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Laura Andrews

Email: phouka1477@gmail.com

Education

MFA
2006, Minneapolis College of Art and Design (Minneapolis, MN) 

BA
1999, Lawrence University (Appleton, WI)
1997, Trinity College (Dublin, IRE)

2026

• (Upcoming) Kolman & Reeb Gallery / Minneapolis, MN

2015

• Vice Versa / The Phipps Center for the Arts / Hudson, WI

2012

• Unravel / Bloomington Art Center / Bloomington, MN

2009

• Realms of Possibility / The Phipps Center for the Arts / Hudson, WI

2025

• Trees and Sky / Paradise Center for the Arts / Faribault, MN

• Minnesota Plein Air Collective / Marshall Area Fine Arts Council / Marshall, MN

2024

• Moments of Memory: Minnesota Landscapes Painted from Life / Bell Museum / St. Paul, MN

• The Big Tiny Show / Kolman & Reeb Gallery / Minneapolis, MN

2023

• 7th Annual National Juried Exhibition / Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art / Wausau / WI

• Plein Air Red Wing / Depot Gallery / Red Wing, MN

• Faculty Exhibition / James Wegner Gallery / Austin, MN

2022

• Landmark Center Summer Art Popup / Landmark Center / St. Paul, MN

• Minneapolis College Faculty Exhibition / Hennepin Theatre Trust / Minneapolis, MN

2021

• Tofte Lake Center Group Show / Ely Art Walk / Ely, MN

• Minneapolis College Faculty Exhibition / Hennepin Theatre Trust / Minneapolis, MN

2020

• Get Lost / Silverwood Gallery / St. Anthony, MN

• Integrated Vision / Duluth Art Institute, George Morrison Gallery / Duluth, MN

2019

• Home / James Wegner Gallery / Austin, MN

• Familiar Collections / The Phipps Center for the Arts / Hudson, WI 

2018

• Near and Far / Silverwood Gallery / St. Anthony, MN

2017

• Elements / Wargo Nature Center / Lino Lakes, MN

• Familiar Collections / Two-Person Exhibition / Rochester Community and Technical College Rochester, MN (with photographer Erika Ritzel)

• Heart of a Place / Two-Person Exhibition / Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts / Fridley, MN (with painter Susan Solomon)

2016

• Arrowhead Regional Biennial / Duluth Art Institute / Duluth, MN

• Untitled 12, Soo Visual Arts Center / Minneapolis, MN

• Familiar Collections / Two-Person Exhibition / Fallout Arts Initiative / Minneapolis, MN (with photographer Erika Ritzel)

2015

• Parts of a Whole / Minnesota Center for Book Arts / Minneapolis, MN

• Go Ask Alice / Mudd Gallery / Lawrence University / Appleton, WI

2014

• The View From Here; Selected Works from the Minnesota Center for the Book Arts Cooperative / The Phipps Center for the Arts / Hudson, WI

• Lumberwoods / Feather and Bone Gallery / Appleton, WI

2013

• MCBA/Jerome Book Arts Mentorship Series IV / Minnesota Center for Book Arts / Minneapolis, MN

• Visualizing Nature / Fallout Arts Initiative / Minneapolis, MN

• Post-Apocalyptic Blues / Fox Tax Gallery / Minneapolis, MN

• New / Flow Art Space / St. Paul, MN

2012

• Open Door 7 / Rosalux Gallery / Minneapolis, MN

2011

• A Backward Glance / Warch Campus Center Gallery / Lawrence University / Appleton, WI

• Happenchance / New York Mills Regional Cultural Center / New York Mills, MN

2010   

• Paperdarts Launch Party / Storefront-In-A-Box / Minneapolis, MN

• WARM Member Show / Minnesota Women’s Building / St. Paul, MN

• Art Inspired Music Project / McNally Smith College of Music / St. Paul, MN

2008

• Painting / Foundry Art Centre / St. Charles, MO

2025-26
Project Space Grant
Kolman & Reeb Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
$10,000 production grant with a solo show capstone

2021
Tofte Lake Center Individual Artist Residency
Tofte Lake Center, Ely, MN

2017
Vizlab/MMAD Lab (Motion and Media Across Disciplines) Residency with musician Paula Gudmundson
University of Minnesota, Duluth, MN

2014
Community Supported Art (CSA) Springboard for the Arts Project Grant
St. Paul, MN

2012-13
Minnesota Center for Book Arts & Jerome Foundation Mentorship
Minneapolis, MN

2011
Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant
Tofte Lake Center Residency, Ely, MN

2010
Community Supported Art (CSA) Springboard for the Arts Project Grant
St. Paul, MN

2009
Anderson Center Residency
Red Wing, MN

2008
Faculty Development Grant
Century College, White Bear Lake, MN

2008
Vermont Studio Center Residency
Johnson, VT

2008-present
Fine Arts Faculty / Minneapolis Community and Technical College (Minneapolis, MN)

• Painting, Foundation Drawing 1, Drawing 2, Life Drawing, Watercolor, Printmaking, Foundation 2D Design, Introduction to Art, Art History 2:  Renaissance to Contemporary

2021-present
Fine Arts Faculty / Riverland Community College (Austin, MN) 

• Drawing 1, Drawing 2, Watercolor

2006-2015
Fine Arts Faculty / Century College (White Bear Lake, MN)

• Drawing 1, Painting 1, Watercolor, Art Appreciation

2006-2008
Adjunct Faculty / Minneapolis College of Art and Design (Minneapolis, MN)

• Foundation Drawing 1

2005-2006
Teaching Assistant, Elizabeth Erickson / Minneapolis College of Art and Design (Minneapolis, MN)

• Drawing 1 and Poetry of Painting

2023
Winter Block Printing Workshop
Tofte Lake Center & Camp du Nord, Ely, MN
- Community members designed, carved and printed winter themed block prints.

2021
Field Trip (Plein Air Demo)
Silverwood Park, St. Anthony, MN
- Plein air painting demonstration for visitors to the Field Trip event.

2020
“Plein Air:  Painting Outdoors”
Video Series
Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN

2019 (June)
Plein Air Workshop
Minnesota Museum of American Art, St. Paul, MN
- Taught plein air painting basics at multiple locations over a series of classes.

2018 (July)
Pasta Press Bookplates, Etching Workshop
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN
- Collaborative workshop with Dean Trisko. Students designed, etched and printed small bookplates and learned the basics of converting a pasta press into a DIY etching press.

2018
Art at Rice Creek (Plein Air Demo)
Banfill-Locke Center for the Arts, Fridley, MN
- Plein air painting demonstration for visitors to the event

2018 (April-May)
Observational Drawing for Prints
Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, MN

2017 (February 9)
Watercolor workshop
University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth Minnesota

2015 (December)
“Teaching at a Community College”
Presentation
- Minneapolis College of Art and Design Teaching Practicum class

2008 (November)
Artist Talk
Graduate Critique Seminar
Minneapolis College of Art and Design