Laurie Yehia’s current artwork is an exploration of elemental and synchronistic geometries, their interconnections and relationships. She paints using both traditional media and objects, most recently switch plates and screws. She is an award-winning visual artist based in Los Angeles, California. Her artwork has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is held in private and public collections. She studied painting, drawing, photography and printmaking at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Stanford University, Wesleyan University (Connecticut), the School of Visual Arts (New York) and Tom Wudl’s Studio (Los Angeles Arts District.) A founding co-chair of StudioEleven Artists, she co-curated its exhibits in its formative years. Yehia currently is vice chair of the Santa Monica Arts Commissioner, serves on its Media Arts Committee, and chairs its Public Art Committee.
Laurie Katz Yehia is a painter and installation artist in Los Angles. She studied drawing, painting and ceramics at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago before focusing on printmaking with Nathan Oliviera at Stanford University as an undergraduate studio art major. Yehia earned her B.A. with Honors in Art from Wesleyan University. Since 2007, she has been studying painting with Tom Wudl at his studio in Los Angeles.
Developing another side of herself, Yehia earned a J.D. from the University of Southern California, where she co-authored “A Federal Statutory Scheme: Speculation, Defacement and the Residual Interests of Visual Artists,” published in Entertainment, Publishing and the Arts Handbook (1985). She practiced law with a boutique firm, a Fortune 500 corporation, a small music entertainment marketing company and finally Quantum Leadership Solutions, LLC, which she and her husband founded. During this time, she raised three sons.
Yehia’s art has been exhibited in solo and group shows internationally, is represented private and public collections, has received awards in exhbition competitions and online forums, and has been featured in Apero Catalogues (E.E. Jacks, curator) Unbound (January 2018), Introspection (July 2017) and Surrounding (June 2017), and in International Contemporary Artists Vol VIII (Lemonidou and Antoniadou, curators, 2014). She has co-curated exhibitions at the studioeleven gallery in Maker City LA, the Colburn School in Los Angeles, the Barrett Gallery at Santa Monica
EDUCATION
1973
1973 - 1975
1976 - 1978
1978 - 1979
1979 - 1982
2007 - Present
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Stanford University
Wesleyan University, B.A. with honors in art
School of Visual Arts, New York
University of Southern California, J.D. magna cum laude
Tom Wudl Studio, Los Angeles, CA
COMMUNITY
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Santa Monica Arts Commission, Commissioner 2016-current
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Public Arts Committee, Chair 2019-current, member 2016-current
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Media Arts Committee, member 2020-current
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
Antidote to Noise: Four Voices (4 solo exhibits), Castelli Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Jazz Vespers, Northridge United Methodist Church, Northridge CA
2018
Sacred Resistance, The Braid Theatre and Gallery, Santa Monica CA
2015
Elements and Energy, studioeleven Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Laurie Katz Yehia and Valerie Wilcox, haleARTS S P A C E, Santa Monica, CA
2011
Recent Works, Santa Monica Bay Woman’s Club, Santa Monica, CA
2010
Open Studio, Wudl Studio, Los Angeles, CA
1978
The Figure and Motion: An Exhibit of Graphic Works, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Artists for Humanity featuring works by thirty-three artists, Hillel at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2023 - 2024
Geometries, Impressions, Expressions, StudioEleven at Colburn, Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA
2023
The 22nd Japan International Art Exchange Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2023
Saturation: Visual Arts Festival, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
2023
ARTMIX, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
2023
Color and Form, Tufenkian Fine Arts Gallery, Glendale, CA
2022 - 2023
Cultivation: StudioEleven at Colburn, Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA
2022
The 21st Japan International Art Exchange Exhibition, Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2021
LAAA Open Show, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2020 - 2021
Lockdown Art: Reflections of StudioEleven Practices, Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA
2021
The 20th Japan International Art Exchange Exhibition, The Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan
2020
Petite Works, Los Angeles Art Association online exhibition
2020
Going Home: A Picture Show, TZ Projects, West Hollywood, CA
2020
Antidote to Noise, Castelli Art Space, Los Angeles, CA
2020
That Layered Look II, Tufenkian Fine Arts, Glendale, CA
2019
The 19th Japan International Art Exchange Exhibition, National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
2019
Yerevan Art Expo 2019, Yerez Factory, Yerevan, Armenia
2019 - 2020
Explorations: StudioEleven at Colburn, Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Homage to the Russian Avant-Garde, Plummer Park, West Hollywood, CA
