Resume
Laura Spalding Best
LauraEBest@gmail.comARTIST RESUME
Awards and Committees
2020-present Artlink Artist Council member
2021 Best of Phoenix Best Airport Art for Vanished Tempest installation, Phoenix Airport Museum
2020 Best of Phoenix & Best of the Valley awards for Best Temporary Public Art & Best Field Mural for Rise commissioned by Tempe Public Art
2019 Artist in Residence, Tempe Center for the Arts Gallery, Tempe, Arizona
2017 Contemporary Forum Artists Grant recipient, Phoenix Art Museum Contemporary Forum
2012-2013 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant recipientRecent Solo Exhibitions
2021 Adrift, Walter Art Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2021 Surroundings, Pravus Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2019 Undercurrent, The Balcony at London Gold, Scottsdale, Arizona
2019 Inundated, Stark Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2018 Vanity, Practical Art, Phoenix, Arizona
2017 Intersections, MiraSol Community Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2016 Inferior Mirage, Chartreuse Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2014 7th Street to 7th Avenue, Hot Box Gallery, Phoenix, ArizonaPublic Art
2021 Public Mural, Canal Waters II, Walter Art Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2021 Public Art Installation, Past Present Future, Phoenix Raceway, Avondale, Arizona
2021 Public Art Installation, Sky Boats, Alamar Parks, Avondale, Arizona
2021 Public Art Installation, Rise, Danelle Plaza, Tempe, Arizona
2021 Public Mural, Focus, Phoenix Mural Festival, Grand Canal, Phoenix, Arizona
2020 Public Mural, Arizona I & II, OneAZ Credit Union, Phoenix, Arizona
2019-2021 Public Art Installation, Field Mural, Rise, Tempe Public Art, Tempe, Arizona
2018 Public Mural, Canal Waters, Willo Historic District, Phoenix, Arizona
2017 Public Mural, Convergence, MariSol Credit Union, Phoenix, Arizona
2015 Public Mural, Power Structures, Halt Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2014 Public Mural, Mirage, Hot Box Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2012 Public Mural, Centennial, Roosevelt Row, APS Power Substation, Phoenix, ArizonaRecent Group Exhibitions
2023 Saguaroland: Mapping the Sonoran Desert curated by Robrt Pela and KJZZ, Changing Hands Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2023 Diversity in the Desert: Expanding the Airport’s Art Collection Phoenix Airport Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
2023 Artlink Artist Council Exhibition, collaborative installation with Zach Valent, Park Central, Phoenix, Arizona
2023 Abstract Athlete de Sarthe Gallery, Scottsdale Arizona
2023 Abstract Athlete Gallery at Mountain Shadows, Paradise Valley, Arizona
2023 EARTH & SKY Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, Arizona
2022 Artlink Artist Council Exhibition, collaborative installation with Estevan Curiel, Park Central, Phoenix, Arizona
2022 Imagine, Design, Build! i.d.e.a. museum Mesa, Arizona
2021 Recent Acquisitions, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
2021 Artlink 21st Annual Juried Exhibition, FOUND:RE, Phoenix, Arizona
2021 ACE, Artlink Artist Council Exhibition, Mood Room, Phoenix, Arizona
2021 Painting for the People, Savidan Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2020 Keepsakes, Practical Art, Phoenix, Arizona
2020 Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
2020 12 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Practical Art, Phoenix, Arizona
2020 WoW: Women on Walls, Pravus Gallery, The Newton, Phoenix, Arizona
2019 I Hear What You Are Seeing, Center Space Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2019 Control, Alt Create, NSAA, Tempe, Arizona
2019 Weather or Not: Art With Atmosphere, i.d.e.a. Museum, Mesa, Arizona
2019 Inspired by History, Chandler Museum, Chandler, Arizona
2019 Water: Life, Art, Science, Tempe Center for the Arts Gallery, Tempe, Arizona
2019 Artlink 19th Annual Juried Exhibition, Park Central, Phoenix, Arizona
2018 Tiny Works Tiny Dances IV, 9 Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2018 Control, Alt, Create, NSAA, Tempe, Arizona
2018 Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
2018 Object Inspiration, Vision Gallery, Chandler, Arizona
2018 Contemporary Forum Grant Winners Exhibition, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona