Photo by: Subhrajit Bhatta
Curriculum Vitae
Biography:
Laurus Myth is an artist, arts advocate, and naturalist. A Bay Area native of Chinese and Irish descent, her work centers around the re-building of a culture of gifting. Her modular, mobile, wooden sculptures are simultaneously ritualistic, playful and interactive. Addressing themes of nature, youth, laughter, and memory, these active sculptures tend to pop up at unexpected venues and public platforms and have been installed at SubZERO market, pedestrian crosswalks in the SoMA district, and Pier 70. She has also been granted five city-funded mural commissions in the Silicon Valley.
Laurus has served on the Board of Directors at the Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center for three years and was the Artist-In-Residence founder and manager at TechShop, San Francisco, and San Jose. Since its inception in 2014, the AIR program hosted over 50 artists and makers, bringing exposure to emerging and professional working artists in the SF Bay Area. Currently, she teaches for A Living Library, a San Francisco non-profit focused on educating middle school students about natural systems and sustaining life through gardening.
Artist Statement:
Interactive art can instigate connection by inviting participation and encouraging moments of engagement.My desire is to embrace the connections we share, from our youth, such as laughter, dreams, and memories.The union of opposites, awareness of nature and landscape, and the exploratory process of the art experience, are themes in my practice.
Contact:
Email:
Snail Mail: 2065 Limewood Drive, San Jose, CA 95132
Education
2015 - 2017
San Francisco Art Institute
MFA Studio Art
2012 - 2014
Mission College
AS Graphic Design
2005 - 2009
University of California Santa Cruz
BFA Painting
Grants & Awards
2015
Redwood City Art Project -
Utility Box Mural Juried Commission
2014
Honorable Mention
Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center
2009
Charles M. Gilbert Award
for excellence in the Arts
2009
Porter College
Service Award
2009
Nominated for Irwin Scholarship
and Dean’s Award
2008
Granted: 3 Irwin Project Grants
2008
Porter Fellowship Funds
Exhibitions & Festivals
Selected Solo Exhibitions :
2017 “Moving Well”, KALEID Gallery, 88 N 4th St, San Jose, CA 11/3-11/27
2017 “The Shop of Unsolved Ancestry”, SFAI MFA Exhibition, The Old Mint, SF 5/17- 5/21
2016 “Enroute”, TechShop Gallery, 610 Howard St, San Francisco, California.9/15-10/15
2015 “Artist’s Collection”, Black Hammer Brewery, San Francisco, California. 11/10-11/30
2014 “Spirit Walks”, KALEID Gallery, 88 N 4th St, San Jose, CA 9/5-9/27
2013 “Light and Soul”, KALEID Gallery, 88 N 4th St, San Jose, CA 4/2-4/30
2017
Apr. 7-17 “Future Conscious” Laundry Gallery, San Francisco, CA 4/7- 4/17
Apr. 20 - 30 “Sanctuary” Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA
May 17 - 21 "Vernissage" SFAI MFA Exhibition The Old Mint of San Francisco.
June 2 - 3 "The Shop of Unsolved Ancestry" South 1st Street Faire, San Jose, CA
Dec 6 - Jan 6 “Making Waves” Idea Fab Lab, Santa Cruz, CA,
2016
Nov 1-25 “Planes” Swell Gallery 2435 3rd St, San Francisco, California.
Jun 10- Jul 2 “Creation” KALEID Gallery, 88 S. 4th St, San Jose, California.
2015
May 1- 3 “How Weird Street Faire” 2nd and Howard St, San Francisco, CA 5/1-5/3
Aug. 21- Sep 2 “Intimate Space” Sacred Spaces Gallery, Black Rock City, Nevada 8/27-9/2
2014
Jan. 22 - Apr. 5 “Prime Time: Juried Show” Awarded Honorable Mention by George Rivera SCMAC, Ben Lomond, CA
Feb. 16 “Chinese New Year Festival” Live Painting, Featured Artist 1015 Folsom St. San Francisco, CA
Feb. 19 “Global Innovation Summit Art Party” Featured Artist, Solo Booth Exhibit McEnery Convention Center, SJ, CA
Mar. 4 - 16 “Cinequest Film Festival Live Painting Competition” Competitor and Performer Camera 12, 2nd St, San Jose, CA
Apr. 4 - May 16 “Portals” Group Gallery Exhibition – and Co-Curator Jellyfish Gallery, Folsom St. SF, CA
Apr. 6 - 10 “Lucidity Festival” Goddess Grove Installation Exhibition Live Oak Camp, Santa Barbara, CA
Apr. 27 - Aug. 3 “Imagine” Tribute to John Lennon Group Museum Exhibition Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
May 3 - 28 “Valley’s and Fields” Solo Exhibition – Artist in Residence TechShop SJ 300 S 2nd St, San Jose, CA
June 6 - 8 “Sub Zero Street Festival” Solo Booth Exhibit and Interactive Installation South 1st St. San Jose, CA
June 20 - July 20 “Fauna” Group Gallery Exhibition- and Co-Curator Jellyfish Gallery, Folsom St. SF, CA
