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LAURA PARNES
 
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Laura Parnes
1968 born in Buffalo, New York, United States
Lives in Brooklyn, New York, United States
Education

1990 BFA, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Grants

2005 Fellowship, Sally and Don Lucas Artists Programs at the Montalvo Arts Center,
Saratoga, CA
Finishing Funds, The Experimental Television Center
Creative Capital Finalist, New York, NY
2004 Outpost Artist in Residence, Brooklyn, NY
Sundance Screenwriter’s Lab Finalist
2000 Wexner Center Artist-in-Residence, Columbus, OH
1998 Harvestworks Artist-in-Residence, New York, NY
1997-1998 The Experimental Television Center Residency, Owego, NY

Solo Exhibitions

2005
Janie 1978-1982, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2003
Hollywood Inferno (episode one), Participant Inc., NYC, NY.

2001
Heidi 2, (collaboration with Sue de Beer), Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, LA, CA

2000
Heidi 2, (collaboration with Sue de Beer), Deitch Projects, New York, NY

Group Exhibitions

2005
Bonds of Love, John Connelly Presents, exhibition curated by Lisa Kirk, NYC, NY
Somewhere Outside It, Schroeder Romero Gallery, exhibition curated by Janet Phelps, Brooklyn, NY
Curatorial Incubator Round II, Vtape, (curated by Claire Eckert), Toronto, CANADA
Women In the Director’s Chair, Chicago, IL

2004
Project Room, Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam, the NETHERLANDS
Hosted, Nieuwe Vide, (curated by Lia Gangitano), Haarlem, the NETHERLANDS
Repulsion, (curated by Heidi Schlatter), University Galleries, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Open House, Brooklyn Museum, (curated by Charlotta Kotik and Tumelo Mosaka), Brooklyn, NY
Bush League, Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, NY
24/7, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, LITHUANIA

2003
Adolescence, (curated by Susana Blas), Museo Nacional Centro De Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, SPAIN , Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Galizia (MARCO)
Decade, Schroeder Romero, Brooklyn, NY
Images Festival, Toronto, CANADA
Melodrama, (curated by Doreet LeVitte-Harten), Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Vigo, SPAIN
Cinematexas, Austin, TX
Dallas Video Festival, Dallas, TX

2002
Emotional Rescue: The Contemporary Art Project Collection, (curated by Linda Farris), The Center of Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
Melodrama, (a travelling exhibition curated by Doreet LeVitte-Harten), ARTIUM, Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria, Spain and Granada, SPAIN
The Empire Strikes Back, ATM Gallery, NYC, NY
Double Vision, Pacific Film Archives, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
PHotoEspaña , (video festival), Madrid, SPAIN
Red Bank International Film Festival, Red Bank, NJ
In and Out of Control, (curated by Tanya Leighton), The Holden Gallery, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, ENGLAND
New York Underground Film Festival, NYC, NY

2001
Video Viewpoints, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Brooklyn!, Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, FLA
Mimic, (curated by Robert Boyd), Gail Gates, Bkln., NY
A History of Video Art, Spanish Television Broadcast, Madrid SPAIN

2000
Death Race 2000, (curated by Rachel Lowther), Threadwaxing Space, New York, NY
Impakt Festival, Utrecht, HOLLAND
Video Parking Lot, Vendetta Gallery, Chicago, IL
New York Underground Film Festival, New York, NY
One Night Stand, Joao Ferreira Fine Art, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA

1999
Very 6, New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA
Holiday Benefit, The New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Spectacular Optical, (curated by Lia Gangitano), CU Arts Galleries, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO
Parking, Mayday Productions, New York, NY
I’m a Virgin, The Waiting Room, Wolverhampton, ENGLAND
Avignon New York French Film Festival, The French Institute, New York, NY
The Greatest Show on Earth, presented by Mayday Productions, APEX Art, New York, NY

1998
Reel New York, PBS, Channel 13 Broadcast, New York, NY
Spectacular Optical, curated by Lia Gangitano, Threadwaxing Space, New York, NY
Miami Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Theater of Cruelty, curated by Robert Boyd, Christinerose Gallery, New York, NY
Video Library, David Zwirner, New York, NY
No is Yes, Four Walls, Brooklyn, NY
Spoonful of Sugar, curated by Lisa Platt, Rutgers University, New York, NY
Video Room Video Festival, Brooklyn, NY
The Images Festival, Toronto, CANADA
Ruth and Al’s Outpost Extravaganza, Knitting Factory, New York, NY
Hybro, Exit Art: The First World, New York, NY

1997
Whitney Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Current Under Current Working in Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
The Best of New York Shorts Expo, Knitting Factory, New York, NY
Video Tensions, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
The Images Festival, Toronto, CANADA
Monitor, The City Gallery of Wellington, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND
Monitor, Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, NEW ZEALAND
New York Shorts Expo, New York, NY
The Sit In, Clocktower Gallery, The Institute for Contemporary Art/ P.S. 1 Museum, New York, NY
Talent Show, Bronwyn Keenan, New York, NY
1996
Monitor, The Physics Room, NEW ZEALAND
Simpler, Gavin Brown Enterprise, New York, NY
In the Flow, curated by Daniel Georges, Franklin Furnace, New York, NY
Celebrity’hood, Longwood Arts Gallery, Bronx, NY

1995
Ladies, Chassie Post, New York, NY
Boudoir-in-Exile, The Institute for Contemporary Arts/ P.S. 1 Museum, Long Island City, NY
Mon Voyage a New York, Galerie Elizabeth Valleix, Paris, FRANCE and New York, NY
Independence, NYU TV Broadcast, New York, NY
Either/Or, curated by Kenny Schacter, Flamingo East, New York, NY
Other Rooms, Ronald Feldman, New York, NY
Basel Art Fair, with Elizabeth Valliex, Basel, SWITZERLAND
Spring Collection, Sauce, Brooklyn, NY

1994
Played, curated by Kenny Schachter, Printed Matter, New York, NY
Pain, Krome Schutter, Cologne, GERMANY
Pain, Here, New York, NY
Encore # 1, Trial Balloon, New York, NY

1993
The Body Political, Test Site, Brooklyn, NY
The Art of Self-Defense..., Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
Graphic Depictions, Trial Balloon, New York, NY
MOB, Speedway Gallery, Boston, MA
Songs of Retribution, (curated by Nancy Spero), Richard Anderson, New York, NY

Contact
Upstream
Nieck de Bruijn
Kromme Waal 11
1011 BS Amsterdam
Netherlands
Phone: +31(0)20-4284284
Email: info@upstreamgallery.nl
www.upstreamgallery.nl