Monique Meloche Gallery Chicago

Guatemalan b.1966 Panama City, lives Chicago
www.lauramosquera.com

Education
1997-99 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MFA, Painting and Drawing
1993-96 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA, Painting and Drawing
1984-87 University of Illinois at Chicago, Architecture Program

Solo Exhibitions
2007
Another Again, sixspace, Los Angeles, CA
2006
“in the deep end” moniquemeloche, Chicago
2005
“Beauty in the Breakdown,” SixSpace, Los Angeles, CA
2004
“Laura Mosquera & John Sparagana” BRIGHT, Chicago curated by Monique Meloche
“Editor’s Choice” 2 person show with John Sparagana, moniquemeloche, Chicago
2003
“Someone Like You” Centro de Arte Salamanca, Spain
2002
“Laura Mosquera”, Feigen Contemporary, NY
2001
“Can You Feel It’, “12 x 12: New Artists/New Work”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
“We Know What Makes You Feel Good”, moniquemeloche, Chicago
“Love What You Don’t See”, Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia
2000
“A Place For You”, www.artnewyork.com
“You Got Your Wish”, Bodybuilder & Sportsman, Chicago
1999
“A Tangle Free Relationship”, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago
1998
“Moments” two-person show, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago

Selected Group Exhibitions
2007
Double X: Women Representing Women, Visual Arts Gallery The University of Alabama at Birmingham, curated by Brett Levine
2004
“Mental Space” a drawing show curated by JJ Murphy, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Madison WI
“Wonderland” Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art, Boston, MA
2003
“The Drawing Show” SixSpace, Los Angeles, CA
“Futuribles” project booth curated by Victor Zamudio-Taylor, ARCO 03, Madrid
2002
“Behavior Patterns”, The Three Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago curated by John Brunetti
Art Chicago 2002 International Invitational, moniquemeloche gallery, Chicago
2001
Fast FWD Miami, Hotel Nash, moniquemeloche gallery, Miami
“Slice of Life”, DeChiara Gallery, New York, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art Auction, Chicago
“mixer”, moniquemeloche, Chicago
“Platypus”, Lawrence Rubin Greenberg Van Doren Fine Art, NY
Armory Show, Lawrence Rubin Greenberg Van Doren Fine Art, NY
Art Miami 2001, Bodybuilder & Sportsman & moniquemeloche, Miami
2000
"Figured Out", Spencer Brownstone Gallery, NY
“HOMEWRECKER”, moniquemeloche gallery, Chicago
“A Big Picture Show”, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco
“The Figurative Show”, FGA Space, Chicago, IL.
New Art Examiner Benefit, “Carnival Futura 2000” invitational auction/exhibition, Chicago
“Mural”, Gallery 2, Chicago, curated by Rene Arceo, Dan Gustin, Greg Sholette
1999
“crashpad”, Inn of Chicago Hotel, Chicago
“POST CRAP”, with Vito Acconci, Sandra Gering Gallery, NY,
curated by Kenny Schachter
“MFA Thesis Exhibition Show”, Chicago
“Michigan Avenue and Oak Street Windows Show”, Chicago
1998
“Preview Invite: Part 4 Group Show, VANE 98”, Newcastle, England
“Chicago Artists 98” Gallery 312, Chicago
“Group Show”, Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago
“Michigan Avenue and Oak Street Windows Show”, Chicago
“Group Show”, Gallery 2, Chicago
1997
“I Paid $25 To Be in This Show”, Beret International, Chicago
“New Talent II”, Contemporary Arts Workshop, Chicago
“Post-Baccalaureate Thesis Exhibition Show”, Chicago
“Union League Civic Arts Foundation Exhibition”, Chicago
“Figurative Small Works”, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach
“Corner Bakery Opening”, Chicago
“Ox-Bow Benefit 1997”, Chicago
1996
“Notations”, The School of the Art Institute, Chicago
“1996 Stateline Vicinity Exhibition”, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL
“Personal Visions IV”, An Art Place, Inc. Gallery, Chicago
“BFA Thesis Exhibition Show”, Chicago
“%” Show, Gallery X, Chicago
1995
“Nippon Steel Exhibition”, Nippon Steel, Chicago
“Ox-Bow Exhibition”, Gallaria Marchetti, Chicago
“Annual Women’s Work Show”, Northwest Community Arts Council, Crystal Lake, IL.
“Regional Art Exhibition”, Gallery Ten, Rockford, IL

Public Projects
2006 Sand Creek Country Club, Four Seasons Paintings
2004 City of Chicago Percent for Art Program, Archer Heights Branch Library
2001 Chicago Department of Transportation & Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Adopt a Station project
Billboards at CTA Redline station Chicago Avenue & State Street,
curated by Staci Boris
Sears Corporation, Chicago outdoor mural project commissioned for new loop store

