Laura Splan

Basic Info

Name: Laura Splan
Country of Origin: US

Description

Laura Splan is an American artist working at the intersections of Science, Technology, and Culture. Her research-based studio practice and interdisciplinary collaborations culminate in multimedia artworks, exhibitions, and events. With an approach grounded in what she calls the “tactical tactile”, her work cultivates intuitive comprehension of the interconnectedness of cultural and biological systems in the posthuman landscape.

Laura Splan’s internationally recognized artworks and exhibitions have been presented at the Museum of Modern Art (NYC), Brooklyn Museum (NYC), Musea Brugge (Bruges), Museum of Arts & Design (NYC), Centre d’Art Santa Mònica (Barcelona), Pioneer Works (NYC), SÍM (Reykjavík), Galerie FOFA (Montréal), and The Nobel Prize Museum at Liljevalchs (Stockholm). Her work is represented in the collections of Thoma Art Foundation and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Commissions include projects for the CDC Foundation, Vanderbilt Planetarium, Beall Center for Art+Technology Black Box Projects, and Bruges Triennial. Her artist lectures and talks have been presented by The National Arts Club, Frontiers of Science Institute, University of Connecticut Humanities Institute, and Coalesce Center for Biological Arts. Publications featuring her artwork include “The Routledge Companion to Biology in Art & Architecture,” “Radical Fiber: Threads Connecting Art and Science”, and “Life Eternal” published by The Nobel Prize Museum. Reviews and articles including her work have appeared in The New York Times, Nature, Wired, BOMB, Discover, and Frieze and she has been featured on Science Friday and Voice of America. Her research has been supported by the Simons Foundation, Jerome Foundation, EY Metaverse Lab, and NEW INC at the New Museum. Her contributions to contemporary art have garnered numerous awards including the Herringer Prize for Excellence in Art, Wave Farm’s Media Arts Assistance Fund for Artists Grant, and AS220’s National Endowment for the Arts Digital Arts Fellowship.

photo by: Danielle Ezzo

Explore Artworks By Laura Splan

Embodied Objects: Squint

Created in 2016 by Laura Splan

description of the artwork is courtesy of artist’s website: “The frenetic patterns in the Embodied Objects weavings are formed from electromyography (EMG) data collected while performing tasks and expressions with my own body such as squinting, blinking and even unraveling a finished tapestry. The numerical EMG data was visualized in a custom program that was […]