I am predominantly a visual artist, using the medium of photography to explore the connections between the artistic and scientific realms of inquiry.
Working with traditional and non-traditional art making tools, including printmaking, digital photography, film and Polaroid film, drawing and paint, I seek to interpret theories of physics, math and neurological research, to reconstruct individual recollections of time, place, and space.
I use the photographic images, with embedded marks and symbols, to construct a specific viewpoint. In the construction of the works, I have been influenced by geographical maps, weather maps, blueprints, ancient symbolic and pictorial written languages, NASA photography, photographs outside the normal human visual range, visual database design, and the use of grids within archeological drawings... with these grids representing both the physical relationship between the found objects, and their spatial relationship over time.
For me, defining a sense of place is the allure of the photographic image... the instant, when time and place seem to merge to catch a moment. It is the imperceptible connections I seek to define...when something catches your peripheral vision, but is gone when you turn for a longer glimpse. My photographs aim to force the viewer to look beyond the obvious... to reveal the essence beyond the normal visual spectrum.
Laura Krasnow, born in New York City, has lived and traveled throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Australia.
In addition to being a freelance photographer, she has worked as an assistant editor in feature films, and been trained in film preservation and restoration. Her artwork has been exhibited throughout the United States and Europe, and is in the permanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art.
Her passion is art, science and technology. After obtaining an MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she returned to school to study math, physics and computer science. Laura has attended seminars at the Perimeter Institute of Theoretical Physics, and the Centre for Brain and Mind, both in Canada.
The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Master of Fine Art, Photomechanical Processes, Photography, Generative Systems
State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY
BA, Studio Art
National College of Art, Dublin, Ireland
The L. Jeffrey School of Film Preservation, The George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
Certificate in Film Preservation and Restoration
National College of Art, Dublin, Ireland
The L. Jeffrey School of Film Preservation, The George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
Certificate in Film Preservation and Restoration
California State University at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Silicon Studios, Santa Monica, CA
Art Center at Pasadena, CA
American Film Institute, Hollywood, CA
Art Students League of New York
2024
SE Center for Photography Member of the Month
2022
SE Center for Photography Member of the Month
Pandemic Walk #3 (Cartesian) received a Juror's Choice Award (Marjorie Kaye) during The Biennial Project 2022 at the Venice Biennale
2021
Camp Online Art Residency, Environmental Sound Recording with Chris Watson
Date TBD
Interactions Collaboration Physics Photowalk, Sanford Underground Research Facility, South Dakota
2018
Photo & Sphere Residency, Ashville, Makers Circle, North Carolina
UPMC Healthcare Award, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, 106th Annual Exhibition
2017
Pittsburgh Filmmakers/Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, 2017 Flight School Fellowshi
Professional artist development program
2014
Lizzy Wetzel Choice Award, 2014 Biennial Roadshow, Marfa, TX
2013
Finalist, Photographer’s Forum 33rd Annual 2013 Spring Photography Contest
L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation Fellowship, Cineric Film Lab, New York, NY
University of Southern California, Research Fellowship, Integrated Media Systems Center, BioSIGHT Project
Hollywood Digital Careers, Silicon Studios Fellowship
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Full Scholarship/Graduate Assistantship
Elliot, David “Inner Landscape of the New Romantics,” The Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago, IL
Artner, Alan G. “Landscapes of Isolated Pleasures,” The Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL
Bright, Deborah “Inner Landscape,” The New Art Examiner, Chicago, IL
Laura Krasnow, Language with The Red, Silver Eye Center for Photography
Press Release: Finalists for the 55th Annual "Art of the State" Exhibition, Harrisburg, PA, 8/2022
Ecoartspace, featured artist, 4/24/2022,
Interalia Magazine, Emerging Ideas, “the_space_between_the_stars”, featured in November 2019 Issue