Selected Bibliography
2006
Yood, James. Review of Laura Mosquera at moniquemeloche, Artforum Dec pp 312-313
Sullivan, Mary Ellen. “Regional Roundup: Chicago”, www.artinfo.com, Sept. 19.
Nance, Kevin. “Meloncoly Women: Three West Loop Art Shows Explore the Anxieties of Romance”,
Chicago Sun-Times, Wednesday, September 13.
Hinkel, Joanne. The Start of New Art: Watching the colors change this fall. CenterStageChicago, Monday Aug 28, 2006
2005
Denver Quarterly, Volume 40, Number 2, cover (photo)
Lisa Skolnick, “The Mies-ing Link, Metropolitan Homes, April, page 122, (photo)
Christopher Knight, “Women in a Vulnerable State,” Los Angeles Times, March 4
2004
“Curator’s Pick: Acquired Taste,” Fnews Magazine, September, page 13
“Close Out,” New City, Thursday, May 6, page 3
Tyler Green, modernartnotes.blogspot.com, Tuesday, December 16
Eight Forty Eight, December 14, 2004 (Tony Fitzpatrick), WBEZ
http://www.chicagopublicradio.org/audio_library/848_radec04.asp
“Laura Mosquera,” theartweblog, Contemporary art musings, April 29, 2004,
by Caryn Coleman
http://art.weblogsinc.com/entry/4733164530774730/
2002
New York Sun, Tuesday, September 10, page 12, (photos)
Time Out Chicago, page 209 (photo)
Ann Weins, “Frontlines,” Chicago Magazine, September, page 38
Terri Yablonsky Stat “Residents show off favorite places ; Denizens of the Gold
Coast, Loop and Streeterville neighborhoods know just where to take their visitors
and guests” Chicago Tribune July 17, Sec 9, p40.
Kenny Schachter, Zing Magazine 13, Curator’s Notes
Charmaine Picard, “Art Chicago 2002,” ArtNexus, July, pages 83-85, (photo)
2001
Stephanie Waddell, “MM Good,” Ten by Ten Magazine, Volume 1, #3, page 6
www.chicago-l.org/stations/chicago-state, Murals for CTA
“Love What You Don’t See,” Coastal Antiques and Art, Art Briefs, November
Campus Chronicle SCAD "Love What You See'" by Ally Jackson Vol 1. No. 49 Oct 26
Roundup SAIC "Interview: Laura Mosquera" by Susannah Papish-Horner pp. 11-12
malk University of Wisconsin-Madison Spring 2002, "Figure Four: Laura Mosquera on
Painting Figurative" by Erik Parra p. 10
John Brunetti “Review: Laura Mosquera at moniquemeloche and Museum of Contemporary
Art" New Art Examiner Vol 29 No. 3 p. 65 (photo)
Annette Ferrara “12x12:New Artists/New Work Laura Mosquera” Ten By Ten
annex 10.24.01 (photo)
Fred Camper "Consider the Alternatives: Mosquera at the MCA" Chicago Reader Oct 19,
Sec. one p.28
Cunniff, Bill, “Museum Pieces,” Chicago Sun Times, Oct. 5, page 12N (photo)
Alan Artner “Planner Our Critics’ Choices,” Chicago Tribune, Sept. 30
Ann Wiens "Meet the New Arrivals" The Chicago Collection Fall/Winter p. 16, 46-47(photo)
Janet Bishop, curator New American Paintings Book 35 Sept.Vol 6 No 4, p 118-121 (photo)
"Platypus", The New Yorker, July 9, 2001, page 15
Johnson, Ken, "Platypus", The New York Times, July 9, 2001, page 15
MacLeod, Chris, "Platypus", New York Resident, May 28, 2001, page 23 (photo)
Snodgrass,Susan. "You Got Your Wish", Art In America, January, page 119-120 (photo)
2000
New York Contemporary Art Report, December 2000/January 2001 p. 14
Loehr, Cindy. “The Figurative Show”, New Art Examiner, September, page 58, (photo)
Ulrich, Polly. “Who is the Next Potter Palmer? In Search of the New Generation of Chicago
Art Collectors”, New Art Examiner, September, pgs. 26-29, 47-49.
Bulka, Michael. “5 Shows To See”, New City Magazine, May 25, pages 34-35
“Recommend”, New Art Examiner, May, volume 27, number 8, page 11, (photo)
Keri Butler “An Eye on Chicago,” New York Arts Magazine, May
1999
Bulka, Michael. C.A.C.A. Newsletter, December 1999, Volume 2, Number 3, page 2
Reid, Calvin. “POST CRAP: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”, Poliester, vol.7,#25,
spring-summer 1999, Reviews, pages 60-61
Schachter, Kenny. “Reviews”, Zing Magazine 9, summer
“On the Go”, Chicago Tribune, April 9, 1999, Section 7, page 55, (photo)
Kennedy, Kerrie. “At a Glance”, Windy City Times, April 8, 1999, page 16, (photo)
“Critics Picks”, Time Out New York, April 1, 1999 pg. 57
Art Windows, brochure
1997
“I Paid $25 To Be in This Show”, Beret International, Chicago, IL (catalogue)
McVea, Robert. “Emerging Artists”, Chicago Tribune. Aug. pg. 2
1996
STATELINE VICINITY EXHIBITION, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL (catalogue)
Undergraduate Catalogue, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, pg. 21

Grants, Fellowships, and Awards
2003 CAAP Grant
1999 Edward L. Ryerson MFA Fellowship
1998 Roger Brown Residency, New Buffalo, MI.
1997 Union League Civic Arts Foundation Scholarship,
1996 Honorable Mention, 1996 Stateline Vicinity Exhibition, Rockford Art Museum
1995 Nippon Steel Scholarship
1995 The Lalla Anne Critz Zanzi Scholarship
1st place, Gallery Ten Regional Art Exhibit

Selected Collections
Art Institute of Chicago
Blue Island Theater Co., Chicago
Centro de Arte de Salamanca, Spain
City of Chicago
Federal Reserve Bank, Chicago, IL
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago