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Statement SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2004 Colour is the Mother Tongue of the Subconscious 2002 Synergy 2001 Prisms of Life Jacqueline Casey Hudgens Center for the
Arts 2001 Inner Vision, The American Center 2000 Prisms of the Soul, Tate Student Center Gallery, University
of Georgia 2000 Windows of the Soul, Altama Museum of Art and History 2000 Athens/Clarke County Health Department 1999 Magistrate’s Office, Athens Courthouse. 1999 Highland Hills Village 1999 Athens Regional Library 1999 Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 1986 Altama Museum of Art and History INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS 2005 Arad Biennale, Museum of Fine Arts, Americas Building 2004 The Travelling Weave: Artists for Peace and Dialogue 2004 Artistic Committee Exhibition 2003 Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea
di Firenze 2003 Founding member of The Travelling Weave JUROR 2005 BiennaleArad, Juror and Judge, International Artistic
Committee, Arad, Romania PERMANENT COLLECTION The University of Georgia, East Campus Village Commons TWO- AND THREE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2002 Mixed Media: paintings by Laura Leiden and Spirit Dolls
by Barbara Odil 1999-0 Luminous Reflections: Painting, Glass and Steel, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation Art Center. Watkinsville, Georgia. 1998 Oil And Water, Oconee County Library 1986 Altama Museum of Art and History 1985 Ben-Epps Airport Gallery 1982 Pickens Art Museum 1980 “Fifth Annual Curator’s Choice Exhibition”
1979 Falls Cottage Gallery
2006 The Travelling Weave: Déjà vu 2005 Eight Countries, Nine Artists, One Heart 2004 Infusion: Women’s Caucus for Art Georgia 2003 OCAF’s Member Exhibit 2002 Articulations, The 30th Annual Fall Exhibition 2002 Thrive: Women’s Caucus for the Arts, Georgia 2002 Athens Art Association Member Show 2002 From the Heart- Traveling Exhibit re: September 11, 2001 2001 Season of Color, The 29th Annual Fall Exhibition 2001 OCAF Member’s Exhibit 2001 It’s a Pigment of the Imagination, The 29th Annual
Summer Exhibition 2001 26th Juried Exhibition Lyndon House Arts Center 2001 Exponent: Women/Art/Power 2001 Coconut Grove Fine Arts Festival 2000 Artscape Oconee: Art and Sculpture in the Landscape 1998 Athens Art Association Juried Exhibition 1997 Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation Annual Juried Exhibition 1996 Moores Ford Invitational Exhibit 1996 Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation Annual Juried Exhibition 1979-80 Southeastern Metalsmiths Exhibition 1979 Greenville Artist Guild Spring Juried Exhibition 1979 Art In Miniature 1978 Piedmont Graphics Juried Competition 1978 Biennial Exhibition of Piedmont Crafts AWARDS & HONORS 2000 Award of Merit, Fine Arts, Power’s Crossroads Arts
Festival 1997 Print of the Year Award 1979 Fifth Annual Curator’s Choice Award 1979 Third Place Open Media Award 1978 Fulbright Art Scholar BIBLIOGRAPHY (*Reviews)
“A World of Art” “Laura Leiden headed to Romania to judge art exhibition” “Local artist to judge show in Europe” “Oconee Artist, Laura Leiden, represents U.S. at international
exhibit in Italy”, “Oconee artist joins ‘Traveling Weave’, group
