Recent Exhibits & News

Rutgers University

Three of my paintings have been selected for online publication in Rejoinder , an online journal featuring work at the intersection of scholarship and activism that reflects feminist and social justice perspectives. Rejoinder is currently published once a year, each spring. Rejoinder is a publication of the Institute for Research on Women (IRW) at Rutgers University in partnership with The Feminist Art Project. Click here to view Rejoinder's masthead. To learn more about IRW, visit: http://irw.rutgers.edu. 

I am grateful to be considered along side some of the God Mothers of feminist art. 

Studio B Gallery, Boyertown, PA 

Studio B Fine Art Gallery, 39A East Philadelphia Avenue in Boyertown, PA, announces the opening of “The Edible Woman” on Friday, April 28, 2023, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. The exhibit continues through June 18, 2023. A tour of the exhibit and introductions to the artists will be held between 6:00-7:00 p.m. and featured on Facebook LIVE. A virtual tour will be available following the opening.

The exhibit, entitled “The Edible Woman,” is inspired by Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name.

One of my paintings will be exhibited among the works of 11 other artists. 

United Kingdom/ United States 

Portraits for NHS Heroes is an art project held during the Covid 19 Pandemic. 

British portrait artist, Tom Croft, was creatively blocked during lockdown  and put out an offer to paint a free portrait for the first NHS worker to respond. Croft received so many requests that he eventually connected 500 NHS workers with as many professional artist volunteers. As a portrait artist, I felt compelled to participate and in doing so, was teamed with nurse, Ruby, known for her compassionate work and unwavering spirit on the Covid frontlines.

It's a stunning physical record and testament to the NHS workers at their most challenging time."

 #portraitsfornhsheroes 🎨💚 

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Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY 

Through interruptions, censure, violence and threatening behavior, women are silenced every day. Don’t Shut Up 2021 presents the work of 46 women artists from across the US and Canada who are working to challenge  the status quo through their ongoing artistic practice. The mission of this exhibition is to provide a platform for those voices, to create awareness and to ensure that women’s voices are heard and valued. Featuring, Bride of Diaphanous, by Laura Gelsomini

http://dontshutup2021.com 

Alvernia University  400 St. Bernardine St.
Reading, PA 19607 

This Spring at Alvernia University celebrates the 19th Ammendment.   Join Alvernia in celebrating at the Miller Gallery on February 11, from 4-6 for the closing reception of "The Female Gaze", an art exhibition featuring all female artists. 

Ceres Gallery 547 West 27th St Suite 201 New York, NY 10001  

Ceres is proud to offer a series of one week exhibitions. Artists Laura Gelsomini and Susan Duby will show five of their large-scale charcoal drawings, from December 17-23.  Opening reception, December 20, (5-7pm) . 

Featuring, Truant by Laura Gelsomini

http://ceresgallery.org/event.htm

Anton Arts Center 125 Macomb Pl, Mt Clemens, MI 48043 

Artists respond to how mothering affects a person’s body, mind, and identity, how motherhood influences creative work and to generally address the topic of motherhood as it pertains them. Featuring, Miss Communication, Laura Gelsomini

https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/990588_68f7638118854f0d9f529c63a8595303.pdf

 Ceres Gallery 547 West 27th St Suite 201 New York, NY 10001  

Two Events at Ceres that showcase the rise of the divine feminine.   Curators Susan Kaplow and Pam Shields have brought together the work of 19 women artists whose take on feminism is hilarious, poignant, searing and political. 

Featuring, Her Majesty, by Laura Gelsomini

Selected artists, from a special juried exhibition to honor the late CEO Emeritus Frederick H. Gaige, will be featured from Sept. 7 to Oct. 5, with an opening reception at 6 p.m. on Sept. 7, in the Penn State Berks Freyberger Gallery. This event is free and open to the public.

More than 40 artists from Berks County and surrounding regions exhibited in the Gaige Memorial Juried Exhibition in March 2017. The following three artists were selected from this exhibition: Laura Gelsomini, Ed McCarty and Joe Szimart.

https://berks.psu.edu/story/6252/2017/08/23/freyberger-gallery-presents-exhibition-selected-artists

The goal of this exhibition FU In the Most Loving Way is to revisit the critiques of women’s relational roles presented in the 1972 landmark feminist Womanhouse exhibition by showing works that address women’s ongoing challenges to build their lives and thrive within structural and intersectional systems of oppression. 

Featuring, Fettered, pastel on paper, Laura Gelsomini w/ Susan Duby

http://www.sfweekly.com/culture/giving-fck-art-makes-womens-invisible-condition-invisible/

https://www.amazon.com/Loving-Northern-California-Womens-Caucus/dp/19

 Nasty Women is a response to this divisive time in media, politics, and history. The sexist overtone that has loomed over our country this past year throughout our presidential campaign has called many women to action through various forms of outrage and dissent. Nasty Women is a culmination of our collective fears, anger, frustration, determination, and strength to both process our new political climate, as well as to face it head on. Nasty Women examines our “new normal” and how that relates to our identity and culture.

https://www.uwishunu.com/2017/01/10-brilliant-art-exhibits-events-philly-january/