EDUCATION
2010 BFA, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
2009 AAS, cum laude, Illustration, FIT, New York, NY
2003 The Illustration Academy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Year of the Tiger, Curated by Laura Baran and Andrea Peterson, Cutler Salon, New York, NY
2009 Art Bazaar, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY
Everybody, Curated by Ryan Schneider, Envoy Gallery, New York, NY
Rogue Space Small Works Group Show, Rogue Space, New York, NY
We Have Our Musics, Curated by the Thorstein Foundation, Envoy Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Crooked Mirror, Envoy Gallery, New York, NY
Summer Seething, Curated by Laura Baran and the Thorstein Foundation, Envoy Gallery, ? New York, NY
2006 Square Foot Show, Art Gotham, New York, NY
2003 ICON3: The Illustration Conference, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Illustrators Academy Student Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
Student Scholarship Exhibition, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
PUBLICATIONS
2010 Adirondack Review
Divine Revolution Magazine
2009 Book of Houseplants, Miniature Garden, Printed Matter
Third Place Magazine, Issue 6
2008 Third Place Magazine, Issue 4
2006 Opium Magazine, "Interview with Painter Laura Baran" by James J. Williams III
2005 Elle, April 2005, pictured with Atari painting
2003 Student Scholarship Exhibition Catalog, back cover, Society of Illustrators
2002 Icon Magazine, Fashion Institute of Technology
AWARDS
2003 Effie Bowie Award, Excellence in Painting, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
Scholarship to the Illustration Academy, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
Honorable Mention, The Great Ben Franklin Portrait Contest, ICON3: The Illustration Conference, Philadelphia, PA