Art Limited, Curiosity #1, Assemblage1, Memories Lost/Found #1, selected for publication on website feed, Bordeaux, France, 9/2019
The Hand, Issue #25, July 2019,
Natural Wonder, curated by Amie Potsic, reviewed by Lily Horner, 2019
UWISHUNU Philadelphia, Top Picks for Art Events And Exhibitions in Philly This April, 2016
InLiquid Presents: The Shortest Distance Between 2 Points, 3/19/2016
Interalia Magazine, “Memory/Networks”, featured in September/October 2016
The Hand Magazine, Issue #13, July 2016
SciArt in America, “Natural Transformation Through the Lens of Laura" Philadelphia City Paper, Events, 12/18/2014, Thursday, (visual art) “Miracles”, p.19
“Un-Natural Nature” Exhibition Catalog "Un-Natural Nature", by Danielle Kalamaras, Issues in Science and Technology, Vol. 31, No. 2 (WINTER 2015), pp. 80-87
Soundscraper Premieres “Capsule 1 – inside/outside” – live crowdsourced soundscaping, March, 2014
"The Boston Biennial 3 Introduces You To Some Amazing Art and Artists"
Photographer’s Forum Best of Photography 2013 Annual CBS Philly, “Art And Science Meet At Philadelphia Science Festival”
Exposure 2011 – invited to participate in publication from International Exposure Exhibition
The Chicago Sun-Times, “Inner Landscape of the New Romantics” – reviewed by David Elliot
The Chicago Tribune, “Landscapes of Isolated Pleasures” – reviewed by Alan G. Artner
The New Art Examiner, “Inner Landscape” – reviewed by Deborah Bright
Photographer’s Forum Best of Photography 2013 Annual
Graduate Prints Portfolio, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Triptik, offset artist book, edition of 50
Faces, off-set artist book, edition of 50
The Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Art Students League, New York, NY
Small Press Archive, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL
Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
California State University, Sacramento, CA
Independent Press Archive, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
PNC Bank Art Collection
The Brooklyn Museum
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
State University of New York at Albany
Women Artists Archive, Copenhagen, Denmark
Women’s Caucus for Art, New York Chapter, Artists’ Book Archive, New York, NY
Various private collections
Acoustic Ecology Institute
American Society of Acoustic Ecology
Art and Science Collaborations, Inc.
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
Ecoartspace
InLiquid
Leonardo/International Society of the Arts, Sciences and Technology
Rhizome SciArt Center World Forum for Acoustic Ecology
2011
Co-Curator, Art is Science Made Clear: Science Made Clear, A Collective, Philadelphia Science Festival, Philadelphia, PA
2008 – 2010
Research Aide, The Elephant Listening Project, Bioacoustics Research Program, The Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University
2005 - 2010
Digital Imaging Specialist, Media Asset Manager (Moving and still images), Philadelphia, PA; Cornell University; University of Kentucky; Kentucky Educational Television
2002 - 2003
Assistant Photography Curator, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Margaret Herrick Library, Roddy McDowall Photograph Archive
1987 – 1999
Assistant Editor, Feature Films – Picture, Sound ADR
Archiving and Database Management, Digital Arts and Multimedia Design Program, La Salle University, Philadelphia, PA
Workshop Instructor, Side Street Projects, Pasadena, CA; University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AK; Vacaville Prison, CA; Mental Health Clinic, Sacramento, CA
Exhibition Crew, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; International Center of Photography, New York, NY
President, Board of Directors, West Hubbard Gallery, Chicago, IL
2023
The Grandeur of Power, The Associated Artist of Pittsburgh Exhibition Space, PA
Juried by Eric Shiner
Balanced Response, Robert Morris University, Media Arts Gallery, Moon Township, PA
Juried by Andrew Y. Ames and Christine Holtz
2022 – 2023
Art of the State, The State Museum of PA, Harrisburg, PA
2022
Juried Member’s Exhibition, SE Center for Photography, Greenville, SC
Juried by Meg Griffiths
2022 Members Exhibition, Tilt Institute for the Contemporary Image, Philadelphia, PA
Exquisite Corpse, Jill Krutick Gallery, Mamaroneck, NY
Exquisite Corpse, Spazio SV Centro Espositivo Museale San Vidal, Venice, Italy
The Biennial Project at the 2022 Venice Biennale, Calle Lion, Sestiere Castello, 3390A, 30122 Venezia VE, Italia
pARTicles, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, (Fermilab), Batavia, IL
Fermilab is United States premier particle physics and accelerator laboratory, seeking out the nature of dark matter and dark energy
2021
108th Annual Exhibition, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Pittsbrugh, PA
