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Laura Sallade is an artist living and working in Philadelphia.

b.1990

Reading, PA

Education

Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts, Sculpture, 2013

Without light we can’t see matter—inversely, without matter we can’t see light. This interdependent relationship is the crux of my practice. I’m interested in colloquial references to light as a fleeting presence—a shadow appears, the sun sets, a beam of light enters the room. In reality, we know that light is the constant and we are the variable—it’s our physical world that is shifting, our planet that is rotating, our galaxy that is hurling through space.

I observe these paradoxical understandings of the world and emphasize our skewed perception of light by capturing moments of flux. Using glass, silver, and mixed media, I investigate the link between light and matter. Integrating scientific and intuitive processes, I create evocative gestural works that walk the line between image and object. Rather than rendering light, I rely on its interaction with opaque and translucent shapes and textures to capture the ephemeral. Paying homage to the fickleness of memory, I indiscriminately excavate large portions of a composition through hand-cut elimination and rely on suggestive remains.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 Invisible thread, Connie A. Eastburn gallery, cairn university, Langhorne, PA

2022 Any Versus All, Massey klein Gallery, New York, ny

2020 Hindsight, Underscore Art Gallery, Whitefish, MT

2019 UNSEEN, Massey Klein Gallery, NEW YORK, NY

2018 Deep to Deep, Massey Klein Gallery, New York, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

Transformative Craft, Susquehannah Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA

Future Fair, Massey Klein Gallery, New York, NY

To Darken Lightly, LIC Art Center, New York, NY

New Now, Inliquid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2022

Finding a memory, Piano Craft Gallery, Boston, MA

nyc crit club group show, Gallery Ninedee, New York, ny

2021

Women Artists Breaking Out, Larchmont, NY

SHINE, Ann Marie Sculpture Garden & Art Center, Solomons MD

NextFab Artisan Accelerator Show, Philadelphia PA

2020

Untitled, Five 3 Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

2019

Naturals, NoBA ArtSpace, Philadelphia, PA

Willie Green: Press Play, Massey Klein Gallery, New York, NY

2018

Untitled, Old City jewish arts center, Philadelphia, PA

2017

Sallade, Scarpone, Dubinsky, Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

(two-person)Blurred Lines, Massey Lyuben Gallery, Chelsea, NY

2016

Fall Collective, Massey Lyuben Gallery, Chelsea, NY

Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Chestnut Hill, PA

2015

Emerging Talent 2015, Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia PA

Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Chestnut Hill, PA

2014

113th Annual Student Exhibition, PAFA Museum, Philadelphia, PA

Emerging Talent, L.G.Tripp Gallery, Philadelphia PA

The Satellite Show, The RePop Room, Chelsea, NY

2013

Through, Architeqt Gallery, Philadelphia PA

112th Annual Student Exhibition, PAFA Musuem, Philadelphia PA

Absolutely Abstract, The Sketchclub Gallery, Philadelphia PA

Laura sallade, Gallery 128, Philadelphia, PA

2012

111th Annual Student Exhibition, PAFA Musuem, Philadelphia PA

Perception: A Study in Ways of Seeing, Elixr, Philadelphia PA

Parktowne Place Group Show, Parktowne Place, Philadelphia PA

VISITING ARTIST/GUEST SPEAKER

2023 Cairn University, Langhorne, PA

Temple university, Philadelphia, PA

2021 longwood university, Farmville, VA

2017 King’s Academy, Mohrsville, PA

AWARDS/RESIDENCIES/FELLOWSHIPS

2023

SIM Residency, Reykjavik, Iceland

Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship, Seattle, WA

2021

Lackland Well Artist in Residence, Farmville VA

NextFab Artisan Accelerator Fellowship

Michael Tomassoni Scholarship

Jurors Award, Ann Marie Sculpture Garden & Art Center

2019

Philly Current Magazine, Best of Philadelphia.

2014

Philadelphia Sculpture Gym Scholarship

Richard C. Von Hess Travel Scholarship

PAFA Fellowship Prize

2013

Jurors Award, Philadelphia Sketchclub

The Alexander Prize, Honorable Mention

Susan Land Memorial Prize for Printmaking

Marcia Lampert Prize for a Construction

2012

The Alexander Prize, Honorable Mention

Lucille Sorgenti Scholarship

Wolf Scholarship in Honor of Peter Paone

SELECT EDUCATION

2023

certificate in creative writing, University of Pennsylvania (courses completed)

Pilchuck Glass School

2014

Fifth year, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

2013

Certificate in Sculpture, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

SELECT COLLECTIONS

Atlantic Aviation Airport, Philadelphia, PA

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

Ritz Carlton, Amelia Island, FL

Vail Resorts, Vail, CO

Anthropologie Clothing Stores, Philadelphia, PA & Chelsea, NY

Dualtone Music Group, Nashville, TN

Select Private Collections: LONDON, Paris, DOHA, Philadelphia, New York, San Diego, Marseille, Nantucket.

PRESS/FEATURES

http://www.longwood.edu/art/about/news/articles/artist-laura-sallade-speaks-with-longwood-art-students-about-her-work-and-artistic-practice.php