LAURA M. O'DONNELL
EDUCATION
M.F.A.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Ceramics (May 2000)
M.A. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Art History, specializing in 1880-present (August 1998)
B.A. WittenbergUniversity, Springfield, OH, Major: Art/ Ceramics; Minor: English (June 1992)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2005Laura O’Donnell: Sculpture (solo exhibition), Lincolnland Community College Art Gallery, (upcoming) September 2005.
2004Laura O’Donnell (solo exhibition), Erlanson Gallery, Richland Community College, Decatur, IL, March 22-April 23 2004.
Synergism, Gallery North, Bloomington, IN, March 13-April 4, 2004.
Brick by Brick, Ohio Art League, Columbus, OH, April 2004.
How Sweet it Is, Cinema Gallery, Urbana, IL, August-September 2004.
8 Fluid Ounces, LouisianaStateUniversityArtGallery, Baton Rouge, LA, February-March 2004.
2003Cup: The Intimate Object II, Charlie Cummings Clay Studio, Fort Wayne, IN, November 2003-January 2004.
Contemporary Ceramic Invitational, Heuser Art Center Gallery, BradleyUniversity, PeoriaIL, September-October 2003.
Gifts from the Earth, FittonCenter for Creative Arts, Hamilton, OH, September-November 2003.
Dinner is Served, WorcesterCenter for Crafts, Worcester, MA, March 2003.
Affinity for the Cup, Exploding Head Gallery: Contemporary Art & Ceramics, Sacramento, CA, February 2003.
2002New Work (two-person exhibition), Cinema Art Gallery, Urbana, IL, December 2002-January 2003.
Pitchers, Plates & Platters, Celadon Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY, 2002.
2001Holiday Treasures, McLeanCountyArtsCenter, Bloomington, IL, 2001.
The Hand Held Cup Show, Odyssey Gallery, Asheville, NC, 2001.
Cabaret Xcen*trik, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN, 2001.
2000Fielding-Wright Gallery, Delta State University, Cleveland, MS (two-person exhibition), August-September 2000.
Illinois Ceramics Invitational: Sculpture, Parkland College Gallery, Champaign, IL, February-March 2000.
Midwest Sculpture Exhibition, South BendRegionalMuseum of Art, South Bend, IN, 2000.
New Work, St. Louis Community College- Forest Park, St. Louis, MO (two-person exhibition), February 2000.
1999Illinois Women Artists: The New Millennium, National Museum of Women in the Arts, regional representative, 1999.
1997Art in Containers/Contained Art, CentralMichiganUniversityArtGallery, Mt. Pleasant, MI, October 1997.
1996Here’s to You, Infinity Gallery, Newton, MA, May 1996.
Container/ Containment, National Society of Arts and Letters, LakeviewMuseum, Peoria, IL, March-April 1996
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Artist, Illinois Artisan Program, Illinois State Museum Society, 2004-present.
Resident Artist, Belden Brick Co., Sugarcreek, OH, July 2003
Instructor (Art History, Ceramics), Parkland College, 1999-present.
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, August 2000- May 2002.
Education Assistant, Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Foundation, Oak Park, IL. January-May 1993.
Ceramics Studio Assistant, ArrowmontSchool of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN. March 1996.
Intern, Artpark, Lewiston, NY. June-August 1992.
BIBLIOGRAPHY (Artworks published)
500 Figures in Clay: Ceramic Artists Celebrate the Human Form, ed. Veronika Gunter, Asheville: Lark Books, 2004,
pp.33, 226.
“Brickwork in Ohio”, Ceramics Monthly vol.52, #8, October 2004, p18-20.
Mayer, Bill, Columbus Dispatch Weekender, Thursday, April 8, 2004, p.12.
500 Bowls, ed. John Britt, Asheville: Lark Books, 2003, pp. 151, 241.
PUBLICATIONS (Writing Published)
“Sanctity, Voyeurism, Reflection & Necessity: Ron Kovatch’s Ceramic TV Sets”, Ceramics Art and Perception #56, June
2004, p. 55-57.
“Bricks & Boats: Chris Berti’s New Sculpture”, Ceramics Art and Perception #51, March 2003, p. 50-53.
The Underlying Threads of the Arts and Crafts Movement in the Art and Life of Georgia O’Keeffe archived with The
Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA.