LAURIE PALMER - BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Palmer's interdisciplinary practice includes sculptural and public art projects, writing, and collaboration with the artists' collective Haha, with whom she has worked for twelve years. She has exhibited both individual and collaborative work in the US and in Europe, recently completing a text-based public art commission in Linz, Austria, investigating the linked histories of countries along the Danube through fictional excerpts. She has written about art for fifteen years, publishing in frieze, Artforum, and other journals, and publishing essays in catalogs. She has taught sculpture, contemporary theory, and art writing at UC Santa Barbara, Carnegie Mellon University, The University of Illinois, Chicago, and the University of Chicago, and at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she is currently Assistant Professor in Sculpture.

Temporary Services, Chicago, IL, "3 Acres on the Lake", exhibition and project introduction
Grimaldi Forum, Monte Carlo, Monaco, "Air/Air" (with Haha)
Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France, "L'Oeuvre Collective" (with Haha)

Senior Citizens Center, Linz, Austria, "River of Memory," public art commission Curated by Stella Rollig, and supported by the City of Linz
TBA Gallery, Chicago, IL, "Stuff"
Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI, "Flora and Fauna"

Dispensing with Formalities (organized by Brett Bloom), Leland and Kenmore, Chicago, IL, "Free Water," public art project
Pori Art Museum, Pori, Finland (with Haha), "Animal, Anima, Animus"

South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, IN, "Shaping Time," solo exhibition
Capp Street Foundation, San Francisco, CA, (with Haha), "Hop," residency and solo exhibition
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, CA, (with Haha), "The Home Show"
Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL, "Push/Pause"