Aug. 1 “First Friday Street Market” Solo Booth Exhibit South 1st St. San Jose, CA
Aug. 27 - Sept. 2 “Sacred Spaces Gallery” Group Exhibition and Performance Painting Sacred Spaces Village, B R C, NV
Sept. 5 - 27 “Spirit Walks” First Showing- Solo Gallery Exhibition and Installation KALEID Gallery, San Jose, CA
Oct. 3 - Dec. 4 “Spirit Walks: Journey into Culture” Solo Exhibition- First Friday Art Walk Artistree Gallery, Hwy 9, Felton, CA
Dec. 5 - Jan 30, 2015 “Spirit Continues” Solo Exhibition- First Friday Art Walk Santa Cruz Go Ask Alice, Santa Cruz, CA
2013
Feb. 20 “Chinese New Year Festival” Live Painting, Featured Artist 1015 Folsom St. San Francisco, CA
Apr. 11 - 14 “Lucidity Festival” Featured Artist and Live Painter Branches Mobile Gallery, SB, CA
Apr. 5 - 28 “Light and Soul” Solo Gallery Exhibition KALEID Gallery, San Jose, CA
June 5 “Sub Zero Street Festival” Solo Booth Exhibit South 1st St. San Jose, CA
June 14 - 18 “North West String Summit” Performance Painting, Solo Booth Exhibit Horning’s Hideout, North Plains, OR
July 28 - 30 Live Painting and Solo Booth Exhibit Shakedown Street, The Gorge,WA
Aug. 16 - 20 Live Painting and Solo Mobile Exhibit Horning’s Hideout, North Plains, OR
Sept. 15 - 17 “Nine: Cycles of Creation Art Collective” Group Exhibition and Founder Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA
Oct. 5 - 19 “Open Studios Art Tour 2013”- Participant and Exhibitor hosted by SCMAC SCM Art Center Ben Lomond CA
Nov. 15 - Jan. 5 “Artist’s Collection- Solo Exhibition” at Dorothy Whitman’s Gallery City National Bank, San Jose, CA
Dec. 5 - 30 “Hark” Holiday Group Exhibit KALEID Gallery, San Jose, CA
2012
Feb. 22 “Chinese New Year Festival” Live Painting, Featured Artist 1015 Folsom St. San Francisco, CA
Apr. 12 - 16 “An Earthen Environment” Group Exhibition Branches Mobile Gallery, SB, CA
May 16 - 20 “Symbiosis: Solar Eclipse Festival” Featured Artist, and Performance Painter Tribe 13 Gallery, Pyramid Lake, NV
June 1 “Sub Zero Street Festival” Solo Booth Exhibit South 1st St. San Jose, CA
July 1 - 31 “Spontaneous Nature” Group Gallery Exhibition Leeds Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
July 7 - Aug. 30 “Emerging Visions: New Works by LAuruS Myth” A Solo Show Artistree Gallery, Felton, CA
July 17 - 21 “Branches Mobile Gallery” Group Exhibition Branches Mobile Gallery, Belden, CA
Aug. 2 - 12 Live Painting and Mobile Exhibit Horning’s Hideout, North Plains, OR
Aug. 27 - Sept. 5 “Fractal Planet” Live Painting Performance Tribe 13 Gallery, Black Rock City, NV
Oct. 23 “Raw Artists: KALEIDESCOPE” Group Exhibition South 1st St, San Jose, CA
2011
Feb. 2 - Mar. 30 “Emergence: A New Generation of Visionary and Inter-dimensional Artists” Tribe 13 Gallery, Ukiah, CA
Feb. 19 “Do It For The Kitty Fundraiser” Live Painting, Featured Artist Divinitree Yoga Studio, Santa Cruz, CA
Feb. 27 “Chinese New Year Festival” Live Painting, Featured Artist 1015 Folsom St. San Francisco, CA
Mar. 5 - Apr. 20 “Yin: A Women’s Show” Group Gallery Exhibition of 5 artists Drip Studios, 1706 Steiner, SF, CA
May 17 - 20 “Emissions Festival” Live Painting, Featured Artist, Solo Booth Exhibit Angels Camp, CA
June 19 - 22 “Harmony Festival” Live Painting and Solo Booth Exhibit Santa Rosa Fair Grounds, CA
July 12 - 15 “High Sierra Music Festival” Live Painting Performance Quincy, CA
July 10 - Aug. 30 “Urban Arts: A Very Fine Line” Group Gallery Exhibition Pajaro Valley Arts, Watsonville, CA
Aug. 5 - 30 “Silicon Native” Solo Exhibit at Phantom Galleries South 1st St. San Jose, CA
2010
Jan. 1 - 2 “New Years Eve” Live Painting and Solo Mobile Exhibit Boy Scouts Camp, Big Basin, CA
Feb. 14 “Lucent Lamour” Live Painting with Critical Beats for the Environment Shine Expo, Los Angeles, CA
Feb. 23 “Chinese New Year Festival” Performance Painter and Featured Artist 1015 Folsom St. San Francisco, CA
May 17 -2 1 “Emissions Festival” Live Painting, Featured Artist, Solo Booth Exhibit Angels Camp, CA
June 16 - 18 “Harmony Festival” Live Painting and Group Booth Exhibition Santa Rosa Fair Grounds, CA
Nov. 20 - 21 “Vertigo” Live Painting and Mobile Display Lupin Lodge, Los Gatos, CA
2009
July 3 - 30 “New Works by Laurel Smith” Solo Gallery Exhibition Senior Eduardo Carrillo Gallery UC Santa Cruz, CA
Mar. 10 - 30 “Collective Consciousness” Group Exhibition and Installation Sesnon Gallery, Porter College, UC Santa Cruz, CA
Feb. 19 - Mar. 8 “From the Eyes of a Symmestress” Solo Gallery Exhibition Senior Eduardo Carrillo Gallery UC Santa Cruz, CA