Laurie Pettine
diorama4mama@gmail.com, Instagram @lauriepettineart
Bio: Laurie Pettine is a sculptor/mixed media artist. Pettine earned a BFA in Illustration from Parsons School of Design/New School. She has spent the past decade showing her artwork at various galleries in New Jersey and around the tri-state area; exhibited with Pro Arts Jersey City, Visual Arts Center of NJ Summit, Studio Montclair Leach Gallery, Trenton Artworks, BSB Gallery Trenton, Atlantic Highlands Council, Artfront Galleries Newark, Index Arts Newark, Raven Gallery Jersey City, Speakeasy Gallery Boonton, YYY Gallery Dover NJ, Womenswork.net Poughkeepsie NY, Incubator Studio Gallery Brooklyn NY, The Art Guild of NJ Rahway, West Windsor Arts Gallery and Center for Contemporary Art in Bedminster. She exhibited at the “Maidens & Martyrs” 14C 2021 booth with fellow Pro Arts members Christy O’Connor and Leslie Sheryll. Pettine also curates art exhibits at the End of Elm + Art Gallery in Morristown, NJ. Pettine’s home, studio, family and three dogs are in Mendham Township, Morris County, NJ.
Statement: My art practice is always about “play” – it’s process heavy and linked to the materials that a given object/subject matter requires. I’m drawn to sideshows, altarpieces, carnivals, cabinets of curiosity and documenting the bizarre pseudo-secular rituals of society.
Ms. Pettine's selected resume:
2023
Blood n'Bone, Mixed media processional arts sculptural giant mask, Blended Beings, ArtFront Galleries, Newark, NJ (2023)
Various works, Mixed media wall hung sculpture, Winter Member Showcase, Pro Arts and SHIM Network, Online (2023)
Coulrophobia #3 , Mixed media processional arts sculptural giant masks, Dreamland, Hamilton Street Gallery, Bound Brook, NJ (2023)
Various works, Mixed media wall hung sculpture, NJ Arts Association, Whitespace Gallery, Hacketstown, NJ (2023)
Coulrophobia #1 & #2, Mixed media processional arts sculptural giant masks, And We're Off, Pro Arts and SHIM Network, Clifton Arts Center, NJ (2023)
2022
"St. Gret", Mixed media processional arts sculptural giant mask, Portaits Only, YYY Studio Gallery, Dover, NJ (2022)
"Orbis Mori", Mixed media wall hung sculpture, Winter Members Show, Artworks, Trenton, NJ (2022)
Various works, Mixed media wall hung sculpture, The Maker's Mark, curated by Lawrence Capiello, The Gallery Space at Rahway, NJ (2022)
"Lovey Bits", Mixed media paper mâché and fiber art sculpture, Red Hot Extremism, curated by Joan McCormick, Hamilton Street Gallery, Bound Brook, NJ (2022)
Various works, Mixed media wall hung sculpture and ceramics, Harvest of Dreams, Incubator Studio Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2022)
"Love You To Death", Mixed media wall hung sculpture, Ritual: Art and Witchcraft, Womenswork.art, Poughkeepsie, NY (2022)
"Array of Iterations", various versions of circular wall hung relief sculptures, Menacing Nature, curated by Joseph Castronova, Rotunda Gallery, Metuchen, NJ (2022)
"St. Gret" & "Papa Chaos", Mixed media processional arts sculptural giant masks, State of the Art, Studio Montclair, Leach Gallery (2022)
"Blood n'Bones", Mixed media processional arts sculptural giant mask, Members Show, Center for Contemporary Arts, Bedminster, NJ (2022)
"Radial", Mixed media wall hung relief sculpture, SHIM/ProArts online Summer Showcase. (2022)
"Rook", mixed media: ceramic bricolage sculpture, Resilient 2, Curated by Ivy Brown, Art 150 Gallery, ProArts Jersey City, (2022)
2021
“Maidens and Martyrs, A colab” multiple works of mixed media: paper mâché, jute, fabric, urethane resin, acrylic paint and found objects. Exhibition booth B23 for Art Fair 14c, shared space with artists Christy O’Connor and Leslie Sheryll. Glass Gallery, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ (2021)
