Biography
Laura Van Horne is a mixed-media artist who works in encaustic, acrylic, watercolor, ink, resin, paper and textiles. She was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and moved to Seattle, WA in 1994. She has her MA in Speech Pathology, and has studied acrylic and encaustic painting at Pratt Fine Art Center.
Since childhood, Laura has been passionate about art. When she is not creating on canvas, she is creating in her head. Her body of work includes a wide range of styles and mediums. Many of her pieces are mixed media and include found organic objects, textiles, pages from books, or items from flea markets.
Laura has participated in a number of group and solo art shows over the past 20 years. She owns Gray Sky Gallery, located in the Historic Pioneer District of Seattle. She is also represented by SAM Gallery in Seattle, Third and Wall Art Group in Seattle, and Summit Gallery in Park City, Utah.
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Resume
EDUCATION
1998-2004 Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle WA
1994 MS, Speech Language Pathology SUNY Plattsburgh, New York
1991 BA, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg Canada
TEACHING
2005-present Encaustic Painting and Mixed Media Workshops
2011-2020 Art Docent Lawton Elementary
2014-present Adult and Children mixed media classes Gray Sky Gallery
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
2023 Group Show at Gray Sky Gallery, Seattle, WA
2022 Group Show Cosmic Color, SAM Gallery, Seattle WA
2022 Seattle Art Fair, Seattle WA
2022 Group Show at Gray Sky Gallery, Seattle, WA
2022 Bellevue Art Fair, Seattle WA
2021 Group Show at Gray Sky Gallery, Seattle, WA
2020 Group Show at Gray Sky Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019 Group Show "Under The Influence" SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019 Heritage Design in Seattle Design Center
2019 Group Show at Gray Sky Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019 Group Show "Free Radicals" SAM Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018 Solo show @ Taste Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2018 West Elm, featured local artist, Seattle, WA
2017 Obliteride Fundraiser Gray Sky Gallery, Seattle WA
2017 Group Show Gray Sky Gallery, Seattle WA
2017 Start Now, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016 Fred Hutch Fundraiser Gray Sky Gallery , Seattle, WA
2016 Fresh @ SAM, Seattle Art Museum Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016 Divergency Burien Art Gallery, Burien, WA
2016 Group Show at Threshold Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016 Group Show Gray Sky Gallery, Seattle WA
2015 Pratt Fine Arts 33rd Annual Art Auction, Seattle, WA
2015 Magnolia Summerfest Art Show, Seattle, WA
2015 West Elm, featured local artist, Seattle, WA
2015 Spring Group Show Gray Sky Gallery, Seattle, WA
2014 Magnolia Summerfest Art Show, Seattle, WA
2014 RAW group art show, Seattle, WA
2012 Magnolia Summerfest Art Show, Seattle, WA
2002 Cacophony Group show Colorwheel Studio, Seattle, WA
2001 Capital Hill Painters Coop Group Show, Seattle, WA
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AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS
2023 Mercer Island City Lifestyle
2022 425 Magazine
2020 Salann Magazine 2020
2019 Seattle Magazine 2019
2019 Salann Magazine 2019
2018 Circle Quarterly Art Review, Winter 2018
2018 Encaustic Arts, Spring 2018
2017 Studio Visit Magazine, Juried by George Kinghorn, Executive
Director & Curator, University of Maine Museum of Art
2009 1st place Magnolia Summerfest Juried artshow.
GALLERIES & REPRESENTATION
Seattle Art Museum (SAM) Gallery- Seattle, WA
Gray Sky Gallery- Seattle, WA
Third and Wall Art Group, Seattle, WA
Summit Gallery, Park City, UT
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Fairmont Olympic Hotel, Seattle, WA
Medical City Dallas Hospital, Dallas, TX
St. Michael Medical Center, Silverdale, WA
Encaustic Art Museum, Santa Fe, NM
Northwest Hospital Kidney Center, Seattle, WA
Sound Plastic Surgery, Seattle WA
Northwest Hospital, Primary Care Fremont Clinic, Seattle, WA
Google Offices, Kirkland, WA
Washington Athletic Club, Seattle, WA
Buchalter Law Offices, Seattle, WA
Hemlock Apartment Building
Blackbird Apartment Building
Private Collections throughout the US, Canada, & Australia
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Seattle based artist working with encaustic, ink, resin, acrylic, watercolor and other mixed media.
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contact Laura @ 206 913-3242 laura@grayskygallery.com