Laura Klopfenstein
Laura Ann Klopfenstein
b.1975, Lansing, MI
Lives & works in Austin, TX
I'm a mixed media artist. Mother, friend, daughter, sister, aunt, supporter.
Bio
I grew up in Georgia, Minnesota, Missouri and Texas. I am a mother of two children and work at The University of Texas at Austin with engineers who are addressing food-energy-water challenges. I love to laugh and make things, and help people on their journey however I can. Most days, I have a twinkle in my eyes.
Education
Self-taught artist
1997 University of Missouri, Communications
Gallery Affiliation
Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Related Experience
2022 Texas Observer magazine cover, July/August
2022 Artsy Shark Artist Feature
2021Wild Lands book by Jen Tough Gallery
2021 IG Live Interview with Brook Hoffert, Curator MOCAN
2020 Artist / Mother Podcast Crit Group
mentored by Pam Marlene Taylor, fiber artist and Gallery & Artist Residency Director of Stay Home Gallery & Residency
Exhibitions
2022 - Artist Alliance "Nocturnal"featured on Artsy, curated by Jen Tough
2022 - Method Hair Gallery, "Food + Body + Suggestion"
2021 - Amarillo Museum of Art Biennial-600: Justice, Equality, Race, Identity, juror Leslie Moody Castro
2021 - Brand 49 Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper, juror Marvella Muro
2021 - Museum of Contemporary Art Nashville TMP1, "Radical" Thoughts
2021 - Artist Alliance "Terrain" curated by Carol Dalton and Jen Tough
2020 - Artist Alliance "We the People" curated by Tamera Avery and Jen Tough
2020 - Artist Alliance "Rough Around the Edges" curated by Jen Tough
2020 - I Like Your Work Summer Juried Show "Congruence" curated by Bridgette Mayer
2020 - Stay Home Gallery, Week 12 "Soften" curated by Kaylan Buteyn and Pam Marlene Taylor
2017 - Cecile R. Hunt Gallery, "Lone Star", St. Louis, MO
2017 - Bouldin Creek Cafe Gallery, Austin, TX
2015 - East Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX
2014 - East Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX
2013 - East Austin Studio Tour, Austin, TX
2010 - Method Hair Gallery, Austin, TX
2009 - Bouldin Creek Cafe Gallery, Austin, TX
2008 - Bouldin Creek Cafe Gallery, Austin, TX
2006 - South First Street Art Pop Up, Austin, TX
2003 - Guadalupe Arts Center Group Show, Austin, TX
Collections
Private Collections in Austin, TX; Columbia, MO; Durham, NC; Los Angeles, CA; Louisville, KY; New York, NY; Portland, OR; Santa Fe, NM ; St. Louis, MO; Nashville, TN; Washington, DC
Grants & Awards
2011 Hunting Prize Finalist
curated by Rachel Blackburn Cozad, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art; Carol Damian, Patricia and Philip Frost Art Museum; Julien Robson, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts