BIO
Laurie Blessen studied at the California College of the Arts and received a BFA in Graphic Design. Her education in art history grew her affinity towards Modern Art which influences her work to this day. At Blessen Design, she worked with corporate clients to realize their marketing materials that was rewarded for over a decade. Her passion for design was then applied to furniture for the interior design trade and was published in international magazines. With over forty years in creative endeavors, Blessen’s strong skills as a visual communicator are currently being realized in her work as a committed abstract color field artist.
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EDUCATION:
California College of Arts BFA Graphic Design 1983
Blessen Design 1988-2000
Crown Point Press Workshops
PUBLICATIONS:
Book “Artists of the Bay Area” by Jen Tough Gallery
NATIONAL EXHIBITIONS:
-Art Expo Dallas, Jen Tough Gallery 2022
-BWAC Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition: National Juried Group Exhibition, Juror: Juror: Kim Conaty Steven and Ann Ames Curator of Drawings and Prints at the Whitney Museum of American Art / Association of Print Scholars, New York, 2021
-Arc Gallery: ‘Sanctuary’ National Juried Group Exhibition, Juror: Bryan Yedinak, Themes + Projects, San Francisco, 2019
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
-Tilden Hotel Solo Exhibition, San Francisco, 2019
-CAP Gallery Solo Exhibition: ‘Fearless Color’, San Francisco, 2019
JURIED EXHIBITIONS:
-SPOTLIGHT III, Juror: Michael Yochum, 2024
-ABOVE + BELOW, Artsy, Juror: Jennifer Perlmutter, 2022
-RED, O’Hanlon Gallery, Mill Valley, Juror: Jen Tough, 2022
-WHAT IS ART FOR?, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Juror: Renny Pritikin, Chief curator of San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum, 2022
-WORKS ON PAPER, Artist Alliance, Juror: Kerry Downey, 2022
-SUGAR HIGH, Artist Alliance, Juror: Jen Tough, Jen Tough Gallery, 2021
-WOMEN ARTISTS MAKING THEIR MARK, O’Hanlon Gallery, Mill Valley, Jurors: Donna Seager and Suzanne Gray of Seager Gray Gallery, 2021
-BLUE, O’Hanlon Gallery, Mill Valley, Juror: Jen Tough, 2021
-HERE AND NOW, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Juror: Kim Eagles-Smith of Kim Eagles-Smith Gallery, Novato, 2021
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
- ARC Gallery, Open Studio (40 feet of exhibition wall space), 2024
- ARC Gallery, Open Studio (40 feet of exhibition wall space) 2023
-1890 Bryant Open Studios, 2023
-ArtSpan Open Studios, 2022
-Graphic Arts Workshop, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, 2021
-Small Works, Jen Tough Gallery/Artists Alliance, 2020
-California Society of Printmakers Exhibition, 2020
-Graphic Arts Workshop Exhibition at Jolt n’ Bolt, San Francisco, 2020
-Graphic Arts Workshop, Open Studios, San Francisco, 2019
-Tilden Hotel Solo Exhibition, San Francisco, 2019
-Hospitality House 34th Annual Auction, Juried Group Exhibition, Midway, San Francisco, 2019
-San Francisco Arts Commission Project: SF Offices of Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, 2019
-CAP Gallery Group Exhibition, ‘Black and White’, San Francisco, 2018
-Studio Gallery, ‘Tiny’ Group Exhibition, San Francisco, 2018
AWARDS:
-Honorable Mention ’Here and Now’ Exhibition, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Juror: Kim Eagles-Smith, Novato, 2021
ART FAIRS:
Art Expo Dallas- September 16-18 2022
Superfine Art Fair- San Francisco, March 2022
RESIDENCY:
Printmaking Residency, Grafica, San Francisco, 2018
MEMBERSHIPS:
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato
California Society of Printmakers
International Print Center, New York