of international Artists” “UGA’s new Campus Village to display Oconee artist’s work”, Oconee/Athens Banner Herald, August 18, 2004 “Exhibit to open March 20”, The Northeast Georgian, March 16, 2004 “Laura Leiden exhibits at mountain venue”, Oconee/Athens Banner Herald, March 16, 2004 “Oconee artist invited to Italian art show”, Oconee/ Athens Banner Herald, October 1, 2003 “Leiden exhibit begins at Monroe Art Guild”, Oconee/ Athens Banner Herald, May 7, 2003 “Laura Leiden to exhibit at festival”, Oconee /Athens Banner-Herald, October 23, 2002, Athens, Georgia “Two have exhibit through November”, Athens Banner-Herald, October 16,2002 Athens, Georgia “Women’s Causcus for Art exhibit arrives on campus”, The Collegian, October 7, 2002, Atlanta, Georgia “Artist Laura Leiden”, Douglas Neighbor, May 15,
2002 “Leiden, Shay highlighted in CAC’s May exhibit”, Douglas County Sentinel, May 5, 2002 “Laura Leiden enjoys reception at exhibit”, Athens Banner-Herald/ Oconee Living, November 28, 2001 “Artists layer colors and history in Hudgens Center exhibits”, Gwinnett Daily Post, November 17, 2001 “Leiden Exhibition at Hudgens Center for the Arts” Athens Magazine, November-December, 2001 “Leiden’s bright abstract art in Hudgens show”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution/ Gwinnett, November 7,2001 Marquee, Athens Banner-Herald, November 6, 2001 “Arts Spotlight”, The Tennessean, Nashville, Tennessee, February 18,2001 “Watkinsville Artist has Nashville exhibit” Athens Banner Herald/ Daily News, Athens Georgia, January 10, 2001 “Leiden wins award at Arts Festival”, Athens Banner Herald/ Daily News, Athens, Georgia, November 8, 2000 *Jennifer Schultz, ”Paintings Like Jewels”, Flagpole
Magazine, Athens, Georgia, September 6, 2000 “Local Artist paints from the soul”, Oconee Enterprise, Watkinsville, Georgia, June 15, 2000 Oconee Artscape, Channel 2 Evening News, May, 2000 “Artist to show works at Dogwood Festival”, Athens Daily News/ Banner Herald, Athens, Georgia, April 5, 2000. “Local exhibits in Vidalia”, The Oconee Enterprise, Watkinsville, Georgia, March 30, 2000 “Local Artist has exhibit in Vidalia”, Athens Daily News/Banner Herald, Athens, Georgia, March 29, 2000. “Inspirational ‘Windows of the Soul’ Exhibit at Altama Museum”, The Advance Progress, Vidalia, Georgia, March 15, 2000 “Reception draws a crowd”, The Oconee Enterprise,
Watkinsville, Georgia, January 27, 2000 “Three Watkinsville artists have reception Friday”, Athens Daily News/Banner Herald, Athens, Georgia, January 12, 2000. “Art Show Opens”, Athens Daily News/Banner Herald, Athens, Georgia, December 15, 1999. “OCAF to host exhibit”, The Oconee Enterprise, Watkinsville, Georgia, December 9, 1999. “Exhibit includes artist’s latest paintings”, Athens Daily News/Banner Herald, Athens, Georgia, January 20, 1998. Julie Phillips Jordan, “Calligrapher finds artistic outlet through oil painting”, Marquee, Athens Daily News/Banner Herald, Athens, Georgia, December 24, 1998. Carrie E. Gibson, “Festive fall time”, Athens Daily News/ Banner Herald, Athens, Georgia, October 8,1997. Kay Ellis, “Laura Leiden Communicates Through Her Artwork”, Watkinsville, Georgia, Oconee Arrow, 1995. “Ceramics and Graphics at Airport Gallery”, Athens Banner Herald, Athens, Georgia, July 1985. “Calligraphy exhibit opens in Pickens July 7”, Greenville News, Greenville, South Carolina, 1981 Ken Shoffner, “Ms. Laura Leiden Exhibits Her Work At Museum of Art”, The Greer Citizen, Greer, South Carolina, 1980. Sharon Todd, “Curator’s Choice”, Greenville News, Greenville, South Carolina, April 4, 1980 Michael Ginsberg, “World of art thumbs nose at calligraphers”,
Greenville News, Greenville, South Carolina, September 19,1977. Rhode Island School of Design. Masters of Art Education, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Massachusetts College of Art. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Boston,
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