Biography:
Laurus Myth is an artist, arts advocate, and naturalist. A Bay Area native of mixed asian 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 been granted five city-funded mural commissions in the Silicon Valley, and currently teaches fabrication, public art and mural painting. Completing her MFA in 2017 Myth’s work ranges from interactive installations to sculptural forms.
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.
As architectural forms create a means of passage, an arch or entryway marked with glyphs deciphers what lies ahead. The challenges of introspection are like my relationship with doors and windows. To see-through, to pass by, or to enter is a continuous practice of choice and at times, chance. My language is influenced by nature, technology, and intuition. I use this practice to decode my experience.
Contact:
Email: laurusmyth@gmail.com
Curriculum Vitae
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
Selected Solo Exhibitions :
2022 "Ghost of Dreams Lost", Roaming Performance, Waking Dreams, NV 8/27 - 9/2
2022 "Cosmic Connection" Solo Exhibit, Edgewood, NV 7/22-7/23
2020 "Gateway by Glyph", Solo Exhibit at KALEID Gallery 1st st, San Jose, CA 8/1 - 8/29
2019 "Roots", Center for Visual Arts, Wausau, WI 9/1 - 9/17
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, CA 5/17- 5/21
2016 “Enroute”, TechShop Gallery, 610 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 9/15-10/15
2015 “Artist’s Collection”, Black Hammer Brewery, San Francisco, CA 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
Exhibition Archive:
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