Christina Laurel - artist creating installations, working in paper.

My mission: to create an "exhale" moment, an oasis that offers a refuge from our daily sensory overload.

Installations: In 2005 I began removing my art from the frame and then off the wall. In 2009 I began creating suspensions that freely rotate. In 2014 shoji paper made its debut in an installation titled "Refugium."

Paper: By printing imagery of my 2-D work onto Japanese paper, I reference my own artistic evolution. Originally I studied fashion design; my fascination with texture remains. I layer paper to create surfaces that invite your "eyes to touch.”

Native of Syracuse, NY, now residing in Greer, SC. Artist-in-Residence: 2022 in Summerville, SC, with South Porch Artists Residency; 2017 in Newnan, GA, with ArtRez; 2016 in Amherst, VA, at Virginia Center for the Creative Arts; 2015 in Rabun Gap, GA, at Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences and 2014 in Paducah, KY, with the Paducah Arts Alliance. Studio: City of Greer Center for the Arts.

News in 2024
"26th Annual Juried Show," Belton Center for the Arts, September 28-November 2. 1st place and Purchase Award.
"Art & Healing" exhibition, Greenville Center for Creative Arts, Greenville, SC, November 1-December 18
"Square Impressions," 12x12 show, Artists Guild Gallery of Greenville, December 1-29
"42nd Annual Juried Exhibit," Pickens Museum of History & Art, October 5-November 9
"6th Annual Juried Exhibition," Artists Collective of Spartanburg, September 10-October 26
"Refuge in the Round" solo exhibit, Curtis R. Harley Art Gallery, University of South Carolina/Upstate, Spartanburg, SC, September 9-October 27
"Inspired by Greer" exhibition, February-March, City of Greer Center for the Arts. 1st and 2nd place in professional adult art category.

Blogs
Postcards from Paducah - and - Glimpses of Greenville


All images and text copyright 2024-2025 Christina Laurel