LAURA CANNAMELA
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ONE- AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 千重 A Thousand Layers. The Hammond Museum, North Salem, NY.
2016 Primary Sources. The Gallery at Millbrook Library, Millbrook, NY.
2011 Levels and Layers. Lyceum Gallery, The Derryfield School, Manchester, NH.
MoHu Fest. Chamber of Schenectady County, Schenectady, NY.
2009 World•Views. Park Row Gallery, Chatham, NY.
1997 North Pointe Gallery. Kinderhook, NY.
1996 Shelnutt Gallery. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Troy, NY.
1994 Lake George Arts Project. Lake George, NY.
1991 Five Points Gallery. East Chatham, NY.
1990 Castleton State College Fine Arts Center. Castleton, VT.
Albany Center Galleries - Upstairs Gallery. Albany, NY.
1989 Crusader Gallery. Philmont, NY.
   
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Souvenir. Albany Airport Concourse A Gallery, Albany, NY. Kathy Greenwood, Curator.
Cut Me Up Magazine Issue 11: Souvenir. Publication Summer 2023. Edited by Andrea Burgay, Curated by Kathy Greenwood.
KML Art Tour. Kinderhook Memorial Library Art Tour, Kinderhook, NY. Open Studio.
2022 Geologic Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY. Bruce Dehnert, Juror; Joan Walton, Co-curator.
Holiday LABspace, Hillsdale, NY.
Show #21 Second Street Studio Hallway Gallery, Troy, NY.
2021 Holiday LABspace, Hillsdale, NY
2021 Mohawk Hudson Regional Opalka Gallery, Russell Sage College Albany, NY. Pamela Salisbury, Juror
Frame//Unframe Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY.
2020 Interpreting the Natural: Contemporary Visions of Scholars' Rocks Korean Cultural Center, New York, NY. Donna Dodson, Curator
Collecting Local: Twelve Years of The Hudson Valley Artists Annual Purchase Award Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz, NY. Anna Conlan, Curator
2019 Studio Time The Teaching Gallery at Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY
2019 Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson RegionThe Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY. Victoria Palermo, Juror
2018 En Masse 2018 Thomson Giroux Gallery, Chatham, NY
2017 Undercurrents: The River As Metaphor / Hudson Valley Artists 2017 Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz, Livia Straus, Juror
2016 2016 Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY. Michael Oatman, Juror
5th Annual Juried Group Show The Laffer Gallery, Schuylerville, NY. Tony Iadiciccio, Juror
Layers Levels Lines , featuring work of Laura Cannamela, Russell Serianne, and Ruby Silvious.Woodstock Art Exchange, West Hurley, NY
2015 Modern Sculpture & The Romantic Landscape Wilderstein Historic Site, Rhinebeck, NY. Jennifer Harris, Curator
Inspired by Platte Clove Erpf Gallery, Catskill Center, Arkville, NY.
2014 Intrinsic Forms Lapham Gallery, Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council, Glens Falls, NY.
Regional Art Show Spencertown Academy, Spencertown, NY.
2013 NYFA 'Mark' Artists. Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY. Beth Giacummo, Curator
2013 Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region. The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY. Dan Cameron, Juror
Fence Select. Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY. Denise Markonish, Juror
Small Works 5. Kirkland Art, Clinton, NY.
2012 Japanese Influence: Layer and Line, featuring work of Laura Cannamela, Russell Serianne, and Ruby Silvious. Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY
2011 Wabi-Sabi. Columbia County Council on the Arts, Hudson, NY.
The Fence Show. Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY.
2010 CCCA 14th Annual Juried Exhibition. Hudson Opera House, Hudson, NY. Janet Riker, Juror.
Americas 2010: Paperworks. Northwest Art Center, Minot State University, Minot, SD. Heidi Goldberg, Juror.
2009 2009 Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region. University at Albany Art Museum. Albany, NY. Matthew Higgs, Juror.
26th Annual Trinity Art Show. Lime Rock, CT.
Marking Time. Hudson Opera House. Hudson, NY.
2008 It's Not Easy. Exit Art Underground. New York, NY.
Night of 1000 Drawings. Artists Space. New York, NY.
Train Station Gallery. West Stockbridge, MA.
2007 Continuum. Columbia County Council on the Arts. Hudson, NY.
Postcard Show. Artswalk 2007. Hudson, NY.
2006 Design. Columbia County Council on the Arts. Hudson, NY.
2004 The Foundation Gallery. Columbia-Greene Community College. Hudson, NY.
1999 1999 Contemporary Drawing Exhibition. Albany Center Galleries. Albany, NY. Jene Highstein, Juror.
1995 Art at the Armory. Hudson, NY.
1994 Introspection. The Rice Gallery of the Albany Institute of History and Art. Albany, NY.
1993 Faculty Exhibition. The College of St. Rose. Albany, NY.
1992 Home and Family Matters. Warren Street Gallery. Hudson, NY.
1989 Crossroads. Albany Center Gallery. Albany, NY. Eleanor Hartney, Juror.
1988 Small Works '88. The Shaker Museum. Old Chatham, NY. Charlotta Kotik, Juror.
Faculty Exhibition. The College of St. Rose. Albany, NY.
1987 1987 Exhibition by Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region. Albany Institute of History and Art. Albany, NY. John Yau, Juror.
National '87 Small Works Exhibition. Schoharie County Arts Council. Cobleskill, NY. Lisa Dennison, Juror.
1986 Annual Juried Exhibition 1986. The Queens Museum. Flushing, NY. Holly Solomon, Curator.
Clark Whitney Gallery. Lenox, MA.
1985 Hudson Valley '85. Mid-Hudson Arts & Science Center. Poughkeepsie, NY. Barbara Haskell, Juror.
1983 A Flag for the Eighties. Studio 201, P. S. 1 Museum. Long Island City, NY. Nicolas A. Moufarrege, Curator.
   
