laurarbernstein@gmail.com
Education
2014 MFA, Interdisciplinary Arts, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Certificate in Time-Based & Interactive Media
2010 BFA, Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Senior Excellence Award in Sculpture
2008 RISD European Honors Program, Rome, Italy.
2007—10Additional studies at Brown University, Providence, RI
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Illuminator, Y2K group at 5A, Brooklyn, NY, October 4th--December 1
2019 Hybrid Ecologies, Children's Museum of the Arts, The Bridge Project Space, New York, New York
May 16th--September 3, 2019
2018 Bestial Field Recordings 2015—2018, The Lighthouse Works, Legacy Exhibition Series,
Fishers Island, NY, May 19th--June 23rd.
2018 Becoming Beast, NurtureArt, Brooklyn, NY, April 13th--May 6th
Two Person Exhibitions
2017 Past Myth, Future Form, ART LOT, outdoor sculpture show with Anna Tsouhlarakis,
Curated by Aimee Burg and Natalia Zubko, Brooklyn, NY
2017 The barometric pressure is all over the place, with Daniele Glendening. Anytime Dept. curated by Lydia
Rosenberg and Rebecca Steele, Cincinnati, OH
Group Exhibitions
2019 BRIC Biennial Volume III: South Brooklyn Edition, The Impossible Possible, curated by Elizabeth Ferrer and
Jenny Gerow, BRIC House, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Mushrooms, organized by Y2K group, April 4-27th, New York, NY
2018 Plus 1, Anytime Dept. Cincinatti OH
2018 seafood stew, Pop Up Exhibition, Y2K, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Apparatus, NAPOLEON at Nova Artspace, curated by Ava Hassinger, Philadelphia, PA
2017 Word to the Wise, ACRE projects Space, curated by Ann Meisinger, Chicago, IL
2017 Bronx Calling: The Fourth AIM Biennial, curated by Christine Licata, Aylet Ojeda Jequin,
and Heather Reyes, Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY
2017 Material Mythos, Geary Contemporary, NY, NY
2016 Galactic Whispers, a collaboration between Laura Bernstein, Daniel O’Neill,
Jimi Pantalon, Humanities Gallery, Long Island University, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Elsewhere Museum Retrospective, Greensboro, NC
2014 Supermacho, Curated by Christina Tufino, The Active Space, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Between a rock and a hard place, Curated by Kelsey Halliday Johnson, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Begin Where You Are, Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA
2014 An Ocean Between Waves, MFA Thesis Exhibition, FRANZ JOSEFS KAI 3, Vienna, Austria
Video Screenings
2019 Limb from Limb, LIGHTYEAR 56, curated by Kate Gavriel, Brooklyn, NY (Dec. 5th)
2019 Video Screening:Laura Bernstein, Claire Bidwell, Claudia Bitran and Cate Giordano, Fjord, Philadelphia, PA
2018 24:7 ZAZ10TS Dwek Gallery at Mishkenot Shaananim, Jerusalem, Israel
2017 24:7, ZAZ 10TS, produced by Tzili Charney, video art takeover of billboard on
41st and Broadway, Times Square, NY
2017 No Horizon, Video Screening, Robert H. Goddard Planetarium in Roswell, NM
and Planetario de la Universidad de Santiago de Chile
2015 Should Rock, The Boiler, film club screening, Brookyln, NY
Performance, Lectures, Events
2019 ISSRE performance Lecture and Artist Talk, RISD, EHP, Rome, Italy (Sept. 16th)
2019 A Speculative Performance Presented by The Institute of Super-Species Research and Experimentation, with
contributing artists/performers: Nikki Calonge, Simone Kearney, Hanna Novak, Emily Reilly, Paola Di Tolla,
Emily Taibleson. With support from Franklin Furnace Fund, presented in conjunction with BRIC Biennial
Volume III: Soutth Brooklyn Edition, The Impossible Possible, curated by Elizabeth Ferrer and Jenny Gerow,
BRIC House, March 27th, Brooklyn, NY
2018 The Institute of Super-Species Research and Experimentation (ISSRE) A Speculative Lecture performed by
Nikki Calonge and Emily Reilly, hosted by Y2K group, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Becoming Beast, A Speculative Lecture, performed by Emily Reilly, NURTUREart, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Visiting Artist performance lecture, University of Cincinnati, Collage of DAP, OH
2017 CLINIC feedback series at Hercules, Directed and moderated by Sophie Grant, NY, NY (August 23rd)
2015 Pedestal, invited response to Tamar Ettun, Alula in Blue, Fridman Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Bootleg, Guerrilla Outdoor Performance Festival, Spring Break Edition,
Underground Pedestrian Concourse, Center City, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Sciapode, performed in conjunction with Begin Where You Are, Icebox Project
Space, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Finding The Fall, public performance, Vienna, Austria
Awards, Grants, and Residencies
2018 Franklin Furnace Fund, Performance Grant, New York, NY, 2018-19
2017 Sharpe-Walentas Studio Program, Brooklyn, NY Sept 12--August 20, 2018
2017 Artist In The Market Place, (AIM) Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY
2016 The Lighthouse Works’ Fellowship, Fishers Island, NY, July-August
2015 ACRE Residency, Steuben, WI –July
2014 Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship, The Toby Fund and University of Pennsylvania
2014 ISC Award, Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture
Honorable Mention
2013 Vermont Studio Center and The University of Pennsylvania, Fellowship, Aug. Residency
2013 The Fabric Workshop and Museum, College and Post Graduate Apprentice
Training Program, Philadelphia PA, May—July
2013 The Lawrence Shprintz MFA Award, University of Pennsylvania
2009 Dorothy Mellor Scholarship, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Publications and Recent Press
2018 What to see in New York Art Galleries This Week, Jillian Steinhauer, May 10th, The New York Times,
Art and Design, online and in print, New York, NY
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/arts/design/what-to-see-in-new-york-art-galleries-this-week.html
2018 Wandering the Artists Studios of Dumbo, Steph Rodney, May 5th, Hyperallergic Magazine, online publication
https://hyperallergic.com/440806/dumbo-open-studios-2018/
2018 Humor and the Abject Blog, Podcast recording and Studio Visit write up with Sean Patrick J. Carney,
Brooklyn, NY, https://www.humorandtheabject.com/blog/2018/6/10/studio-visit-laura-bernstein
Studio visit with Sean J Patrick Carney
https://www.humorandtheabject.com/blog/2018/6/10/studio-visit-laura-bernstein
2018 The Saint Ann's Review, Volume 18, No. 2 Spring Issue
2018 Ginger Zine, Issue # 11, Winter
2017 Bronx Calling, The Fourth AIM Biennia, Christine Licata, Aylet Ojeda Jequin,
and Heather Reyes, the Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY 2017
2017 Binder #2, curated by Emily Ludwig Shaffer as part of the Jewish Museum’s program In Response: The
Arcades, Contemporary Art and Walter Benjamin, Sunday, May 7th, 2017 New York, NY
2016 Field Projects, Online Exhibition coinciding with Show #35, curated by Paulina
Bebecka and Field Projects, November 3rd, 2016
Field Projects Gallery Blog, April 22, 2016
2016 The Village Voice, restaurants, A Bold Take on Taiwanese Street Food in East Williamsburg, by Zachary Feldman, Wednesday, September 28th, 2016, Online and in print, New York, NY
2013 Documentation, Networks, and Digital Media, Interventions Journal, Vol. 3, Issue 1, online, New York, NY
Costume Design/Sculpture
2018 VASKA, production designer, Directed by Michael McQuilken, created and performed by Emily Reilly and
Stephanie Hayes of HORSE, produced by A.Z. Kelsey, Amsterdam Fringe Festival, Amsterdam
2016 CAENIS, costume design and sculpture, Directed by Lilleth Glimcher, PACE Gallery, NY, NY
2015 BADrum, costume design, performance piece conceived by Emily Reilly and
Stephanie Hayes, Soto Clemente Educational Center, New York, NY
Public Collections
2017 Sport Patterns, on display at Chelsea Piers Sports Center, New York, NY
2015 Walk Around The Wall, permanent installation, National Dance Institute, New York, NY
2014 Accordion Suits For Commutes, Elsewhere Museum, Greensboro, NC
2013 Watch-Coat, on display through 2018 at The Annenberg School of Communications,
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
2013 For a Dandy, permanent installation, National Dance Institute, New York, NY
2011 Kick, permanent installation, National Dance Institute, New York, NY