Juried by Wendy Given, Art Curator for the Port of Portland and Portland International Airport and Ben Owen, Director of Arts@MSP at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport
Members Exhibition, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
LAURENT Gallery, St. Kilda, Melbourne, Australia
The Birth Book, The Photography Book Initiative, The Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, MA
2020 - 2021
The Implications of the Camera, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Altoona, PA
2019
Los Angeles Center of Photography Sixth Annual Members Exhibition, California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA
Juried by Douglas McCulloh, Senior Curator of Exhibitions
The Sketchbook Project Volume 14, Traveling Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY; Boston, MA; Providence, RI; St. Petersburg, FL; Washington D.C.; Richmond, VA; San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles, CA
The Biennial Project Biennial at the 2019 Venice Biennale 58, Centro Culturale Don Orione Artigianelli, Venice, Italy
Pittsburgh Print Group 2019 New Members Exhibit, Pullproof Studio, Pittsburgh, PA
2018
Natural Wonder, InLiquid Exhibition at Park Towne Place Museum District Residences, Philadelphia, PA
Curated by Amie Potsic
106th Annual Exhibition, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Juried and Curated by Taras Matla, Associate Director of University of Maryland Art Gallery
UPMC Healthcare Award
Under the Blankets, Printmakers Together, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
#00 Bienal de la Habana, Havana, Cuba
Boston Biennial 5, Boston, MA
Entrances and Exits, The InLiquid Gallery, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Ten Artists to Watch, Spring 2018 International Juried Winners Exhibit, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
Curator Leigh Gleason, Curator of Collections, California Museum of Photography
2017
Speak for Yourself, FrameHouse & Jask Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Curated by Sean Beauford
ArtVenice Biennale 4, ARTlsm3160 Gallery, Venice, Italy
A juried competition and large screen digital presentation shown during the Opening/Press Week of The 2017 Venice Biennale 57
LACDA Member Artists Exhibit, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
Try to Understand, Brooke Lanier Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA
A group exhibition examining the ways that the human mind deals with apparent chaos or disorganization. We look for patterns and relationships in disorder, and if we cannot find them, we devise artificial means of categorization and structure.
2016
STEAM-abration, Invited exhibitor, The Citizen Science Lab, Pittsburgh, PA
A Celebration of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics
The Sketchbook Project 2016, Traveling Exhibition, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY; Millennium Park, Chicago, IL; Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA; NoBo Art District, North Boulder, CO; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Fort Smith Regional Art Museum, Fort Smith, AR; Memphis, Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY
The Shortest Distance Between 2 Points, Solo Exhibition, Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, PA
2016 Boston Biennial Project, Finalist
2015 - 2016
Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Philadelphia Photo Arts Center Members Exhibition 2015, PPAC Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
The Sketchbook Project 2015, Traveling Exhibition, Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY; Art off the Wall, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY; Ideas City Street Fest, The New Museum, New York, NY; Binders, Ponce City Market, Atlanta, GA; Perez Art Museum, Miami, Fl; Miami Dade College Museum of Art and Binders, Ponce City Market, Atlanta, GA; South Austin Social, Austin, TX; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; The Yard at Mission Rock, San Francisco, CA; Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA; Chicago Look Alliance, Chicago, IL
F295 Members Salon Exhibition, History of Art and Architecture Gallery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Art Venice Biennale 3, Via Garibaldi 1791, Castello, Venice, Italy
LACDA Eleven, 11 Year Anniversary Represented Artists Exhibit, Los Angeles Center For Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
Women In Photography International Exhibition, sponsored by Women In Focus, Atlanta, GA
ELECTRON SALON, Invitational Group Exhibit, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
SciArt Center, Un-Natural Nature Exhibition, Creations Gallery, New York, NY
Artist-in-Residence Exhibition, VentureF0rth (co-working community for tech entrepreneurs) Philadelphia, PA
Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Miracles, Old City Jewish Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
