EDUCATION

1999

MFA Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

1998

Art History Study Abroad, Temple University, Rome, Italy

1995

BA with concentration in Art and Art History, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA

1995

Francesca Benucci’s Intaglio Printmaking Atelier, Perugia, Italy

1993

Elizabeth Tapper Intaglio Printmaking Studio, Studio Intern, Seattle, WA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2021–present

Assistant Professor, GSU Perimeter College, Atlanta,GA

2006-2021

Part-time Professor, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA

2001-2021

Part-time Professor, Art Institute of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA

1999

Part-time Professor: Intaglio Printmaking; Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

1998

Teaching Assistant: Lithography Printmaking Course

Teaching Assistant: Relief Printmaking, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

1997

Technical Assistant, Tyler School of Art Printmaking Dept., Philadelphia, PA

GALLERY REPRESENTATION: Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA

INSTALLATION/PUBLIC WORKS

2024

Catch and Release, (installation) Blue Heron Nature Preserve, Atlanta, GA

2020

Atlanta Audubon Bird Fest 2020 Artist, Atlanta Audubon Society, Atlanta, GA

2016

Entangled, public mural, Arts in the Vineyard, Hambidge Art Center, Atlanta, GA

2012

The Collector, public mural, Living Walls, Atlanta, GA

SOLO / TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2025

Cleave, Whitespace Gallery / shedspace, Atlanta, GA

2017

The Untamed Parlor, Hambidge Hive Project Award, with artist Matt Haffner, Colony Square/ Hambidge Art Center, Atlanta, GA 2016

Run Rampant, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2013

Delicate Intricacies, Blackbridge Hall Art Gallery, Georgia College, Milledgeville, GA

Gurgle and Seep, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2010

Lovely Disasters, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC

2009

Aggregate, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2008

Morphosis, Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2006

Suspension, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC 2005 Scintilla, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Microscopia, Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2004

Efflorescence, Ruby Green Contemporary Art Center, Nashville, TN

Accrescere, Kiang Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Germination, an ArtSpot event @ Tube, Atlanta, GA

2003

Transitions, Olive, Atlanta, GA

2001

Trace, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA

1999

Filter, Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025

Imprint, Atlanta Printmakers Studio at 20, Gallery 72, Atlanta, GA

2024

Hambidge Annual Auction, Hambidge Center Event, Atlanta, GA

Georgia Lawyers for the Arts Auction and Gala, Atlanta, GA

Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, GSU Perimeter, Clarkston Library Gallery

2023

Holiday Selections, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Hambidge Annual Auction, Hambidge Center Event, Atlanta, GA

Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition, GSU Perimeter, Clarkston Library Gallery

2022

Hambidge Annual Auction, Hambidge Center Event, Atlanta, GA

Fulton in Focus Photography Exhibition, Atlanta Central Library, Atlanta, GA

2020

Resilience, The Weave Shed Gallery, Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA

Tiny Universe, Indigo Hotel, Athens, GA

2018

Little Things Mean A Lot, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Out of the Picture, (site specific installation) Blue Heron Nature Preserve, Atlanta, GA

2017

The Imaginary Zoo, Abernathy Arts Center, Atlanta, GA

2016

Emerging Artists /2016, Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA

2015

Intersections of Gender and Place, Mississippi University for Women Art Galleries, Columbus, MS

The Constant Thread, Weave Shed Gallery, Hambidge Center for the Arts, Rabun Gap, GA
Ornament, Indigo Hotel, Athens, GA

2014

Solar Heresies, Mammal Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Exquisite, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA

Second Nature, Barbara Archer Gallery / Goat Farm, Atlanta, GA 2013 Tex-Styles, Southwest Arts Center, Atlanta, GA

2012

Linearity, Mint Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2011

Skate R Die VI, Youngblood Gallery, Atlanta, GA

MOCA Gala, MOCA GA, Atlanta, GA

Paperwork, Gallery 4463, Acworth, GA

2010

Little Things Mean A Lot, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Faculty Exhibition, Sturgis Gallery, Kennesaw State University

2009

NeoRococo Show, curated by Douglas Ferrari, The Shore Institute of Contemporary Art, Long Branch, NJ

Concepts to Draw Upon, Jennifer Kostuik Gallery, Vancouver BC MOCA Gala, MOCA GA, Atlanta, GA
Skate R Die IV, Youngblood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Faculty Exhibition, Sturgis Gallery, Kennesaw State University

2008

Faculty Exhibition, Sturgis Gallery, Kennesaw State University

2007

Unseen, Lee Gallery, Clemson University, Clemson, SC

Skate R Die III, Youngblood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Young Movers and Shakers of the Atlanta Art Scene, curated by Annette Cone-Skelton, MOCA GA, Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Printmakers Studio Members Exhibit, curated by Marianne Lambert, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
PalmBeach3 Art Fair, w/ Kostuik Gallery, Palm Beach, FL

