Laura Barth is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist based in the mountains of North Carolina. Primary media include analog and experimental photographic processes, graphite, charcoal, watercolor, and hand-carved prints. Originally from the Midwest, Laura currently exhibits her work at Calendula gallery in St. Paul, MN and has had work published and exhibited across the country. She currently serves as the Digital Media Consultant for Analog Forever Magazine and is a member of the Beautiful Bizarre Artist Directory.
2025
Juried exhibitions:
"Divination | Manifestation"
67th National Multi-Media Juried Art Exhibition
Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC. June 3 - August 24, 2025.
Bait/Switch: Affect & Cause
ShowUp, Boston, MA. February 21 - March 2, 2025.
"Falls Lake, Mountains to Sea Trail"
The Artist Intervenes
Juror: Aline Smithson
Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN. February 15 - March 8, 2025.
"Divination | Manifestation" - 3rd Place, Alternative and Conceptual Processes
"A Taste"
"Smith Mountain Lake Pietà"
44th Annual Blue Ridge Overview
Juror: Maggie Flanigan
Wilkes Art Gallery, North Wilkesboro, NC. January 17 - February 13, 2025.
Publications
Eau Claire Analog Zine, Issue 3.
Bait/Switch Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 1. Spring 2025.
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine. Issue 48, March 2025
Aeonian Magazine. Issue 12, January 2025.
The Hand Magazine. Issue 47, Winter 2025.
Cover art for Milk Sickness by David Greenspan. Querencia Press.
Features
Analog Forever Magazine's Top 40 Analog Photographs of 2024
2024
Juried exhibitions:
"Magicicada"
Behind the Veil
Juror: Elizabeth Opalnik
International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, MO. Online.
"Returning"
Where Photography Meets Collage
New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans, LA. June 12 - July 28, 2024.
"Last Hike at Falls Lake" - Best in Show
"When we were in love"
"Returning"
43rd Annual Blue Ridge Overview
Juror: Benjamin Erlandson
Wilkes Art Gallery, North Wilkesboro, NC. January 19 - February 15, 2024.
"Last Hike at Falls Lake" - Best in Show
Annual Members Showcase
Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN. February 17 - March 9, 2024.
Publications:
The Hand Magazine. Issue 46, Autumn 2024.
The Hand Magazine. Issue 44, Spring 2024.
Photography in Ashe County, North Carolina by Kim Hadley and Doug Munroe. MacFarland Press, 2024.
Workshops
Presentation and Demonstration of Polaroid Emulsion Lifts
Creative Cafe, Wilkes Art Gallery
North Wilkesboro, NC, February 8, 2024.
Features:
Lomography (@lomography), December 19, 2024
Domino Film Photo Mag (@dominofilmphoto), June 7, 2024.
Griffin Museum of Photography's Polaroid Extravaganza (@griffinmuseum), April 12, 2024.
Wrath and Love Magazine (@wrathandlovemagazine), February 29 - March 1, 2024.
Experimental Photo Festival (@experimentalphotofestival), January 12, 2024.
2023
Juried exhibitions:
"Travelers" and "The Overlook"
The Best of the Blue Ridge Fine Art Juried Competition and Exhibition
Juror: Tim Miller
The Gallery at Ashe Arts Center, West Jefferson, NC. October 12 - November 17, 2023
"When we were in love"
Strange, Weird Unique
Juror: Michael Kirchoff
Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC. October 6 - 28, 2023
"Last Hike at Falls Lake"
2023 NC Artists Exhibition (Raleigh Fine Arts Society)
Jurors: Dr. Valerie Hillings and Dr. Paul Baker
CAM Raleigh, Raleigh, NC September 24 - October 22, 2023
"When were in love"
The Curated Fridge Summer 2023 Exhibit
Juror: Orestes Gonzalez
CultureLab LIC (at Praxall Gallery), Long Island City, NY
"The Overlook"
The Still(ed) Life: Celebrating Handmade Photo Art
Juror: Diana Bloomfield
Light Art Space, Silver City NM. August 4 - September 30, 2023.
"Resurrection Bay"
Diptych Open Theme
Jurors: Praxis Directors
Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN. April 15 - 29, 2023.
"Last Hike in Our Woods"
Wanderlust
Juror: Amy Matteson Neill
ArtFluent (Online)
Publications:
Aeonian Magazine. Issue 9, July 2023.
Bait/Switch Magazine. August 2023.
Features:
Photograph of the Day on Dear Dave Magazine's Instagram (@deardavemag) August 7
Featured artist on Today's Alternative Instagram (@todaysalternative) February 13 - 15
Curator: Leah Wells
2022
Juried exhibitions:
"Numbered"
Empty Places : Abandoned Spaces
Juror: Elizabeth Flinsch
Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN. February 19 - March 5, 2022.
"Lost Dreams"
Narrative - Figments and Fragments
Juror: Emma Powell
Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN. January 15 - 29, 2022.
