Laura Owens emerged in the late 1990s from the Los Angeles art scene.
10 Facts About Laura Owens
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Laura Owens is known for large-scale paintings that combine a variety of art historical references and painterly techniques.
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In 2003 Owens had her first survey exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
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Laura Owens's work has been presented in solo exhibitions at Secession, Vienna ; Kunstmuseum Bonn ; Bonnefanten Museum ; Kunsthalle Zurich ; Camden Arts Centre, London ; Milwaukee Art Museum ; Aspen Art Museum, Colorado ; and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum,.
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Laura Owens had a mid-career survey at the Whitney Museum Of American Art from November 2017 to February 2018.
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Laura Owens was born in 1970 in Euclid, Ohio and raised in nearby Norwalk, Ohio.
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In 2015, Laura Owens made paintings based on World War II-era newspaper stereotype plates she discovered underneath the shingle siding of her Los Angeles home.
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In January 2013, Laura Owens exhibited 12 new paintings in a building at 356 Mission Road, across the river from Downtown Los Angeles.
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Laura Owens continued to run this space, 356 Mission as an exhibition space in collaboration with Gavin Brown and Wendy Yao.
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Laura Owens alleges protesters have bullied and threatened her, including death threats.