Laura Barr‘s work is distinguished by rich color, simplified form and light made material. Barr works in series, primarily in oil
on canvas. Her influences and artists with whom she finds affinity include David Hockney, Wayne Thiebaud, Fairfield Porter
and Alex Katz, as well as Barnet Rubenstein with whom she studied at Tufts University’s School of the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston. In addition to her BFA, she also holds a BA in Art History from Tufts University and studied at the Tyler School of Art
in Rome, Italy. Her work has been exhibited at Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY, as well as at other galleries in the
northeast, including Kehler Liddell Gallery and the Ely Center of Contemporary Art in New Haven, CT, the Alexey von
Schlippe Gallery, University of Connecticut at Avery Point, CT, and The Paul Mellon Art Center, Wallingford, CT.
She is affiliated with 3 Walls Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, The Little Plucky, New Canaan, CT, is an Associate Artist Member,
Lyme Art Association, is a member of the New Haven Paint and Clay Club, and is an Elected Member, Connecticut Women Artists.
Awards include Second Honorable Mention, New England Landscape, Lyme Art Association, 2023, New Haven Paint and Clay Club
Active Member Memorial Award Honoring Emily Bett, 2023 and the Gantner Gallery Award, Essex Art Association, 2019.
Her work is in many collections including Yale-New Haven Health Services, New Haven, CT, and The Shapiro Center for Writing,
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.