About the Artist

Bio

Laura Slapikoff is a visual artist, poet, and short fiction writer, living and working in Somerville, Massachusetts. Born and raised in the Boston area, she spent 12 years in Los Angeles where she published poetry and short fiction in the small press. It was also in L.A. that she began to work with collage as an antidote to writer's block.

Working with images influenced by L.A.'s Latino culture, her collages include themes from mythology, politics, and the relationship of humanity to the natural world, often expressed with whimsy and visual puns.

Curriculum Vitae

Exhibitions

• Experimental Art Gallery and Studio
  Smaller is Better
  Juried Group Show
  24 New Derby St., Salem, MA
  June 6-26, 2008
• True Grounds Cafe
  Solo Show
  Ball Square, Somerville
  March, 2008
• Somerville Public Library
  Solo Show
  79 Highland Avenue, Somerville, MA
  August 1, 2007-August 31, 2007
• Upstream People Gallery
  9th Annual Collage, Digital, Mixed Media Juried International Art Exhibition
  Juried Group Show (Online Only)
  June 1, 2007-May 31, 2008
• Windows Art Project
  Juried Group Show
  257 Washington St., Somerville, MA
  May 18, 2007-June 17, 2007
• Somerville Open Studios
  Art Fair
  Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church
  155 Powderhouse Blvd., Somerville, MA
  May 4 and 5, 2007
• Cezanne's Carrot
  Juried Group Show (Online Only)
  Winter Solstice, 2006
• Somerville Museum Holiday Sale
  Juried Group Show
  One Westwood Road, Somerville, MA
  December 2 and 3, 2006
• Art-O-Bot
  Juried Group Project
  Various Locations, Somerville and Reading, MA
  Summer, 2006
• New Glue Revue
  Group Show
  Bestsellers Cafe
  24 High Street, Medford, MA
  June 20-July 28, 2006

Commissions and Private Collections

• Commissioned by Karen Buetens
  "Neptune's Garden" (Decoupaged Table)
• Collection of Louis Kampf
  "Year of the Dog" (Collage)
  "Cassandra's Prophecy" (Collage)
• Collection of Flora Gonzalez and Saul Slapikoff
  "Spice Rack" (Assemblage)
  "2 x Mickey" (Collage)
  "Man Beats Nature" (Assemblage)
  "Birth Mother" (Assemblage)
• Collection of Rachel Baldwin
  "A Mermaid" (Assemblage)

Education

• Tufts University 1993-1996
  Studies in Literature and Mythology
• Santa Monica College 1990-1993
  Associate in Arts, Liberal Arts

Professional Affiliations

• Somerville Open Studios
  Somerville, MA

Experience

• 14 years experience performing award-winning web design, user interface design, graphic design for print

Awards and Honors

• 2002 Best Website Award for The Noise Magazine
• 2001 E-Healthcare Leadership Platinum Award for Best Overall Internet Site (Business Improvement/Vendor Site) for Patientkeeper