Resume

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022
Supply Chain; Elizabeth Moss Galleries, Portland, ME

2020
I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar; Elizabeth Moss Galleries, Falmouth, ME

2019
Bright Lights, Big City; Elizabeth Moss Galleries, Falmouth, ME

2019
Laura Waller: Rockland, Tampa and NYC; Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Dunedin, FL;
Guest curator Barbara Anderson Hill

2018
Industry and Urbanity; Elizabeth Moss Galleries, Falmouth, ME

2017
Port Side: Featuring the Work of Laura Waller; ArtCenter Manatee, Bradenton, FL

2017
Port Side: Paintings by Laura Waller; Clayton Galleries, Tampa, FL

2016
The Working Waterfront: New Work by Laura Waller; Elizabeth Moss Galleries, Falmouth, ME

2015
The Working Waterfront: Port Tampa Bay, New Paintings by Laura Waller; Clayton Galleries, Tampa, FL

PUBLIC ART

2015
Selected Artist for ArtPop! Billboard public art project organized by Arts Council of Hillsborough County, Tampa, FL

SELECTED DUAL AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023
Twenty Summer Seasons; Mars Hall Gallery, Tenants Harbor, ME

2023
Artist Invitational Day of Fresh to Salt; Colby College Island Campus, Allen Island, ME; Jurors: Abby Newkirk, Susan Lewis Baines and Chris Moses

2023
April Fools Exhibition; The Werk Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL

2022
Women Artists Making Their Mark; O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA; Jurors: Donna Seager and Suzanne Gray

2022
Peter Buotte-Laura Waller: Members’ Showcase; Union of Maine Visual Artists Portland Gallery, Portland, ME

2021
November Members Exhibition, UMVA Portland Gallery, Portland, ME

2021
Circle of Friends 2; Salt Pond Studio; Friendship, ME

2019
Harvest Moon Exhibition; Van Der Plas Gallery, New York City, NY

2019
Figures In a Landscape; Clayton Galleries, Tampa, FL

2018
Along The Coast: Port Paintings by Laura Waller and Sarah Hull; Alliance for the Arts, Ft. Myers, FL

2018
Industrial Maine: Our Other Landscape; Univ. of Southern Maine Atrium Art Gallery, Lewiston, ME

2017
Sketchbook Project; Brooklyn Art Library, New York, NY

2014-15
Fine Art Exhibition, Tampa Bay Lightning/Amalie Arena, Tampa, FL

2014
Cityscapes: The City As I See It; The Gallery at the Watershed, Eugene, OR

2014
28th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibit; Lee County Alliance for the Arts, Ft. Myers, FL

2013
Maine Coastal Islands; Headquarters, National Wildlife Refuge, Rockland, ME

2013
Maine Icons and Special Places; River Arts Center, Damariscotta, ME

2013
Oil Paintings by Laura Waller; Corporate Headquarters, Maine Home and Design Magazine, Portland, ME

2012
The Human Side; River Arts Center, Damariscotta, ME

2011
Holiday Show; Jonathan Frost Gallery, Rockland, ME

2011
Travelscapes; Nuance Galleries, Tampa, FL

2010
New Works by Laura Waller, Taylor Ikin; Nuance Galleries, Tampa, FL

2010
Holiday Show, North Light Gallery, Millinocket, ME

2009
Waller and Ikin Exhibition; Nuance Galleries, Tampa, FL

2008
Two Friends Return, Laura Waller, Taylor Ikin; Nuance Galleries, Tampa, FL

2008
Annual Florida Watercolor Society Exhibition; Old School Square Cultural Center, Delray Beach, FL

2006
Oncology on Canvas; exhibition organized by Eli Lilly and Company, premiered at Royal Academy of Art in London, UK, and traveled worldwide

AWARDS

2020
Artist of the Day: July 29; National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY

2016
Individual Artist Grant; Arts Council of Hillsborough County, Tampa, FL

2016
Carolyn Heller Visual Arts Award; Arts Council of Hillsborough County, Tampa, FL

2015
Best in Show: The Past Decade; Lee County Alliance for the Arts, Ft. Myers, FL; Juror, Frank Verpoorten, Director and Curator, Baker Museum of Art, Naples, FL

2014
Selected Artist; Creative Capital Foundation Professional Development Program funded by Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, Tallahassee, FL

2014
Award of Excellence, 9th Biennial National Art Exhibition; Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda, FL; Juror Carl J. Samson, former Chairman, American Society of Portrait Artists

2013
Best of Show, 27th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition; Lee County Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL; Juror, Frank Verpoorten, Director and Curator, Baker Museum of Art, Naples, FL

MUSEUM, CORPORATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Tampa Bay History Center, Tampa, FL

American Victory Museum, Tampa, FL

Eli Lilly and Company, New York, NY

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Raymond James Financial, St. Petersburg, FL

Rockland Public Library, Rockland, ME

City of Rockland, Rockland, ME

RESIDENCIES, INDEPENDENT STUDIES

2019, 2018, 2015, 2014, 2013
Vermont Studio Center Residency in Art Program, Johnson, VT

2002 – 2011
Independent study with noted painters in Arizona, Florida and Maine

EDUCATION

1982
Certified Financial Planner, Awarded by College of Financial Planning

1968
Master’s Degree, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

1966
Bachelor of Arts Degree, Newcomb College of Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, Phi Beta Kappa

TALKS

2023
Third Careers Are Best — An Artist’s View of Port Tampa Bay; Café con Tampa, Tampa, FL

2016
How an Artist Sees the Working Waterfront; Farnsworth Art Museum Docent Talk, Rockland, ME

2015
Artist Presentation, 4th National Working Waterfronts & Waterways Symposium; Tampa, FL

2015
Artist Presentation, Women Artists of Sarasota, Sarasota, FL

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2021
America’s Guernica?; Nation Magazine’s Opp Art, October Issue

2021
25 New Day Maine Artists; Maine Magazine, September Issue

2021
New Morning, New Day; Maine Arts Journal, September Issue

2020
Members’ Showcase: Laura Waller, Linda Gerson, Eva Rose Goetz; Maine Arts Journal, October 1

2020
Members’ Winter Showcase; Maine Arts Journal – Union of Maine Visual Arts Quarterly, January 1

2019
View from the Easel; Hyperallergic, April 26

2018
Third Time’s a Charm – Alum Finds Her Way Back to Art in her ‘Encore Career;’ Newcomb News, Fall 2018

2017
Painting Beyond Numbers; Bay Magazine, December 10

2016
Femme Visuale: Laura Waller; Creative Loafing, Tampa Bay, June 16

2016
Focus Artist of the Week: Laura Waller; Elizabeth Moss Galleries, June 15

2016
Artists Receive Grants from Arts Council; The Tampa Tribune, March 9

2016
Fourteen Local Artists Receive Grants from Arts Council; Hillsborough County Arts Council, February 29

2015
ArtPop Tampa Announces Jury-Selected Winners for Billboard Space; Hillsborough County Arts Council, May 28, tampaarts.com/artpop

2015
Jet Fuel Review – Spring Issue

2013
Alliance Announces Winners in 27th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition; Michael Kiniry, The River Weekly News, Vol. 12, No. 24, June 21

2013
Best of Show, Owl’s Head, Gives Viewers a Respite from Confrontational World; Thomas HallThe Examiner, www.examiner.com; June 8