Bio
LauraMakesThings
Laura C. Baran is an interdisciplinary artist, from St. Petersburg, Florida. She pursued her BFA in Fine Arts and Art History at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore, where she graduated Cum Laude in 2016. Since then, Laura has been working with various art organizations and showing her work internationally, having spent significant time in both Barcelona and Berlin.
Artist Statement
L.C.B.
At times, the environment we find ourselves in reflects our inner life, physically mirroring the emotional and spiritual landscape inside of us. The objects around us can be memory keepers, giving us space to reflect and freeze time, or they can be indicative of our present state, personality, and what we hope to grow into.
My work plays with this exchange between the invisible and the physical, taking inspiration from found objects and nature in everyday life to establish thoughtful correlations between what we see physically and what we feel internally.
PDF : Graphic Design Portfolio (Coming Soon)
PDF: Fine Art Porfolio CV
Currently based in Boston, MA.
Education
2012-2016 BFA General Fine Arts and Art History, Cum Laude
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD, US
PDF: Fine Art Porfolio
Currently based in Boston, MA.
Education
2012-2016 BFA General Fine Arts and Art History, Cum Laude
Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD, US
Selected Exhibitions
2024 Metamorphasis, juried group exhibition at Art at 400, St Petersburg, FL
2024 Abstract, juried group exhibition at Five Deuces Galleria, St. Petersburg, FL
2024 All Things Florida, juried group exhibition at Five Deuces Galleria, St. Petersburg, FL
2023 Happy, juried group exhibition at Five Deuces Galleria, St Petersburg, FL
2023 Emotions, juried group exhibition by Populoum at Coastal Creative, St. Petersburg, FL
2023 Mixed Media Show, juried group exhibition at Five Deuces Galleria, St Petersburg, FL
2021 Reset, Ortstermin, selected group exhibition at Refo Kirche, Moabit, Berlin DE
2021 Exposed Roots | RAÍCES EXPUESTAS, juried group exhibition, 81 Bac de Roda, Barcelona, ES
2019-2021 represented by Raine Designs Artist Collective and Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2019 Pink Noise, selected group exhibition, Union Collective, Baltimore, MD
2019 MICA Alumni Show, juried group exhibition, Baltimore, MD
2019 ONE Collective, selected group exhibition, Draape Kaffeehus, Aalesund, NO
2019 ONE Collective, selected group exhibition, 81 Bac de Roda, Barcelona, Spain
2018-2019 represented by Voice & Visibility (Women’s Summit), Downtown Sarasota, Florida
2017-2018 represented by J&J Fine Art Gallery, Lakewood Ranch, FL
2017 Chipped, juried solo exhibition, Harmony Gallery at the Sarasota Orchestra, Florida
2017 Landscapes, juried group exhibition, Light, Time, & Space Online Gallery
2016 Landlock, solo exhibition Main Building, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2016 Feelings of Landscape, juried group exhibition, Fox Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2016 Female Identifying Artists, juried group exhibition, La Bodega Gallery, Copy Cat X Terrault, Baltimore, MD
2015 Really Cheap, But Really Overpriced, selected group exhibition, 801 Park Ave Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2015 Unchanging Heart, selected group exhibition, Church of Philippi, Baltimore, MD
2014 Unstable Media, selected group exhibition, Mount Royal Station Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2024 Abstract, juried group exhibition at Five Deuces Galleria, St. Petersburg, FL
2024 All Things Florida, juried group exhibition at Five Deuces Galleria, St. Petersburg, FL
2023 Happy, juried group exhibition at Five Deuces Galleria, St Petersburg, FL
2023 Emotions, juried group exhibition by Populoum at Coastal Creative, St. Petersburg, FL
2023 Mixed Media Show, juried group exhibition at Five Deuces Galleria, St Petersburg, FL
2021 Reset, Ortstermin, selected group exhibition at Refo Kirche, Moabit, Berlin DE
2021 Exposed Roots | RAÍCES EXPUESTAS, juried group exhibition, 81 Bac de Roda, Barcelona, ES
2019-2021 represented by Raine Designs Artist Collective and Gallery, Sarasota, FL
2019 Pink Noise, selected group exhibition, Union Collective, Baltimore, MD
2019 MICA Alumni Show, juried group exhibition, Baltimore, MD
2019 ONE Collective, selected group exhibition, Draape Kaffeehus, Aalesund, NO
2019 ONE Collective, selected group exhibition, 81 Bac de Roda, Barcelona, Spain
2018-2019 represented by Voice & Visibility (Women’s Summit), Downtown Sarasota, Florida
