Laurie Le Clair

As U.S. Foreign Service dependent, traveled with family to Greece, France, Algeria, Lebanon, Sri Lanka, India and Canada. Attended French, British and American schools.

Attended The Corcoran in WashingtonD.C. Studied with Gene Davis, William Christenberry, Robert Stackhouse and Ed McGowin. Had first exhibit in 1973 at the Corcoran Gallery. Exhibited regularly at the Washington Project for the Arts (WPA), under the founding director Alice Denney, as well as at other galleries in that city and also in New York. Was represented for one year by the Pyramid Gallery in Washington D.C. Areas of endeavor were painting, assemblage, performance art and events.

Moved to Los Angeles in 1976 under mentorship of Walter Hopps. Was represented by the Morgan Thomas Gallery in Santa Monica until gallery closed. Did Performance Art events at The Gallery Theater, Barnsdall Park, and at the Southern California Center for the Arts. Worked mostly in the mediums of painted constructions and performance art. Began to explore installation and tableau art.

Arrived in Seattle in 1989. Areas of endeavor mostly painted construction, tableaux and installation. Exhibited at Collusion Unlimited, Battery Street Gallery, the Kurt Lidtke Gallery, and was represented for two years by the G. Gibson Gallery. Was included in the Northwest Annual, curated by Laura Trippi in 1995, and in 1998 created an installation piece for the First Avenue window of the Seattle Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery. Was selected for inclusion in The End, a millenium exhibition at the Tacoma Art Museum and in 2000 was invited to place a site-specific sculpture/installation work at the new sculpture park at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center (PAFAC). Was selected in 2003 by Seattle Arts Commission as a participant in its new Emerging Public Artist Roster, which association led to doing a full scale artist’s installation for an emerging public artists’ exhibition at City Space.

Joined CORE Gallery in Seattle in 2016.

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