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Artist Statement
My work is an exploration of surfaces - those I find, create and alter. It is a layering of materials imprinted by the environment and adorned with an imperfect hand. Overlapping patterns are appropriated from common places. Temporary works, built of fragile components, spread without concern for boundary. Absent distinction between wall and work or attempts at illusion, these pieces show seams, edges and self-camouflage. It is a changing body, an experimentation of painting, drawing and sculpture. The space in which I work—a 100+ year-old building—has been crucial in breaking the boundaries of the traditional picture plane.
Bio - Laura Nugent
Originally from Rhode Island, Laura Nugent studied at SACI (Florence, Italy), New School for Social Research (NYC) and earned her BFA in painting from MICA (Baltimore). She has served as president of the Kansas City Artists Coalition, a Charlotte Street Foundation residency mentor and Artist Inc. facilitator for the Interurban Art House (Overland Park, KS). Laura’s work is in private and corporate collections including The Four Seasons Hotel (Chicago), Black and Veatch, Pinnacle Bank (Nashville) and Hallmark Inc. After living and working in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, Laura now maintains a workspace in Holsum Studios in Kansas City’s historic West Bottoms. She organizes the annual Holsum Studios tour for 30+ community artists. Her curatorial practice is @seedcrusherprojects, an invitational exhibition space for emerging and outsider artists.