2006

Au Courant, Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ

Bridge Art Fair, w/Pentimenti Gallery, Miami, FL

Art 212, w/Pentimenti Gallery, New York, NY
Take Out, Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
APS Printmaking Exhibition, Roy C. Moore Art Gallery, Gainesville State College ArtPapers Annual Benefit

2005

Small Sketches and Drawings, Swan Coach House Transatlantic 2005, Atlanta, GA

AAF Contemporary Art Fair, w/Kostuik Gallery, New York, NY

SkateRDie II, Invitational, Youngblood Gallery, Atlanta, GA

MOCA GA Art Auction, Atlanta, GA

2004

Flow: The Art Show, SunTrust Plaza Gallery, Atlanta, GA AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY

TransAtlantic, Gallery Twenty-Four Berlin, Germany and ArtFarm, Atlanta, GA

ArtPapers Annual Benefit

2003

Pin-Up Show, MOCA GA, Atlanta, GA

SkateRDie, Invitational, Youngblood Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2000

Convergence 10, Group Invitational, City Gallery at Chastain, Atlanta, GA

1999

Pressed and Pulled VII, Juried Group Exhibition, awarded “Juror’s Special Mention” Georgia College and State University, Milledgeville, GA

1998

Printmaking Invitational, Tyler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Tyler Printmakers, Tyler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1997

Interdisciplinary, Tyler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

1994

Ink and Paper, Elizabeth Tapper Print Studio, Seattle, WA

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Filmed @ Hambidge, featured artist in film, film by David Naugle, executive producer Michael Bettis, premiered at the Tara Theatre, Atlanta, GA
Art of Nature Installations Return to Blue Heron, Becca McCoy, Buckhead Reporter, May 2024 Inspiration Blooms in Blue Heron Preserve’s 10th Art of Nature Exhibit, Candice Dyer, AJC, May 2024

Dean’s Grants Help Fuel Innovation and Creativity In the Classroom, Rebecca Lynn Rokoczy, GSU Perimeter Post, August 2023
Force of Nature, Atlanta Home, Style Section, Spring 2019
Into the Domestic Wild: Laura Bell at Whitespace, Burnaway, Orion Wertz, November 2016 Animal Kingdom: Subject of Fear and Fascination, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Felicia Feaster, November 2016

“Exquisite Exhibit”: An Exercise in Collaboration at ATL Contemporary, Burnaway, Sherri Caudell, October 2014
Review: Lively “exquisite corpses” in paint, video and sculpture from the Contemporary’s studio artists,Jerry Cullem, Arts ATL, September 2014

“Ornament” on Display at the Indigo Hotel, Flagpole, Barbette Houser, January 2015
Little Active Worlds, Burnaway.com, interview with Yves Jeffcoat, March 2013
Laura Bell’s Intriguing New Dimension Beyond Painting, Arts Atlanta, March 2013by Stephanie Cash Gurgle and Seep at Whitespace, AJC, Felicia Feaster, March 2013
Philadelphia City Paper, “ First Friday Focus”, Lori Hill, March 2009
New Acrylics Essential Sourcebook: Materials, Techniques, and Contemporary Applications for Today's Artist , by Rheni Tauchid, pg. 179, Watson-Guptill Publishing, 2009
Creative Loafing Atlanta, “Hey, you’re hogging the paint!” Felicia Feaster, Feb. 2008
Bootleg – Essential Culture, Arcane, Intense, and Unseen, Tom Perkins, August 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution, Open (art) house, Catherine Fox, June 2007
Jezebel Magazine, Five up-and-coming stars of the city's art scene, Erin Bransford, March 2007
New American Paintings (vol. 58) 2005, Open Studios Press, juried by Beth Venn
Water, Water, Everywhere, Libby Rosof, artblog.com, Philadelphia October, 2005
The Weekly Press Philadelphia First Friday November Sweeps, R.B. Strauss November 2005 Creative Loafing Atlanta, Art on Deck, Felicia Feaster, October 2005
Atlanta Journal Constitution, Board of Imagery, Jerry Cullem, October 2005
Condé Nast, Domino Magazine, Best of AAF , May 2005
Atlanta Journal Constitution “The Intimate Structure of Hidden Worlds Revealed”, Catherine Fox , June

AWARDS

Course Modification Grant, GSU Perimeter, Summer 2024
Dean’s Faculty Innovation Team Grant, GSU Perimeter, Summer 2023 Online Mini Grant Recipient, GSU Perimeter, Spring 2022
Travel Funds Grant, GSU Perimeter, Spring 2022
Artist Residency, Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap GA, 2012
Studio Artist, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA, 2005 - 2008 The Lester and Violet Hecht Memorial Award for Excellence in Printmaking,
Tyler School of Art, Temple University, 1999
Project Completion Grant. Tyler School of Art, Temple University
Rome Tuition Fellowship. Tyler School of Art, Temple University
Teaching/ Technical Assistantship, Tyler School of Art, Temple University