“Figments/Iterations: A Hypnerotomachia” mixed media: ceramic, jute, wood, fabric, wood glue, wood, urethane resin, acrylic paint and found objects. Hamilton Street Gallery, Bound Brook, NJ (2021)
Multiple works of mixed media: urethane resin, acrylic paint and found objects. “Reverse Engineered” curated by Catalina Aranguren, ProArts JC forJCast, Jersey City, NJ (2021)
“Pontifex Maximus Ano Obturaculum (Papal Plug)” Media: urethane resin, acrylic paint and found objects. “Violent Devotion” curated by Christy O’Connor, Hamilton Street Gallery, Bound Brook, NJ (2021)
2020
"Tyranny Loves Company", mixed media, 27" x 19" x 7", 2020, $750, “Free Enterprise” Show, BSB Gallery, Trenton, NJ (2020)
“Figment”, Mixed-Media, Sally Bush Memorial Award- Best in Show Award, The Center for Contempory Art Members Non Juried Exhibition,
Bedminster, NJ (2020)
2019
“TilDeath”, mixed media, “Art on the Edge” Show, Curator: Anthony Wierdeyeone, Atlantic Highlands Arts Council, NJ (2019)
“The Handless Maiden”, Mixed-Media/resin,wood,textile, “Mirror/Mirror-Fairy Tales Dark Reflections”, Curator: Susan O’Rourke, Artfront Galleries, Newark, NJ (2019)
“Arcanus Elementum - gothic alchemical memento mori”, mixed media, Mysterium, Curator: Andrea Mortin, LITM, Jersey City, NJ (2019)
“pontifex maximus ano obturaculum”, mixed media, “Anything... If You’re Brave Enough”, Curator Asha Ganpat, Index Gallery, Newark, NJ (2019)
“Til Death/Memento Mori”, mixed media, “Anti-Valentine Show”, Curators: Javiera Rodriguez and Andrea McKenna, Raven Gallery, Jersey City, NJ (2019)
2018
“Pariedolia I”, mixed media, “Spirited”, Curator: Aylin Green, Visual Stream Gallery, Lambertville NJ (2018)
“Ghostwalking”, mixed media, Halloween Show, Curators: Paul Jach and Kristy Brucale, Speakeasy Gallery, Boonton, NJ (2018)
“The Abyss Says Hi”, mixed media, “TOYS Show”, Curator, Asha Ganpat, Art School at Old Church, NJ (2018)
2017
"Figment of the Imagination", mixed media - "Paint the Town Yellow/INTO Yellow", Short Stories Gallery, Madison, NJ (2017)
"The Czarina's Violin", mixed media - "Art of Strings" Fundraising Auction, NJ Symphony Orchestra Gallery (2017)
“She will not be moved” mixed media - “Nasty Women” Exhibition ABD Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (2017)
2016
“Darsinomon by Ethan” mixed media - “Wish List Show”, Speakeasy Gallery, Boonton, NJ (2016)
"Plug Series", mixed media - "Mystic and Mayhem" Raven Gallery Juried Exhibition, Jersey City NJ (2016)
“A Haunting at the Hive - Invitational Show” Curator, Hive Gallery, Chester NJ (2016)
“Ghostwalking” mixed media - “Art of Darkness - Nightmare on the Bayou” Artworks Trenton Juried Exhibition (2016)
“The Secret Lives of Orbitals" mixed media - "STEAM - Art of Discovery” West Windsor Art Center Juried Exhibition (2016
“Home Insecurity System” mixed media - “Home Is Where” West Windsor Art Center Juried Exhibition (2016)
“The Sound ‘O My Voice” mixed media - Art All Night Trenton Selected and Sold Works Show, Artworks Gallery, Trenton NJ (2016)
“Pariedolia I” mixed media Center for Contemporary Art Members Show, Bedminster, NJ (2016)
“Macrobiology Series/Various Prints” – Hive Gallery/MCAW, Chester, NJ (2016)
“Macrobiology Series/Various Prints” - Morristown Atrium Gallery Spring/Summer Show (2016)
“Macrobiology Series/Various Prints”- A.J. Dillon Gallery, and Atlantic Highlands, NJ "Emerging Artists" show (2016)
2015
“Children of the Revolution” and “Tomorrow Never Knows” mixed media, Speakeasy Gallery, Boonton, NJ annual Mixed Tape Show. (2015)
“Pareidolia I” mixed media - The Visual Art Center of NJ member show, Summit, NJ (2015 'Honorable Mention")
“Pareidolia I” mixed media -The Art Guild of NJ, Rahway, NJ member show (2015 'Honorable Mention")