Cathy McLaurin
Born in Pittsboro, North Carolina
Lives and works in New Hampshire
Selected solo exhibitions
2017
The North Wind and the Sun, Art Lab Gallery, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia
2016
The Reverend, His Lover, Their Monet, and The Museum, Linda Hummel-Shea ArtSpace, Haverhill, Massachusetts
2014
The North Wind and the Sun, Power Plant Gallery, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
How many artists does it take to change (a light bulb)?, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
2007
SMKS, Mills Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2005
what haunts…, Space Gallery, Portland, Maine
2004
what haunts…, Artspace, New Haven, Connecticut
Selected group exhibitions and performance
2019
Two Artists / One Space: Charles Edward Williams & Cathy McLaurin, Greenhill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, North Carolina
2018
Anti-Nostalgia, The Carrack, Durham, North Carolina
2017
Impact, Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire
Fine..., Atlantic Wharf Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2016
Obstacle Course, New Art Center, Newton, Massachusetts
2015
PROCESS, Intergalactic Arts Collective, Toronto, Canada
Praxis: MAP, Little Berlin, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2014
Drawing Connections, Mills Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2013
No place like home, Calderwood Pavilion, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
2011
Boston Young Contemporaries, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
Sleeping, Grace Space, Brooklyn, New York
Local Histories: The Ground We Walk On, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
New Territories New Moves Festival, Glasgow, Scotland
2010
Temporal Identities, NK Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2009
Where the arms hook onto the body, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Morphanimism, Satellite Space, University of Texas, San Antonio
2008
Many Kinds of Nothing, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Massachusetts
Human Animal Project, Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts
Heroes, LUMP, Raleigh, North Carolina
2005
A different Honest, Le Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Awards and recognition
2017
New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Artist Advancement Grant
Puffin Foundation Grant
Ella Lyman Cabot Trust Grant
Visiting Artist & Scholar Residency Program, Columbus State University, Columbus, Georgia
2016
Finalist, Piscataqua Region, New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Artist Advancement Grant
John Anson Kittredge Educational Fund Grant
Berkshire Taconic Artist’s Resource Trust Award
New Art Center Curatorial Opportunities Program Award
2015
Creative Capital On Our Radar
2014
Artists in Context Artists’ Prospectus for the Nation
Boston Center for the Arts, Artist Residency Program, Boston, Massachusetts
2013
Best of the North East Master’s of Fine Art, Helen Day Art Center
Puffin Foundation Grant
2012
Alfredo Jaar’s Public Interventions invited participant
Tufts University School of Art & Science/School of Engineering Graduate Research Award
Berwick Research Award
2007
Puffin Foundation Grant
2006
Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, Texas Artist Residency
2003
Berkshire Taconic Artist’s Resource Trust Award
Caldera Artist Residency, Sisters, Oregon
Public Collections
University of Georgia, Hargrett Library, Special Collections
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Sloan Art Library, Special Collections
Art Institute of Chicago, John M. Flaxman Library, Joan Flash Artists' Book Collection
Depaul University, Richardson Library, Special Collections
Duke University, Perkins Library, Special Collections
Furman University, James B. Duke Library, Special Collections
Otis College of Art & Design, Library, Artist Book Collection
Swarthmore College, McCabe Library, Special Collections
Tufts University, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Library, Artist Book Collection
University of California, Los Angeles, Arts Library, Artist Book Collection
University of Connecticut, Dodd Research Center, Special Collections
Vanderbilt University, Heard Library, Special Collections
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Art & Architecture Library, Special Collections
Scripps College, Denison Libraries, Special Collections
University of Washington, Libraries, Special Collections
Education
2013
Master of Fine Arts, Tufts University School of the Museum of Fine Arts