Laura Krifka

Lives and works in Ventura CA.

Education

MFA University of California Santa Barbara 2010.
BFA California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 2008.

Solo Exhibitions

2013
BravinLee programs, New York, NY.

2012
First Blush, CB1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

2011
Milk and Honey, Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.

Group Exhibitions

2011
The Feminine Canvas, Beacon Arts, Inglewood CA.
Piecable Kingdom, curated by David Pagel, Beacon Arts, Inglewood CA.
Genesis, Cuesta College Art Gallery, San Luis Obispo CA.
Face Off, Zroboli Gallery, Chicago IL.

2010
C.F.E., Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara CA.
Test Pattern, McNish Gallery, Oxnard College, Oxnard Ca.
Visual Spectrum, Santa Barbara University Art Museum, Santa Barbara CA.

2009
Official Vision Quest, Gallery 1434, University of California Santa Barbara CA.
Grand Narrative, University of California Santa Barbara CA.

2008
Twelve, Ridley Tree Center, Santa Barbara Museum of Art: Santa Barbara CA.
The Beat, Old Town Studio Gallery, Camarillo CA.
We Monsters, Steynberg Gallery, San Luis Obispo CA.

Awards

2009
Santa Barbara Art Association Scholarship Award, Santa Barbara CA.
Levitan Fellowship, University of California Santa Barbara CA.

2008
Broida Award, University of Santa Barbara CA.
Studio Art Scholarship, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo CA.
Cal Poly Arts Award, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo CA.

Bibliography

Huffington Post, "Laura Krifka's "First Blush" Depicts An Americana Fantasy" Huffington Post Internet Newspaper, March 1, 2012.
Woodard, Josef, "Playing the Fields", Santa Barbara News-Press, September 2, 2011.
Woodard, Josef, "Concepts Meeting the Concrete", Santa Barbara News-Press, June 11, 2010.
Woodard, Josef, "The Good of the Grouping", Santa Barbara News-Press, August 20, 2010.
Ed 87. New American Paintings, MFA Edition, April 2010 .
Volume 4, Trickhouse, Online Curatorial Project, March 2009.
Shwellenbach, Ashley, "We Humans", New Times SLO, April 16, 2008.