent Paintings – Seascapes & Skies and Recent Dog Drawings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014
Laura Adler: Recent Paintings: The River Series & Laura Adler: Studies of Dogs, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
Laura Adler: Recent Paintings, Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Seattle Art Fair, Lumen Field Event Center, Seattle, WA
artMRKT San Francisco, Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
2015
EXPO Chicago, Festival Pavilion, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
artMRKT San Francisco, Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
2014
EXPO Chicago, Festival Pavilion, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
artMRKT San Francisco, Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
Art Miami, The Art Miami Pavilion, Wynwood Arts District, Miami, FL
2011
Art Chicago 2011, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
2010
San Francisco Fine Art Fair, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
Art Chicago 2010, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
2008
Art Chicago 2008, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
2007
LA Art Show, Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA
2006
Art Chicago 2006, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL
2004
Skies and Scapes, DFN Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED TEACHING
1995
Panel Speaker at Forum on the Arts, Columbia University, New York, NY
1993-1994
Teaching Assistant, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
SELECTED AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS
1997
Avery Fellowship, The Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, New York, NY
1995
Studio and Private Study with Graham Nickson at New York Studio School in conjunction with University of North Carolina Graduate School, New York, NY
1993
Adalaide Holderness Fellowship, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
1994
Stipend and Teaching Assistantship, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
1992
Robert D’Arista Award, Washington Studio School, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
1992
Fellowship, Washington Studio School, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2014
Laura Adler: Studies of Dogs. Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2014.
1995
Kane, Roseanne. “Where have All the Painters Gone” (Lannon Gallery Review). Flatiron, New York: November, 1995.
1994
FMT, “Els veins enceten la festa: Exposicio conjunr al Claustre de nueve pintores.” Menorca, Menorca, Spain: September 3, 1994.
FMT, “Nueve pintores formados en E E UU exponen en el Claustre del Carme,” Menorca, Menorca, Spain: September 1, 1994.
Laura Adler
Untitled #131, 2018
watercolor and graphite on paper
6 x 6 in.
