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Education

1996-2000
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Ma., BFA in Printmaking, 1998 Foundation Award

Solo Exhibitions

2008

Lara Loutrel : New Works on Paper”; South End Branch Library; Boston, Ma.

2005

“Ivyside Juried Exhibition”; Sheetz Gallery; Community Arts Center, Penn State Altoona; Altoona, PA

2004

“Etchings 2002 - 2004”; Gallery Sister Sorel; Boston, Ma.

2002

“Recent Etchings”; Espresso Royale Caffe; Boston, Ma.

2000

“Blind”; Espresso Royale Caffe; Boston, Ma.

1999

“What Never Was”; Espresso Royale Caffe; Boston, Ma.

1994

"Laura Loutrel, Show of Work" McLean Hospital Library; Belmont, Ma.

Two & Three Person Exhibitions

2009

Two Installations - Lara Loutrel & Joey Asal; The Lily Pad; Cambridge, Ma.

2007

"Lara Loutrel, etching, A. David Wunsch, photography, Dawn Revett, painting"; Belmont Gallery of Art; Belmont, Ma.

2006

"Brigitte Keller / Lara Loutrel Painting & Prints"; MPG Contemporary; Boston, Ma.

2005

"Imperfect Logik"; The Holden Street Gallery; Providence, RI

Group Exhibitions

2010

“ArtBlock Revealed”; Mobius; Boston, Ma.

MassArt Benefit Auction; Bakalar Gallery; Boston, Ma.

2009

“Group Work”; Khaki Gallery; Boston, Ma.

“The Boston Drawing Project, 10 Years On and Going Strong”; Carroll and Sons; Boston, Ma.

United South End Artists' Winter Show; Harriet Tubman House; Boston, Ma.

“In The Round”; Art at Twelve; Boston, Ma.

“Drawings That Work” 21st Drawing Show; Mills Gallery; Boston, Ma.

“To Illustrate the Space between our work, using printmaking as the model & the medium” a collaboration with Florian Foerster. Part of the exhibit “Here, There and Everywhere: Anticipating the Art of the Future”; Distillery Gallery; Boston, Ma.

MassArt Benefit Auction; Bakalar Gallery; Boston, Ma.

2008

United South End Artists’ Winter Show; Harriet Tubman House; Boston, Ma.

Boston Open Studios Coalition Exhibition; Boston City Hall; Boston, Ma.

Group 4 Award 2006 “Dirty Fingernails” : Lara Loutrel, Timarie Fisk, Shelley Gipson, Mariah Raymond; Foundry Art Centre; St. Charles, MO.

“10 Years of (some of) the Gallery's Best Art” MPG Contemporary; Boston, Ma.

MassArt Benefit Auction; Bakalar Gallery; Boston, Ma.

2007

Works on Paper; Boston City Hall; Boston, Ma.

United South End Artists’ Winter Show; Harriet Tubman House; Boston, Ma.

“Desiderium”; Gallery Aferro; Newark, NJ

The Boston Printmakers 2007 North American Print Biennial; 808 Gallery; Boston, Ma.

MassArt Benefit Auction; Bakalar Gallery; Boston, Ma.

2006

“Different Views, prints, drawings and sculpture”; MPG Contemporary; Boston, Ma.

“Shimmer”; Transcultural Exchange; Boston, Ma.

“Forms, Figures, Symbols”; Shy Rabbit; Pagosa Springs, CO

Second National Small Works Exhibition; The Western New York Artists Group; Art Dialogue Gallery; Buffalo, NY

“Boston Open Studio”; City Hall; Boston, Ma.

Open Studios Group Show; FPAC Gallery; Boston, Ma.

5th Minnesota National Print Biennial Exhibition; University of Minnesota; Minneapolis, MN

National Juried Print Exhibition; Monmouth University; West Long Branch, NJ

First Annual Juried Exhibition; Axis Gallery; Sacramento, CA

"Landscape in the Postmodern"; Brad Cooper Gallery; Tampa, FL

"Dirty Fingernails Say A Lot, A Celebration of "Pure" Printmakers"; Foundry Art Centre; St. Charles, MO

Northern National Art Competition; Nicolet College Art Gallery; Rhinelander, WI

Rome Art Coterie 4th National Juried Exhibition; Rome Area Council for the Arts Gallery; Rome, GA

3rd Loyola University Chicago Print Biennial; Crown Center Gallery; Chicago, IL

50th Annual National Juried Print Exhibition; Hunterdon Museum of Art; Clinton, NJ

Works on Paper Exhibition; Long Beach Arts; Long Beach, Ca.

