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Laura Bigger

Laura Bigger

Artist
Profile Location
Kirksville , MO
Biography

Laura Bigger is an Assistant Professor of Art at Truman State University in Kirksville, MO. She has previously taught at the University of Nevada, Reno and Augsburg College, in Minneapolis, MN. Originally from Boulder, CO, Bigger received a BA in Studio Art and Hispanic Studies from Colorado College in 2008 and an MFA in Printmaking from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities in 2013. She has exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions nationally.

Artist Statement

Celestial Bodies is a series of prints that uses symbolism to articulate the concept of a tipping point. Some works portray the point at which light approaching a black hole changes direction, having been drawn toward the black hole’s mass. Others portray light emerging carelessly from a prism with no obstacles. Components such as slices of water are either upright, indicating an expected stasis, or upside-down, hinting at an eerie world with laws of nature unfathomable to us. While this series is more abstracted than much of my recent work, it manifests an environmental concern and a visual experimentation with balance, optimism, pessimism, and escapism. These attitudes mirror our various relationships with climate change and metaphorically play out potential outcomes.

Medium
Drawing
Installation
Print / Paper
 
 

Exhibitions Featuring this Artist

Anne Burton
Paul Coldwell
Kathleen Neacy
Emmeline Solomon
Taro Takizawa
Valerie Syposz
Wendy Ketchum
Amy Haney
Noah Breuer
Brooke Molla
Sarah Kinard
Denise Brady
Adrian Tio
Una Scott
Endi Poskovic
Barbara Duval
Ali Osborn
Elizabeth Powell
Thomas Faulkner
John-Mark Schlink
Enrique Figueredo
Meryl Engler
Kyle Chaput
Annie Bissett
Drew Etienne
Cheryl Hochberg
Laura Bigger
Eric Rewitzer
Floki Gauvry
Charlene Liu
Mark Rice
Roberto Torres
Mia O
KyeongAh Min
Colin Gillespie
Jonathan Fisher
Cameron Bailey
Marilyn Propp
Josh Winkler
Julian Davies
Chandler Brutscher
Melissa Harshman
William Evertson
Jennifer Martin
Hunter Bryan
Catherine Wild
Piotr Stachlewski
Jager Palad
Joanna Anos
Nina Jordan
David Johnson
Jean Gumpper
Jun Lee
Diana Behl
Steven Munoz
Bonnie OConnell
Una Scott
Jun
05
6/5/20 to 8/28/20
Print / Paper

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