Born 1978 in Santa Monica, California

Lives and works in Los Angeles, California

EDUCATION

2022 MLIS, San José State University, San José, CA

2002 BFA with honors, Otis College of Art & Design, Los Angeles, CA

1996-1998 Literature Studies, Smith College, Northampton, MA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 Measure Twice Cut Once, La Luz de Jesus, WACKO Soap Plant, Los Angeles, CA

2020 LOIMBY, Maiden LA, Other Places art fair (OPaf), Los Angeles, CA

2020 High Beams, Bendix Building, Los Angeles, CA

2018 Public Justice:

– Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Cinema Lampenlager, Hamburg, Germany

– Dortmunder U, Dortmund, Germany

– MU, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

– East China Normal University, Shanghai, People's Republic of China

2016 Femmebit, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA

2015 Opulent Mobility, West Gallery, CSUN, Northridge, CA

2015 Los Angeles Juried Exhibition, LA Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2012 dublab’s Labrat Matinée, The Cinefamily, Los Angeles, CA

2012 Light From Los Angeles, Shower Room Factory, Tokyo, Japan

2004-2009 The One Minutes:

– Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

– Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, United Kingdom

– Today Art Museum, Beijing, People's Republic of China

– São Paulo Museum of Art, São Paulo, Brazil

– CAPE 09 Biennale, Cape Town, South Africa

2004 Pocket Book, Sixteen:One, Santa Monica, CA

2002 LA Freewaves Festival:

– Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA

– Old Chinatown Central Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

– Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA

PUBLIC PROJECTS

2023 Hi-Desert Preserves, Sun Spot at Sky Village Swap Meet, Yucca Valley, CA

2019 Roseate, Camera Obscura Art Lab, Santa Monica, CA

SELECTED PERFORMANCES

2009 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan

2009 Guggenheim House, Kobe, Japan

2009 Loose Ends, BBC Radio 4, London, United Kingdom

2009 Velaslavasay Panorama, Los Angeles, California

2008 Sonar Festival, Barcelona, Spain

RESIDENCIES

2024 The Desert House, Yucca Valley, CA

2023 High Desert Test Sites / A-Z West, Joshua Tree, CA

2019 Horse & Art Research Program (HARP), Barnag, Hungary

PUBLICATIONS

“Obscuring the Camera Obscura,” Scroope vol. 32: “The Quotidian and the Enchanted,” 2023

“From Ashes to Archive,” Archeota vol. 8, no. 1, Spring 2022

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Hyena, Hexentexte, 2024

Dream House, Hexentexte, 2022

PRESENTATIONS

2024 “Multidimensional Perspectives: Digitization and Display Methods for Historical 3-D Media,” Visual Resources Association (VRA) Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN

2022 “Electrifying Discovery: Bringing a Hidden Collection of Neon Art to Light,” Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) Annual Conference, Chicago, IL

2020 “Beyond Embodiment: Curators’ Walkthrough,” Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, CA

2019 “Curating Intersectionality in Los Angeles,” Perspectives in Contemporary Art: Feminism and Globalization, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong­ 

CO-CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2020 Beyond Embodiment, Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, CA

2019 Glendale Tech Week:

– STACKED, Artsakh Paseo, Glendale, CA

– Floating Signifiers, Museum of Neon Art, Glendale, CA

2019 Performative Computation, NAVEL, Los Angeles, CA

2018 Super Radiance, The Nook Gallery, Beacon Arts Building, Inglewood, CA

2018 Clustering, Artificial Knowing, Bendix Building, Los Angeles, CA

COLLECTIONS

City of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Division

SELECTED AWARDS

2021 Summer Educational Institute (SEI) Scholarship for Digital Stewardship of Visual Information, Samuel H. Kress Foundation

2020 Director's Scholarship for Excellence, School of Information, San José State University

2020 California Arts Leadership Investments (CALI) Accelerator Grant, Center for Cultural Innovation

2019 Program Grant, City of Glendale Arts & Culture Commission, Urban Arts Fund

2002 Jury Award, Annual Exhibition, Otis College of Art & Design

SELECTED PRESS

“Beyond Embodiment Gives Viewers a Look at the Future Woman – and Humankind,” Art and Cake, April 21, 2020, by Genie Davis

“Cut Chemist’s ‘Die Cut’ Asks You To Listen Closely,” All Things Considered, National Public Radio, April 5, 2018, by Oliver Wang

“LUKA And Laura Darlington’s Dreamy Song ‘SHIMMER’ Is A Slice Of LA,” The FADER, September 10, 2015, by Aimee Cliff

"Laura Darlington's Escape," The WILD Magazine, June 16, 2015, by Blaine Skrainka & Iga Drobisz

"Tiny Japanese Cameras Create a Series of Lo-fi Instagram-y Music Videos for L.A. Indie Darlings," The Creators Project (VICE + Intel), October 16, 2012, by Nina Mashurova

"Critics' Choice," Time Out London, March 19, 2009

"The Ladies Room," URB Magazine, July/August 2008, by La'Juanda Knight