2018 - 2019
Variations: StudioEleven at Colburn, Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA
2018
StudioEleven at Work, Pete & Susan Barrett Art Gallery at the SMC Performing Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
2018
Bunker Opens Doors, curated by Peter Frank and Barry Gordon, Long Hall Art Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
2018
Music for the Eyes, curated by Peter Frank, Orange County Contemporary Art Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
2017
Fresh 2017 (cont.), curated by Fatemeh Burnes and Peter Frank, South Bay Contemporary SOLA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017
StudioEleven at the Neutra, The Neutra Institute Museum and Gallery, Silver Lake, CA
2017
Of the Earth, APERO Gallery, Fullerton, CA
2017
Studioeleven at the Ebell, The Ebell of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2016
The Artist Invitational: A Contemporary Art Exhibition, Samuel Freeman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Electric Ladyland, REBEL art space, Palm Springs, CA
2016
Arts District Arcade at Night on Broadway, Art Share LA, Los Angeles, CA
2015 - 2016
Studioeleven Coda at Colburn, Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Cut/Paste, Art Share LA, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Location, Art Share L.A., Los Angeles, CA
2014
The Grinstein Artist Invitational: From Generation to Generation, Rosemund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2012
Feat, haleARTS S P A C E, Santa Monica, CA
2012
Bring A Friend, Lois Lambert Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2012
Ten on 25, Culver City, CA
2011
Wudl Studios: A Creative Collective curated by Dave Prochaska and Jeff Jamieson, Compact Gallery, San Luis Obispo, CA
2011
Flag Stop, an alternative contemporary art event, Torrance, CA
2011
Chain Letter Show curated by Christian Cummings and Doug Harvey, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2011
Venice Art Walk & Auctions, Venice, CA
2009
It's Not Teatime...At Tom's, Wudl Studio, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Inspiration, Finegood Art Gallery, West Hills, CA
2008
Open Studio, Wudl Studio, Los Angeles, CA
1979
Bleeker Street Art Gallery, New York, NY
1978
Best of '78, Womanart Gallery, New York, NY
1975
Drawing from the Landscape, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
PUBLICATIONS / PRESS
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Frieze Magazine, "Santa Monica Art Bank Acquires a Work by Gary Tyler, Winner of the Frieze Impact Prize" (February 2024)
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Art & Beyond, Vol. 60, May 2019
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Apero Catalogues, curated by E.E. Jacks: Unbound (January 2018), Introspection (July 2017), Surrounding (June 2017)
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Lemonidou, Eve and Antoniadou, Olga, curators. International Contemporary Artists Vol VIII. New York, US and Athens, EU. ICA Publishing. 2014. Print.
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Singh, Abhilasha. “Showcase Artist: Laurie Katz Yehia.” ARTSlant Los Angeles, Web. 23 Dec. 2013.
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“S.M. Woman’s Club Hosts Artist Talk.” Palisadian-Post 1 Sep. 2011: 12. Print.
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“A Federal Statutory Scheme: Speculation, Defacement and the Residual Interests of Visual Artists” (co-author). 1985 Entertainment, Publishing and the Arts Handbook. New York. Clark Boardman company, Ltd. 1985. “Print.
RECENT AWARDS
2019
2019
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2013
2013
The 19th (Japan) International Art Exchange Exhibition, Award for Excellence
Homage to the Russian Avant-Garde, First Place Winner
ArtSlant 3rd and 6th Showcases, Winner, Mixed-Media
ArtSlant 1st , 3rd and 5th Showcases, Winner, Mixed-Media
ArtSlant 4th and 5th Showcases, Winner, Installation
ArtSlant 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th 2014 Showcases, Winner, Mixed-Media
ArtSlant 6th 2013 Showcase Juried Winner, Installation
ArtSlant 2nd, 4th 7th, and 8th Showcases, Winner, Installation and Mixed-Media
ArtSlant 5th 2013 Showcase Juried Winner, Mixed-Media
CURATION
2019 - 2020
Explorations: StudioEleven Artists at Colburn, The Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA*
2018 - 2019
Variations: StudioEleven at Colburn, The Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA*
2018
Variations: StudioEleven at Colburn, The Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA*
2016
studioeleven at the Ebell, The Ebell of Los Angeles, CA*
2015
studioeleven Coda at Colburn, The Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA*
2015
Elements and Energy, studioeleven Gallery, Los Angeles CA*
2015
Between the Lines, studioeleven Gallery, Los Angeles CA*
2015
Current and Undercurrents, studioeleven Gallery, Los Angeles CA*
2015
Current and Undercurrents, studioeleven Gallery, Los Angeles CA*
2014
Geometrics and Color, studioeleven Gallery, Los Angeles CA*
2014
Fantasy at the Edge, studioeleven Gallery, Los Angeles CA*
2014
Abstract Mark, studioeleven Gallery, Los Angeles CA*
2014
Grids, Orbs, Cuts and Blossoms, studioeleven Gallery, Los Angeles CA*
2014
Location, Art Share L.A., Los Angeles, CA*
*Co-curated