The Sketchbook Project Alma Basel Edition, Art Basel Miami, Miami, FL
Chosen to be included in a curated selection of sketchbooks at Alma Ad
The Ontario, Canada Northeast Sketchbook Project Tour, Chosen to be included in a curated selection of sketchbooks to 5 cities in the Northeast US
Locations: Franklin Square, Philadelphia, PA, Syracuse University Art Galleries, Syracuse, NY; Western New York Art Center, Shaffer Art Building, Buffalo, NY; Popps Packing, Detroit, MI; Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY; The ‘Ontario Canada’ Closing Party
Un-Natural Nature Virtual Exhibition, SciArt Center, New York, NY
Philadelphia Photo Arts Center Members Exhibition, 3rd Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Boston Biennale 3, Atlantic Works Gallery, Boston, MA
Ten Year Represented Artists Retrospective, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
Winners of Biennial Roadshow, Marfa Exhibition, Marfa, TX
Capsule 1, Inside/Outside Live Crowdsourced Soundscaping, Center for New Music, San Francisco, CA
The Sketchbook Project 2014, Various cities throughout the US
ELECTRON SALON, International Group Exhibit, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
2013 - 2014
Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
Philly Photo Day 2013, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia PA
Discovery and Perception, Episcopal Academy, Newton Square, PA
Curious Investigations, Episcopal Academy, Newton Square, PA
August Electron Salon, Invitational Group Exhibition, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
Exposure 2013, See.Me Exhibition Space, Long Island City, NY
Philly Tech Week Invitational Exhibition, DrinkPhilly Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Ninth Anniversary Exhibit, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
February Electron Salon, Invitational Group Exhibition, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Sketchbook Project 2013, Various cities throughout the US
2012
Member Group Exhibition, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
Open Studios, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
Self-Portrait, Old City Jewish Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
Turning Darkness to Light, Old City Jewish Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
Art Takes Times Square, work projected in Times Square, New York, NY
Eighth Anniversary Retrospective, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
The Sketchbook Project 2012, Various cities throughout the US
2011
Electron Salon, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
Snap to Grid, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
Philadelphia Photo Day, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
School of Art Gallery, University of Denver, Denver, CO
Project Art Center, Cambridge, MA
Installation, West Hubbard Gallery, Chicago, IL
Fine Arts Gallery, University of Missouri, Columbia, MI
Fine Arts Gallery, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Group Show, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
National Landscape in Art Exhibition, Springfield Art Association, Springfield, IL
Women Artists Books, part of VIEW BY WOMEN ARTISTS EXHIBITION, Surrogate’s Court Building, New York, NY
Some Girls Exhibition, Part Two, Artists’ Books, Chicago, IL
Group Show, West Hubbard Gallery, Chicago, IL
8 ½ x 11, West Hubbard Gallery, Chicago, IL
First Book Gathering Exhibition, Downtown Brooklyn Cultural Center, Brooklyn, NY
Color Photography, A Directorial Approach, Robert Else Gallery, CA
Cleveland Photographic Workshop, Cleveland Heights, OH
Women/Images/Nature, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Work used in lecture presented by Martha Madigan
International Festival of Women Artists, Copenhagen, Denmark Inner Landscapes, IL
Photographers Exhibition, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art Attacks, A Social Disease, Morning Studio, Chicago, IL
Fifth Annual Magic Silver Show, Murray State University, Murray, KY
Chicago Books, Franklin Furnace Gallery, New York, NY
Options in Independent Art Publishing, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
Prints From The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Chicago Cultural Library Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Group Show, Herron School of Art, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
Group Show, College of Fine Arts, Ohio University, Athens, OH
Group Show, McAuley Gallery, Mount Mercy College, Cedar Rapids, IA
Group Show, Office of the Federal Defenders, Chicago, IL
Pensacola National Printmaking Exhibition, Pensacola, FL
The Plain Brown Wrapper Hard Times National Print Exhibition, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
Group Show, Art Students League, New York, NY