2017-2018 represented by J&J Fine Art Gallery, Lakewood Ranch, FL
2017 Chipped, juried solo exhibition, Harmony Gallery at the Sarasota Orchestra, Florida
2017 Landscapes, juried group exhibition, Light, Time, & Space Online Gallery
2016 Landlock, solo exhibition Main Building, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2016 Feelings of Landscape, juried group exhibition, Fox Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2016 Female Identifying Artists, juried group exhibition, La Bodega Gallery, Copy Cat X Terrault, Baltimore, MD
2015 Really Cheap, But Really Overpriced, selected group exhibition, 801 Park Ave Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2015 Unchanging Heart, selected group exhibition, Church of Philippi, Baltimore, MD
2014 Unstable Media, selected group exhibition, Mount Royal Station Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Awards
2022 Honorable Mention from Sarasota Orchestra, FL, for “Coastal Breath” mineral painting series
2017 Honorable Mention in Landscapes, Light, Time, & Space Online Gallery for “Relics” series
2017 Best in Show and Honorable Mentions, Art Gala, Field Club, Sarasota, Florida for “Relics” series
From Maryland Institute College of Art (Total Awarded $46,200):
2016 Cultural Ambassador Award
2016 Chairs Award Travel Scholarship Department Nominee
2015 Carl and Winifred Lee Research Travel Scholarship
2014 General Fine Arts Departmental Recognition Award Competitive Scholarship Recipient
2012 Competitive Scholarship for Academic and Portfolio Excellence
2012-2016 Deans List
2017 Honorable Mention in Landscapes, Light, Time, & Space Online Gallery for “Relics” series
2017 Best in Show and Honorable Mentions, Art Gala, Field Club, Sarasota, Florida for “Relics” series
From Maryland Institute College of Art (Total Awarded $46,200):
2016 Cultural Ambassador Award
2016 Chairs Award Travel Scholarship Department Nominee
2015 Carl and Winifred Lee Research Travel Scholarship
2014 General Fine Arts Departmental Recognition Award Competitive Scholarship Recipient
2012 Competitive Scholarship for Academic and Portfolio Excellence
2012-2016 Deans List
Residencies
2022 June residency by Raum on Demand, Alte Münze, Berlin, DE
2022 April residency at Stay Home Gallery, Paris, TN, USA
2021 November residency at Cove Park, Scotland
2021 ONE Home Berlin: Summer Pop-up Collaboration, June-August; Berlin, Germany
2019 ONE Collective: 9 months | Barcelona, Spain; Aalesund, Norway; Baltimore, MD
2022 April residency at Stay Home Gallery, Paris, TN, USA
2021 November residency at Cove Park, Scotland
2021 ONE Home Berlin: Summer Pop-up Collaboration, June-August; Berlin, Germany
2019 ONE Collective: 9 months | Barcelona, Spain; Aalesund, Norway; Baltimore, MD
Publications
2019 Localista SRQ, Local Artist Feature
2019 This is Fresh Bread, Local Artist Feature
2017 805 Lit + Art magazine, Artist Feature, Volume 3, Issue 4
2015 YTB (Why the Beef), a MICA & RISD Collab x Print All Over Me, selected artist feature, Volume 7 Print & Pattern
2019 This is Fresh Bread, Local Artist Feature
2017 805 Lit + Art magazine, Artist Feature, Volume 3, Issue 4
2015 YTB (Why the Beef), a MICA & RISD Collab x Print All Over Me, selected artist feature, Volume 7 Print & Pattern
Professional Experience
2020-2021 ONE Artist Collective residency program coordinator / assistant director
2016 Sequential Art, Typography, and Illustration teacher, EXPLO at Yale University, New Haven, CT
2015-2016 Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center Intern, Gallery Assistant, Docent, Draw and Discover Instructor, Washington D.C., USA
2015-2016 Student Space Gallery Juror, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2013-2015 Teaching Assistant, Voice & Vision, MICA, Baltimore, USA
2016 Sequential Art, Typography, and Illustration teacher, EXPLO at Yale University, New Haven, CT
2015-2016 Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center Intern, Gallery Assistant, Docent, Draw and Discover Instructor, Washington D.C., USA
2015-2016 Student Space Gallery Juror, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2013-2015 Teaching Assistant, Voice & Vision, MICA, Baltimore, USA
Selected Press
2020-2021 Mirra Collective, Featured Artist, Barcelona, Spain
2018-2019 Voice & Visibility, by Sarasota Magazine, and the Localista
2017 J&J Gallery, Bradenton Herald, Lakewood Ranch, Florida
2017 Harmony Gallery, Sarasota Orchestra, Florida
2018-2019 Voice & Visibility, by Sarasota Magazine, and the Localista
2017 J&J Gallery, Bradenton Herald, Lakewood Ranch, Florida
2017 Harmony Gallery, Sarasota Orchestra, Florida