• Resume

    Laura Spalding Best
    LauraEBest@gmail.com

    Grants and Awards
    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 recipient
    2003 Award for Excellence in Painting, Katherine K. Herberger College of Fine Arts

    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, Arizona
    2013 Miniature, The Mantle @ MADE, MADE Art Boutique, Phoenix, Arizona
    2013 Interconnections, @Central Gallery, Burton Barr Public Library, Phoenix, Arizona
    2012 Radials, MonOrchid Gallery and Bokeh Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
    2011 New Work, Open Source Project, Tempe, Arizona
    2011 autobiographical/autogeographical, Paradise Valley Community College
    2009 mutual adaptation, Five15 Arts Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
    2008 from the passenger seat, Five15 Arts Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
    2007 autogeography, Five15 Arts Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona

    Public Art
    2021 Public Mural, 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, Arizona

    Group Exhibitions
    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
    2018 Love, Passion, PAINt, MoVida Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
    2018 Nasty Women II, Grand ArtHaus, Phoenix, Arizona
    2017 Tiny Works/Tiny Dances III, 9 Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
    2017 The State of Phoenix, The Lodge, Phoenix, Arizona
    2017 BIG Works, New City Studio, Phoenix, Arizona
    2017 Annual Invitational Show, The Lodge, Phoenix, Arizona
    2017 Little by Little, Art Intersection, Gilbert, Arizona
    2017 The Fate of Landscape Painting, Fine Art Complex 1101, Tempe, Arizona
    2017 Rise & Grind, Grand ArtHaus, Phoenix, Arizona
    2017 When You Werent Looking, Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, Arizona
    2017 Reclaiming Earth, San Francisco Public Library, WEAD exhibit, San Francisco, California
    2017 Nasty Women, Grand ArtHaus, Phoenix, Arizona
    2016 Tiny Works/Tiny Dances II, 9 Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
    2016 Seeing Arizona, Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ
    2016 Smaller Footprints, Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA
    2015 Tiny Works/Tiny Dances, 9 Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
    2015 New Works, Cartel, Tempe, Arizona
    2014Visions of Phoenix: Reality and Surreality, Modified Arts, Phoenix, Arizona
    2013 Stop, Fast, Slow, Scottsdale Civic Center Library, Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
    2012 Lost Horizon (art about history), Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
    2010 Art Detour 2010, Five15 Arts Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
    2009 2 for 1, Art Detour 2009, Five15 Arts Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
    2008 Arizona Wheels & Ink, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, Arizona
    Employment
    Exhibitions Manager, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona
    2006-present
    Education
    B.F.A. 2003 Painting, Barrett Honors College, Arizona State University (Summa Cum Laude)