LAURA RENDLEN
EDUCATION:
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City MO — Bachelor of Fine Arts — 1978-1982
Certification to Teach Mosaics, Chicago Mosaic School, Chicago IL,Mosaic Drawing, Byzantine mosaics, Ravenna Method, Textures ,UndulationWorkshop, Matteo Randi, Chicago Mosaic School. Chicago IL
Faux Bois – Ferrocement with Donald Tucker
Outdoor Sculpture with Sherry Warner Hunter
EMPLOYMENT
Founding Partner/Muralist & Mosaic Artist — GOLDBLATT / RENDLEN — 1986- Present
- Commissioned works in businesses and residential homes.
- Create custom work including murals, television, film sets, window dressing, faux finishes, troupe l’oeil.
Commissioned Artist — SELF-EMPLOYED, LAURA RENDLEN FINE MOSAICS — 2004-Present
- Commissioned custom interior Mosaics, fine art mosaics.
Commissioned Artist — SELF-EMPLOYED, LAURA RENDLEN FINE DECORATIVE ARTS — 1997-Present
- Commissioned custom painting residential and commercial including murals, scenery, faux finishes and Trompe l’oeil.
Instructor — CHICAGO MOSAIC SCHOOL — 2009-2012
- Basic and introductory mosaics courses and community projects
- Master Workshops – National and International including Tacoma WA, Washington DC, Austin, Houston and San Antonio TX, Tuscan and Phoenix AZ, Highland Park, IL, Philadelphia PA, Berekley CA,Boston MA, Madison WI, San Diego CA, Asheville NC, Israel
EXHIBITIONS
- 2016: Mosaic Arts International Mosaic Art International, Society of American Mosaic Artists, Women’s History Museum, San Diego CA2016
- 2016 Solo Exhibit Imagined and Reimagined, Institute of Mosaic Art, Berkeley CA
- 2016 ARTSKC Now Showing, Fleishman-Hillard, KCUR, TK Architects Kansas City MO
- 2016 Contemporary Mosaic Art, Group Exhibition, Thorndike Gallery, Southern Oregon University, OR
- 2015 Solo Exhibit- Missouri Bank, Crossroads, Kansas City MO
- 2014 Mosaics Arts International, Williams Tower, Houston TX
- 2014 Ross Contemporary Gallery, Chicago IL
- 2013: Solo Exhibition — Dene Gallery, Geneva IL / Transitions- Ciel Gallery, Charlotte, NC /
- 2013 ArtPrize, Grand Rapids MI
- 2012: Jurors Choice Award, Mosaics Art International, Lexington Art Center and Museum, Lexington KY
- 2010-12: Contemporary Mosaic Gallery, Smith Museum of Stained Glass, Chicago IL
- 2010: Mosaic Art International, Society of American Mosaic Artists, Navy Pier, Chicago IL
- 2009: Reveal- Four women retrospective — Contemporary Mosaic Gallery, Chicago, IL
- 2009: Society of American Mosaic Artists Juried Exhibition — Mosaic Art International, Museum of Man, San Diego CA
Community project
s2015 – Ronald McDonald House Garden Angel Sculpture, Donor recognition. Chapel Hill, NC
2015- Mercy and TruthClinic Mosaic Mural- Collaborative mural with students and the community, Kansas City KS
2012 After School Matters, Working with teens from Lakeview High School, teaching career readiness through designing and creating a collaborative mosaic mural.
2011 St Charles East High School, St Charles IL. Riverscape, a 12 foot mosaic mural incorporating sheet glass, donated tile and elements created by the ceramic students at the school.
2010 /2011 St. Charles Arts Festival Mosaic booth, St. Charles IL. Advocating and educating the public about mosaics and the future mural for the High school donated by P-ARTS. Partners of the Arts
2010-2011 Mosaic Mural for Grace Lutheran Church. Glen Ellyn IL – Design and layout. Tutorial for the Church members who executed the mosaic.
Publications
Kansas City Star Magazine KC HOME 0ctober, 1989
Glen Ellyn News Artist Helps create Movie Magic July, 2002
Glen Ellyn News Artist Fashions a Colorful Career July, 2006
Mosaic Yearbook 2008
Mosaic Art Now Magazine 2008 Edition
Mosaic Yearbook 2009
Mosaic Art Now magazine 2009
Groutline Newsletter, Society of American Mosaic Artists 2009
The Reader, Color Photo on the front page of the gallery section Oct. 2009, 2013
Mosaic Renaissance by Laurel Skye 2009
Mosaic Fine Art Portraits by Pam Givens & Irit Levy 2010
Profitable Glass Quarterly Fine-Art Stained Glass Mosaics-Making the Cut Summer 2010
Bonnie Fitzgerald’s Guide to Mosaic Techniques – 2015
Surface Magazine- Cover Photo, France