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2021 Martha Boschen Porter Fund, a Fund of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation. Grant Recipient.
2017 Undercurrents: The River As Metaphor. Samuel Dorsky Museum at SUNY New Paltz. Winner of the Hudson Valley Artists 2017 Purchase Prize.
2014 Platte Clove Artist in Residence. Platte Clove Nature Preserve, Elka Park, NY. Awarded by The Catskill Center for Conservation and Development.
2013 Juried Show of Small Works. The Shirt Factory Gallery, Glens Falls, NY. Awardwinner, Erin Coe, Juror.
2012 8th Annual Members Show. Albany Center Gallery. 2nd Prize Award, Fabienne Powell, Juror.
7th Annual Members Show. Albany Center Gallery. Best in Show Award, Michael Oatman, Juror.
2010 Japan Study Tour. Freeman Foundation and the Five College Center for East Asian Studies. Grant Recipient
CCCA 14th Annual Juried Exhibition. Hudson Opera House, Hudson, NY. Award winner.
2009 Strategic Opportunity Stipend. New York Foundation for the Arts and The Arts Center of the Capital Region.
2009 Exhibition by Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region. University at Albany Art Museum. Albany, NY. Award winner.
2008 Mark Program. New York Foundation for the Arts.
1996 Special Opportunity Stipend. New York Foundation for the Arts and the Rensselaer County Council for the Arts. Grant Recipient.
1994 Special Opportunity Stipend. New York Foundation for the Arts and the Rensselaer County Council for the Arts. Grant Recipient.
1992 Hot Mediums - The Arts Festival. Columbia County, NY. Grant Recipient.
JCA Summer Art. SAGE Junior College of Albany. Albany, NY. Visiting Lecturer.
1991 Special Opportunity Stipend. New York Foundation for the Arts and the Rensselaer County Council for the Arts. Grant Recipient.
Face to Face with the Arts Program. Columbia County, NY. Grant Recipient.
1990 One-on One Program. A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY. Grant Recipient.
1987 1987 Exhibition by Artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region. Albany Institute of History and Art. Albany, NY. Award winner.
   
WORKSHOPS/RESIDENCIES
2020-23 The OkiDoki Studio, Clermont, NY. Anagama and train kiln wood firings with Andrew Sartorius, Harrison Levenstein, Jeff Shapiro.
2022 Sugar Maples Center for the Creative Arts, Maplecrest, NY. Workshop with Dan Molyneux.
2019 Salem Art Works, Salem, NY. Anagama wood firing residency with Jordan Becker.
Alison Palmer Studio, Kent, CT. Workshop with Akira Satake.
Saratoga Clay Arts Center, Schuylerville, NY. Salt firing workshop with Jack Troy.
2018 Sugar Maples Center for the Creative Arts, Maplecrest, NY. Salt firing workshop with Ben Krupka.
Peters Valley School of Craft, Layton, NJ. Soda firing Workshop with Dan Molyneux.
2017 Kitagama Kasen, Seto-shi Aichi, Japan. Workshop with Kato Hiroshige.
Sugar Maples Center for the Creative Arts, Maplecrest, NY. Workshop with Martha Grover.
2016 Alfred University, Alfred, NY. Raku firing workshop with Wayne Higby.
2014 Platte Clove Artist in Residence. Platte Clove Nature Preserve, Elka Park, NY.
   
EDUCATION
1983 Queens College of the City University of New York, Flushing, NY. - M.F.A.
1978 College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA. - B.A. (Fine Arts Major)
   
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1997-2019 Ichabod Crane Central School District, Valatie, NY
1995-97 Taconic Hills Central School District, Hillsdale, NY.
1988-94 The College of St. Rose, Albany, NY.
1987-92 SAGE Junior College of Albany, NY.
1984 Queens College (CUNY), Flushing, NY.
   
BIBLIOGRAPHY
WMHT-TV/PBS. AHA! A HOUSE FOR ARTS. Season 7 / Episode 25, March 9, 2022.
Nash, Indiana. The Daily Gazette, June 30, 2021.
Marston-Reid, Linda. Poughkeepsie Journal, June 27, 2017.
Griffin, Amy. Times Union, September 19, 2012.
Kane, Tim. Times Union, July 23, 2009.
Melville, Barbara. The Post-Star, October 21, 1994.
Bryant, Eric. The Register Star, October 3, 1989.
Moffet, Mark. Metroland, March 15-21, 1990.
Schantz, Jim. The Paper, October, 1989.
Shaw, B.D.H. Berkshire Women's News, July/August 1986.