Laura Marsh
Laura Marsh is a textile artist with a social practice. She defines installations for viewer participation at institutions. Her caves, flags, and weavings contain social mottos. Marsh believes that immersive environments are needed in academic cultures to reflect upon a world that is becoming increasingly moderated by technology and social media competition. From two generations of sewers, she practices a do-it-yourself approach that is accessible and hands-on. Over the past decade, Marsh has watched her hometown of Montrose, Pennsylvania transform into a fracking region. She has relocated several times, and her installations reflect the artist's experience with relocation. Her desire to define spaces that are place makers for others is a direct reaction to gentrification and class issues that force artists to fragment their lives and become nomadic. Marsh regards her practice as multilayered and transformative, and she supports the activation of uncommon sites.
Marsh received her MFA from Yale University School of Art and a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art. Marsh has exhibited nationally at venues including Dimensions Variable, Miami, The Whitney Museum of American Art, Printed Matter, Field Projects, Newman Popiashvili Gallery, and Tilton Gallery in NY. She is a current artist in residence at ArtCenter …
Laura Marsh is a textile artist with a social practice. She defines installations for viewer participation at institutions. Her caves, flags, and weavings contain social mottos. Marsh believes that immersive environments are needed in academic cultures to reflect upon a world that is becoming increasingly moderated by technology and social media competition. From two generations of sewers, she practices a do-it-yourself approach that is accessible and hands-on. Over the past decade, Marsh has watched her hometown of Montrose, Pennsylvania transform into a fracking region. She has relocated several times, and her installations reflect the artist's experience with relocation. Her desire to define spaces that are place makers for others is a direct reaction to gentrification and class issues that force artists to fragment their lives and become nomadic. Marsh regards her practice as multilayered and transformative, and she supports the activation of uncommon sites.
Marsh received her MFA from Yale University School of Art and a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art. Marsh has exhibited nationally at venues including Dimensions Variable, Miami, The Whitney Museum of American Art, Printed Matter, Field Projects, Newman Popiashvili Gallery, and Tilton Gallery in NY. She is a current artist in residence at ArtCenter South Florida in Miami Beach and the Curator of Exhibitions at the Art and Culture Center in Hollywood, FL.
