Past Exhibitions

PAST EXHIBITIONS

Influx
Pepperell Mill Complex
2018

MERC: Mainer's Recycling Cardboard
Engine Gallery

Rockland Sculpture Race
Rockland, Maine

Flower Bomb
Mechanic's Hall, Portland Maine 2017

The Mill-Ennial 2012
Saco Museum

The Mill-Ennial 2010
Saco Museum

The Power of Ten
Discover Portsmouth

Box City
Portland Museum of Art

The Vinyl Show
Engine Gallery

Select Publications

Other Exhibitions (in no particular order)

Portland Museum of Art
Solstice Tree 1995

By virtue of being employed at the PMA, I was able to participate in their Solstice Tree Exhibition. I know that I would never have had the opportunity otherwise, and I am grateful that I have my work in the company of many world renowned artists. I am not positive but I believe that the policy at the time was that works submitted and displayed on the Solstice tree would be entered into the PMA collection. And that is the story of how and why I have a piece in the permanent collection at the Portland Museum of Art!

Laura Dunn United States, b. 1962 Winter in Old Orchard Beach, 1995 silkscreen, nylon, wood, ribbon, and shellac, 7 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches Gift of the artist, 1995.39

The Cradle Project

RENEW

plastic grocery bags,
plastic tubing, linen

47"x30"x13"

One Million Bones

For this project I carved a human mandible out of PVC Pipe and mailed it to the organizer for a massive installation at the Washington DC Mall to protest genocide.

The Print Show
Hole in the Wall Gallery
Raymond, Maine

Group Show
Hole in the Wall Gallery
Raymond, Maine

Belfast Bear Fest

Now, bear shaped art may seem frivolous, and silly... And maybe it is, but the way I saw it at the time: It is Art for All: the public - community building - for young and old alike... Coming up with designs was a fun challenge, and the variety was amazing!

Chia Bear My submission for Belfast Bear fest 2002

Mr Hide (He's got a white pine - ME State Tree - growing out of his back) He's meant to sit at the edge of a forest and slowly go back to nature... My submission for Belfast Bear Fest 2001

Chalk on the Walk, Biddeford
Recreating a painting I had done of my step son Matthew with our little bird Elam

One of my monoprints used as the poster for Art Walk Biddeford!

Franklin Street Art Space

FSAS welcomes a solo show by Laura Dunn in August. "Laura is one of those artists who is never far away from her work, who is constantly seeking beauty in everyday objects, common and discarded materials...to me, Laura is prolific, never stopping in her endeavor to create. The things she comes up with are sometimes craft-like, sometimes high-art but always thought through with the intention of finding something beautiful within...whether it be a chunk of leftover scrap wood, a piece of metal, shopping bags...Laura finds a way to twist these things into something new." -Tammy Ackerman, FSAS curator

Fluxhibition

Fluxbox Collaboration:
Morning Street Afternoon

Laura Dunn - Biddeford, Maine
Elaine Roy - Albuquerque, NM
found objects in cardboard matchboxes

White on White

Untitled
Laura Dunn
10.24x14.5 inches
Materials:Cotton, Plastic Grocery Bags, Packing Wrap, and Toilet Tissue

A weaving from a series of works made by the artist from ready at hand and recycled materials allowing these otherwise thrown away materials to reveal their inherent beauty.

I just discovered that a web blog dedicated to monochromatic, minimalist work has linked to this image! - A pleasant surprise for this April Morning 2011. Have a look at this lovely blog called NEUTRAL NOTES

Organic Constructivism: imagined and otherwise

exhibition of my sculptural encaustic works at the University of Southern Maine with metal artist Sue Bennet

Collage Collage
Ubu Studio
Portland, Maine

Fe-Mail:
Three Women Communicate across Distance and Generations
The Albright Room Gallery
Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois
2000
Laura Dunn - Rae Eastman - Diane Langley

A few articles about shows I have been in over the years

A Rivertree Arts collaboration between 9 area artists and 9 Biddeford Middle School Art Club Students.

A CONVERSATION IN IMAGES

March 27 - April 18 2009
Opening Reception march 27th 5-7pm
Panel Discussion 6:30 pm
Northdam Mill 2 Main Street Biddeford