Laura Kung (b. San Francisco) is an interdisciplinary artist whose work explores perceptual landscapes in the form of installations, sculpture and visual works that invite introspection and contemplation through material narratives.
Her work has been exhibited in BioBAT Art Space (New York City), Mana Contemporary (Jersey City) and Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space @ Artists Alliance Inc (New York City) and featured in Talking Textiles, BOMB Magazine & Art Spiel.
She holds a B.S. in Fiber Science & Apparel Design from Cornell University and a MFA in Textiles from Parsons School of Design. Laura has 10 years of industry experience in fashion design and previously at Zero + Maria Cornejo focusing on color & fabric development, footwear design and womenswear. She currently lives in Portland, OR where she works as a materials designer.
Artist Statement:
My practice is a meditation on the in-between - the natural and artificial and the ephemeral and permanent that morph into new forms of landscapes as installations, sculptures and visual works. I engage with natural materials from the land, such as foraged natural dyes, urban weeds, food waste, reclaimed materials and water samples from sewage-overflow sites to tell stories of belonging and place. My methods draw from a place of contemplation, using slow conscious processes such as natural dyeing, weaving, and interspecies collaboration to unveil complex perspectives.
EXHIBITIONS:
2023 Embodied Future & the Ecology of Care, BioBAT Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
2021 shit!, Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space, Artists Alliance Inc, New York, NY
2020 Hybrid, Parsons MFA Textiles Thesis Exhibition, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
2019 Thesis Work-in-progress, Parsons MFA Textiles Fall Open Studio, New York, NY
2019 Cerulean Waters, Smiling Hogshead Ranch, Long Island City, Queens
2019 Cut & Reassembled, Softly...Brightly, Parsons MFA Textiles Spring Open Studio, New York, NY
2018 Lands End...New Beginning, Parsons MFA Textiles Fall Open Studio, New York, NY
PRESS:
Embodied Futures and the Ecology of Care at BioBAT Art Space / Art Spiel
Embodied Futures and the Ecology of Care Press Release / BioBAT Art Space
What is Normal? / BOMB Magazine by Danni Shen
shit! Press Release / Artists Alliance Inc
Talking About Natural Dyes and Living Color with Laura Kung / The Color Association of the United States by Tess Murdoch
Hybrid Graduate Show at Mana Contemporary / New York Textile Month
For CV, access to design work and general inquiries, please contact:
kung.laura@gmail.com