78th Annual Juried Exhibition; Art Association of Harrisburg; Harrisburg, PA.

Dibujo Venezuela Drawing USA; Studio Soto; Boston, Ma.

15th National Juried Show; Art Center of Northern New Jersey; New Milford, NJ

"White Black & Shades of Gray"; South Shore Art Center; Cohasset, Ma.

MassArt Benefit Auction; Bakalar Gallery; Boston, Ma.

"American Impressions: Contemporary Printmaking Exhibition"; William Patterson University Galleries; Wayne, NJ

"Sixty Square Inches 15th Biennial Small Print Exhibition"; Purdue University Galleries; West Lafayette, IN

New Art 2006; MPG Contemporary; Boston, Ma.

2005

Smithtown Township Arts Council’s 30th Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition; Mills Pond House Gallery; St. James, NY

“The Place”; Boston Drawing Project; Bernard Toale Gallery; Boston, Ma.

Will’s Creek Survey; Allegany Arts Council’s Saville Gallery; Cumberland, MD

Washington Printmakers National Small Works 2005 Exhibition; Washington Printmakers Gallery; Washington, DC

World Council for Arts & Culture 2nd Biennial International Juried Exhibition; Herbst International Exhibition Hall; San Francisco, Ca.

Halpert Biennial Visual Arts Exhibition; Catherine J. Smith Gallery; Appalachian State University; Boone, NC

MassArt Benefit Auction; Bakalar Gallery; Boston, Ma.

48th Annual International Award Exhibition; San Diego Art Institute; San Diego, California.

30th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition; Peoria, IL.

2004

“New Directions ‘04, 20th Annual National Contemporary Art Exhibition”; Barrett Art Center; Poughkeepsie, NY.

"New Work, New Faces"; Boston Drawing Project; Bernard Toale Gallery; Boston, Ma.

“Open”; Gallery@25; Boston, Ma.

2000

MassArt Benefit Auction; Bakalar Gallery; Boston, Ma.

“Print Show”; Student Life Gallery, MassArt; Boston, Ma.

1999

Arches First Annual Student Exhibition; Boston University; Boston, Ma.

“Divided Presence”; Tower Gallery, MassArt; Boston, Ma.

Public Collections

Boston Public Library, Boston, Ma.

Awards

2006

Group 4 Award; Dirty Fingernails Say A Lot; Foundry Art Centre; St. Charles, MO

Johnson & Johnson Purchase Prize Award; 50th Annual National Juried Print Exhibition; Hunterdon Museum of Art; Clinton, NJ

Second Prize; Works on Paper Exhibition; Long Beach Arts; Long Beach, Ca.

Cash Prize; 2006 Chelsea International Fine Art Competition; Agora Gallery; New York, NY

Gallery Award; New Art 2006; MPG Contemporary; Boston, MA

2005

Honorable Mention; World Council for Arts & Culture 2nd Biennial International Juried Exhibition; Herbst International Exhibition Hall; San Francisco, Ca.

Juror’s Selection Honorable Mention in Printmaking; 30th Bradley International Print and Drawing Exhibition; Peoria, IL.

Bibliography

Tom Wojciechowski, "In The Round" Exhibition Catalog, 2010.

Shawn Hill, "New Works on Paper by Lara Loutrel", BerkshireFineArts.com, May 16, 2008.

Victoria Dalkey, "The jury is in: Axis Gallery show makes a case for eclecticism", Sacramento Bee, August 13, 2006.

Cate McQuaid, "New Art 2006 at MPG Contemporary - Ten to watch", The Boston Globe, January 19, 2006.

Helen A. Harrison, "The Declaration of Independence As Abstract Art - 30th Annual Juried Fine Art Exhibition", New York Times, November 27, 2005.

Doug Norris, "Imperfect Logik: Etchings by Lara Loutrel, Sculpture by Sara Clover", Art New England, October/November 2005.

Anne Weeks, "Lara Loutrel", Weekly Dig, December 6, 2000.