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BIOGRAPHY
Laura Splan is a mixed media artist based in New York City. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Art from the University of California, Irvine where she originally studied Biological Sciences. She received her Master of Fine Art in Sculpture from Mills College in Oakland, CA.
Her interest in science and medicine stems from a variety of experiences and interests and is influenced by cultural trends and events. Both her father and sister have worked for a company that manufactures surgical and medical products such as implants. This nurtured her interest in medicine and gave her access to images and information she might otherwise not have had. Health epidemics, bio-terrorism, reality makeover shows, cloned cats, anti-microbial products, and pharmaceutical commercials all serve as fuel for inspiration for her work.
Her work has been exhibited at many West Coast venues where she previously resided including San Francisco MOMA Artist's Gallery, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, Los Angeles Center For Digital Art, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Santa Rosa, CA . She has also shown at Nexus Gallery (Philadelphia, PA), Delta Axis Gallery (Memphis, TN), Arthouse (Austin, TX), the Art & Culture Center Of Hollywood (Hollywood, FL), and Galerie SAW Gallery, (Ontario, Canada). Her work was featured on the cover of the Public Library of Science Medicine Journal and on Spark* on KQED (San Francisco, CA). She has been a visiting artist and lecturer at California College of Art, Cal Arts, San Francisco Art Institute, Stanford University, Mills College, and SF Camerawork. She was awarded the Herringer Prize for Excellence in Art, a Kala Art Institute Fellowship, and a Cadogan Fine Arts Fellowship.
