Laura Jean McLaughlin

Laura Jean McLaughlin (December 27, 1965) is an American ceramic sculptor, print maker, and mosaic artist. Her collaborative mosaics can be found around Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas. She has been awarded several residencies including three from the Kohler Co. in Wisconsin.^[1][2][3]

Laura Jean McLaughlin
Born	(1965-12-27) December 27, 1965 (age 57) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Occupation	Ceramic Artist

Early life

McLaughlin is one of twelve children born to Eileen Welsh and Robert E. McLaughlin in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on December 27, 1965. She grew up in Shaler Township, attending and graduating from Shaler High School. She attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania from 1984–89, where she received her B.S. in Medical Technology and minored in Art, Biology, and Chemistry. She moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina where she worked in a hospital lab until continuing her higher education in August 1992, when she moved to Morgantown, West Virginia and attended West Virginia University College of Creative Arts from 1992–95. There is where she received her M.F.A. in ceramics with a concentration in printmaking and sculpture and earned her K-12 Art Teaching Certification.

Selected exhibitions

• 18 Hands Gallery, “Penland Through the Years”, Houston, Texas, 2011^[4]
• Panza Gallery, “Flying”, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2011^[5]
• Sherrie Gallerie, June Gallery Hop, Columbus, Ohio, 2013^[6]
• Penland Gallery, Penland, North Carolina, 2014^[7]
• Andy Warhol Museum, Benefit Auction, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2014^[8]
• Chautauqua Institution Gallery, 5 person exhibition “Naked”, Chautauqua, New York, 2015^[9]
• Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Group exhibition, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2015^[10]
• Lascaux Gallery, “Past. Present. Future”, Chelsea, New York, NY, 2016^[11]
• BE Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2017^[12]
• Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2017^[13]

Public arts

McLaughlin has been commissioned to create and install collaborative mosaics in and around Pittsburgh, PA since 2004.^[1][14][15]

References

1. "Laura Jean McLaughlin - Center for the Arts". center.pfpca.org. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
2. "Laura Jean McLaughlin - Center for the Arts". center.pfpca.org. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
3. "In The Frame: Artists In Their Own Words". Retrieved 28 April 2018.
4. ""Through the Years: Penland Ceramic Artists" at 18 Hands Gallery – The Penland Sketchbook". penland.org. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
5. "Laura Jean McLaughlin Flying". www.panzagallery.com. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
6. "Laura Jean McLaughlin, artist". Les Femmes Folles. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
7. "18 Hands". www.18handsgallery.com. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
8. "Laura Jean McLaughlin - PF/PCA". pfpca.org. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
9. "VACI bares all in 'NAKED' exhibition". 28 July 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
10. "morgan contemporary glass gallery - Images for Artist Laura Jean McLaughlin". www.morganglassgallery.com. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
11. "LASCAUX GALLERY". Retrieved 11 May 2018.
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13. "Laura Jean McLaughlin - Center for the Arts". center.pfpca.org. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
14. "A mosaic mural sparkles on the South Side Slopes". Retrieved 28 April 2018.
15. "Artists and Cities Award Winner - Laura Jean McLaughlin". www.actionhousing.org. Retrieved 28 April 2018.

External links

• Website