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