Statement
Through language and geometric abstraction, Laura Kaufman builds and undermines existing systems of shapes, words, and numbers. She makes high-touch objects and works on paper by joining, embroidering, weaving, folding, and printing with materials including felt, steel, linen, and cotton. Her work often refers to landscape, Minimalism, physics, and textiles, inventing blended relationships.
Bio
Laura Kaufman is an artist and educator in the Hudson Valley whose work refers to language, Minimalism, and craft traditions. Her projects have been exhibited nationally, including at the Al Held Foundation, Boiceville, NY; Grace Farms, New Canaan, CT; Marquee Projects, Bellport, NY; Design Miami, Miami, FL; The Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY; University Art Museum, University of Albany; Matteawan Gallery, Beacon, NY; Albany International Airport Gallery, Albany, NY; Field Projects Gallery, New York, NY; Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY; and the AIM Biennial, Bronx Museum of Art, Bronx, NY. In 2012 she received an outdoor sculpture commission on Randall’s Island, NY as part of the First AIM Biennial and with the support of the Rockefeller Foundation. Awards and residencies include Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts; Artist in the Marketplace, Bronx, NY; Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT. Kaufman is an educator at Dia Beacon, Beacon, NY. She received an MFA in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI and a BA in Studio Art from Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY. Recently, Kaufman completed an MS in TESOL. She is enjoying using her interests in linguistics and teaching practices to assist adult immigrant communities in the Hudson Valley.