(b. 1986, USA)

EDUCATION

2021 Master of Fine Arts in Painting + Drawing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2015 Graduate Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies, DePaul University
2013 Master of Arts in New Media Studies, DePaul University
2008 Bachelor of Fine & Applied Arts in Painting, University of Illinois School of Art + Design
2003 Early College Program, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023The Museum of Smoking, THNK Museum, New York, NY
2019 The Real Housewives Pointing Fingers, Bravocon, New York, NY
2018 Anna Wintour Double-Crossing Her Legs, THNK1994 Museum, New York, NY
2018 Warm & Fuzzy: A Solo Exhibition by Laura Collins, Night Light Studios, Chicago, IL
2017 The Real Housewives Pointing Fingers, THNK1994 Museum, New York, NY
2016 The Olsen Twins Hiding From The Paparazzi, THNK1994 Museum, New York, NY
2014 Laura Collins Solo Exhibition, Gallery 2622, Milwaukee, WI

OTHER EXHIBITIONS

2023 Lugano Animation Days, Gruppo della Svillera Italiana del Film di Animazione, Lugano, Switzerland
2023 Terrain Biennial 2023, Terrain Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2023 Feminist To The Core, salonlb., Chicago, IL
2023 Feminist Border Arts Film Festival, New Mexico State University Art Museum, NM
2022 Nostalgia, Northwest Arkansas Mall, Fayetteville, Arkansas
2021 Preventative Maintenance, Patient Info, Chicago, IL
2021 Se Son Rose, Fioriranno, salonlb., Chicago, IL
2021 Goodbye Horses, SAIC PTDW Dept Alumni Show, Research House for Asian Art, Chicago, IL
2021 Graduate Exhibition, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, IL
2020 UNPORTRAIT, EXTRA Projects, Chicago, IL
2019 Domestic Violence Awareness, Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2018 3rd Annual Portrait Exhibition, Elephant Room, Chicago, IL
2018 Anatomy of an Icon, THNK1994 Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2018 David's Dead! THNK1994 Museum, New York, NY
2018 Celebrities Smoking in the Bathroom at the Met Ball, THNK1994 Museum, New York, NY
2018 The Moon is a Planet, Darling, THNK1994 Museum, New York, NY
2017 2nd Annual Portrait Exhibition: You, Me, and Everyone Else, C.C's Art Garage, Chicago, IL
2017 Nicole Richie's BBQ, THNK1994 Museum, New York, NY
2017 A Celebration of Kim Cattrall, THNK1994 Museum, New York, NY
2017 A Juxtaposition of Spring, Soho House, Chicago, IL
2017 Nasty Women Art Chicago, Moonlight Studios, Chicago, IL
2017 Making Visible, Awakenings Foundation, Chicago, IL
2015 Illinois Art Educator Exhibition, University of St. Francis Art Gallery, Joliet, IL
2015 Who's Afraid of Feminism, Woman's Caucus for Art, New York, NY
2015 The Mark on the Wall, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
2015 The Light Inside the Bell Jar, Sulfur Studios, Savannah, GA
2015 Voices, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
2015 Widening The Cycle, Suffolk University, Boston, MA
2015 Prism Walls, Loyola University Newhart Promenade, Chicago, IL
2014 The "F" Word: Feminism Now, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014 The Wide Open, Roman Susan Annex, Chicago, IL
2014 Collage Exhibition, (SCENE) Metrospace, East Lansing, MI
2014 FemInArtScene, Carlton Studios, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2014 SKIN, The Gallery On The Corner, London, UK
2014 Wastelands, 313 Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2014 Yoko Ono Fan Club, University of Buffalo Visual Studies Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2013 Human Rights? Ex Convento Dei Francescani Neri, Specchia, Italy
2010 Exoskeleton, The B.S. Gallery, 220 W. Benton St. Iowa City, IA
2008 BFA Exhibition, Krannert Art Museum University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
2016 Towards Emptiness, Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2022-Present Instructor, Figure Drawing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2021 Instructor, Figure Drawing, salonlb., Chicago, IL
2021 Teaching Assistant, Advanced Drawing: Form Invention, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2020 Teaching Assistant, Painting Studio: Multi Level, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2020 Teaching Assistant, Experimental Drawing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2013-2017 Instructor, Beginning Sketching & Drawing, Triton College, River Grove, IL

OTHER EXPERIENCE

2021 Lecturer, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
2020 Lecturer, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
2020 Lecturer, College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL
2019 Lecturer, University of Illinois School of Art + Design, Champaign, IL
2018 Illustrator, RuPaul's Drag Race Weekly Episode Recaps, Condé Nast, Them. 
2014 Creative Sabbatical, Ragdale Artists’ Community, Lake Forest, IL
2013 Lecturer, Digital Archives Symposium, DePaul Museum of Art, Chicago, IL