Bio – Laura Hogan

About The Artist:

“I am a creative explorer with a curiosity for the human experience & processes of meta-cognition.“

Laura Hogan is an American artist currently living and creating in Moscow, Russia. Laura graduated in 2016 from Marylhurst University in Portland Oregon with a Fine Arts degree in drawing, painting, and sculpture. She also acquired a minor in Neuropsychology. Laura has shown in galleries around the world including Ireland, London UK, New York USA, Oregon USA, and Moscow RU. She has been featured on Speak For Change Podcast discussing How The Arts are Essential for Humanity and The Brain. Her paintings have been published in International magazines such as Artmosphere magazine and Bluebee Magazine (Pg.59). Last February, Laura participated in Art Russia 2020. She has since become exclusively represented worldwide by Art center Exposed.

With her background of interdisciplinary studies in fine art and neuropsychology, Laura’s artistic development is braided between her life-long curiosity for phenomenology and the subjective nature of the shared human experience. While her work has evolved over time to cover many mediums, its intent has always been to inspire conversations about the subjective realities created by the human mind. She is most inspired by the studies of fundamental physics and neuroscience, focusing particularly on theoretical and particle physics, as well as brain science. Laura believes; “Between these theoretical and microscopic spaces, all experience of reality and communication is made possible”.

Laura describes her work as artistic depictions of action potentials (thoughts) in the brain, traveling from one neuron to the next through synaptic clefts via a process called neurotransmission. Through these creations, Laura explores subjects dealing with space, time, and thought. Once a piece is presented, the viewer is responsible for generating their own interpretation. This is what is referred to in physics as, complementarity – taking different perspectives into account. “You can recognize a deep truth by the feature that its opposite is also a deep truth” -Frank Wilczek (Nobel prize winning physicist).

The goal of Laura’s work is to inspire her viewers to better understand the differences in human perspective. She encourages seeing one another’s points of view more clearly, while delving deeper into the relativity of spacetime through the mind in order to illuminate the endless interpretations derived from a single work of art.

Creating Consciousness with Each Line Since 1989.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

2018 Foundations Course of Art Therapy. Metafora Centre d’estudis d’artterapia. Barcelona, Catalonia.

2017 Chandra Yoga International Yoga Teacher. Rishikesh, India.

2016 BFA in Painting & Drawing: Concentration in Sculpture, Minor in Psychology: concentration in Neuropsychology, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst OR, USA.

2011 Associate of Arts Degree, Portland Community College, Portland OR, USA.

2009 TEFEL Professional Certificate, TEFEL Institute, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

2006 High School Diploma, Kagman High School, Saipan, MP, Northern Marianas Islands.

CV:

Currently Represented by Art center Exposed https://www.exposedspace.com/.
2020 Artios Gallery, “United Through Art”, virtual group exhibition. https://www.artiosgallery.com/event-info/united-through-art .
2020 The Artli Gallery, May artist of the Month, https://www.artligallery.com/
2020 Virtual Artist Residency with Cel del Nord. Cel del Nord, Plaça Major 4, Oristà 08518 Barcelona, https://celdelnord.com/past-residents.
2020 ART Russia, Moscow, Gostiny Dvor, st. Ilyinka, house number 4, Moscow Russia, https://artrussiafair.com/artist/.
2019 The Old Biscuit Factory with Art Number 23 “Synergic”, group exhibition, 100 Clements rd, Block F SE 16 4DG, London.
2019 Artist Residency with Cedarwood Arts, Plymouth, England.
2018 Zverev Contemporary Art Centre. “Present, Perfect, Continuous” group exhibition with Art23. 29, Novoryazanskaya St., Moscow
2018 Teacher/Assistant to Potter Adrian Wistreich at Kinsale Pottery, Kinsale, Ireland. http://www.kinsaleceramics.com/index.php/about.
2018 The Olcote Gallery, “Thought Illustrations”. Kinsale Pottery, Kinsale, Ireland.
2018 The Boat House Gallery, “Thought Illustrations”, Kinsale, Ireland.
2016 THRIVE Yoga & Wellness Gallery Solo Exhibition “Creative Neurological Consciousness”, 7831 SE Stark St. #300, Portland, OR 97215, USA.
2016 SE Grind Gallery Exhibition “Creative Neurological Consciousness”, 1223 SE Powell Blvd, Portland, OR, 97202, USA.
2015 Graduate Thesis Exhibition, “Shedding Layers”, Art Gym Gallery, Marylhurst University, Portland, OR, USA.
2015 Mayer Arts Gallery, “Hidden Layers: A World of Forgotten Time”, solo show, Marylhurst University, Portland, OR, USA.
2014 Spare Room Gallery, group exhibition Marylhurst University, Portland, OR, USA.
2014 Honorary Award, Lake Oswego Juried Art Fair, Lake Oswego, OR, USA.
2014 Artist Assistant to Artist John Frame. http://johnframesculpture.com/
2013 AFRU Gallery showing “Out of the Woods”, 534 SE Oak St. Portland, OR, 97214, USA.
2012 Official artist for Earth Day Portland Community College & City Repair Project, Portland OR, USA.
2008 Belmont Apartment gallery opening, group show, Portland OR, USA.
2005-2006 Flame Tree Arts Festival, Saipan, MP.

AWARDS

2015 Knight-Transfer Student Scholarship: Mr. & Mrs. Philip Knight, Marylhurst University.

2014 Mayer Arts Scholarship, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst Oregon.

2006 President’s Education Awards Program: In Recognition of Outstanding Academic Achievement, Kagman High School.

Press:

2020 Featured in Artmosphere Magazine, https://es.calameo.com/read/0063013924627ff836f1a, pg. 38-39.

2020 Featured in BlueBee Magazine – Volume 4, pg. 59 – https://www.bluebeegallery.com/bluebee-magazine

2018 Featured Artist in Present, Perfect, Continuous .

2013 Honorable Mention. Lake Oswego Center for the Arts Festival. https://www.lakewood-center.org/pages/lakewood-festival-award-winners-2013

2013 Out of the Woods Exhibition, AFRU Gallery. http://www.afrugallery.com/out-of-the-woods/index.html

LIFE ACHIEVEMENTS:

2019 KLM Aruba Marathon, Aruba.

2019 Baikal Ice Marathon, Siberia, Russia.

2018 The Sahara Marathon, Saharawi Refugee Camp, Algeria, Africa.

2008 The Original Marathon, Athens Greece.

2008 The Portland Marathon, Portland Oregon, USA.

2007 Gold Coast Marathon, Gold Coast Australia.

2005 The Great Wall Marathon, China.