2021
Juried exhibitions:
"Jimmy" - 1st place, "People" category
"Perspective"
"Splitting Wood"
"Spring Flood"
40th Annual Blue Ridge Overview
Juror: Tate Finley
Wilkes Art Gallery, North Wilkesboro, NC. January 15 - February 19, 2021.
2020
Juried exhibitions:
"Counting the Days"
Forsaken
Juror: Leslie-Claire Spillman
Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC. October 2 - 31, 2020
"Duplicity"
Instant
Juror: Michael Itkoff
Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC. July 3 - 31, 2020.
"Shelter" - 1st place, "People" category
"Ice Storm" - 1st place, "Nature and Environments" category
"Trunk in the Junk"
"Inside"
39th Annual Blue Ridge Overview
Juror: Erin Southwell
Wilkes Art Gallery, North Wilkesboro, NC. January 17 - February 21, 2020.
2018
Juried exhibitions:
"Mass Produced (Dysmorphia)" and "Gluten"
Click_Bait
Juror: Yessíca Torres
Dab Art, Ventura, CA. September 1 - December 1, 2018.
"To the Light" and "Road Trip" - honorable mentions
Vibrant
Juror: Julie Williams-Krishnan
N.Y. Photo Curator
"Duplicity" - 2nd Place
Relationship
Juror: Timothy B. Anderson
L.A. Photo Curator
"Signals"
Revived with Light: An Exploration of Expired Photographic Media
Curated by Enrique Fernández Cervantes
Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX. July 7 - August 4, 2018.
"8th Avenue Roses" - finalist
Jurors: Chris and Vallerie Hoffman
3rd Annual Cityscapes
Fusion Art. June 2018.
"Yellow Vents"
Color Space: Contemporary Photography
Juror: Todd Johnson
Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR. June 2018.
"Shadow and Light" - Winners Circle: 5th place
"Datura"
"Anemone"
All Botanicals 2018 (winners; complete exhibition link here)
Contemporary Art Gallery Online
2025
Juried exhibitions:
"Divination | Manifestation"
67th National Multi-Media Juried Art Exhibition
Maria V. Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC. June 3 - August 24, 2025.
Bait/Switch: Affect & Cause
ShowUp, Boston, MA. February 21 - March 2, 2025.
"Falls Lake, Mountains to Sea Trail"
The Artist Intervenes
Juror: Aline Smithson
Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN. February 15 - March 8, 2025.
"Divination | Manifestation" - 3rd Place, Alternative and Conceptual Processes
"A Taste"
"Smith Mountain Lake Pietà"
44th Annual Blue Ridge Overview
Juror: Maggie Flanigan
Wilkes Art Gallery, North Wilkesboro, NC. January 17 - February 13, 2025.
Publications
Eau Claire Analog Zine, Issue 3.
Bait/Switch Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 1. Spring 2025.
Beautiful Bizarre Magazine. Issue 48, March 2025
Aeonian Magazine. Issue 12, January 2025.
The Hand Magazine. Issue 47, Winter 2025.
Cover art for Milk Sickness by David Greenspan. Querencia Press.
Features
Analog Forever Magazine's Top 40 Analog Photographs of 2024
2024
Juried exhibitions:
"Magicicada"
Behind the Veil
Juror: Elizabeth Opalnik
International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, MO. Online.
"Returning"
Where Photography Meets Collage
New Orleans Photo Alliance, New Orleans, LA. June 12 - July 28, 2024.
"Last Hike at Falls Lake" - Best in Show
"When we were in love"
"Returning"
43rd Annual Blue Ridge Overview
Juror: Benjamin Erlandson
Wilkes Art Gallery, North Wilkesboro, NC. January 19 - February 15, 2024.
"Last Hike at Falls Lake" - Best in Show
Annual Members Showcase
Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN. February 17 - March 9, 2024.
Publications:
The Hand Magazine. Issue 46, Autumn 2024.
The Hand Magazine. Issue 44, Spring 2024.
Photography in Ashe County, North Carolina by Kim Hadley and Doug Munroe. MacFarland Press, 2024.
Workshops
Presentation and Demonstration of Polaroid Emulsion Lifts
Creative Cafe, Wilkes Art Gallery
North Wilkesboro, NC, February 8, 2024.
Features:
Lomography (@lomography), December 19, 2024
Domino Film Photo Mag (@dominofilmphoto), June 7, 2024.
Griffin Museum of Photography's Polaroid Extravaganza (@griffinmuseum), April 12, 2024.
Wrath and Love Magazine (@wrathandlovemagazine), February 29 - March 1, 2024.
Experimental Photo Festival (@experimentalphotofestival), January 12, 2024.
2023
Juried exhibitions:
"Travelers" and "The Overlook"
The Best of the Blue Ridge Fine Art Juried Competition and Exhibition
Juror: Tim Miller
The Gallery at Ashe Arts Center, West Jefferson, NC. October 12 - November 17, 2023
"When we were in love"
Strange, Weird Unique
Juror: Michael Kirchoff
Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC. October 6 - 28, 2023
"Last Hike at Falls Lake"
2023 NC Artists Exhibition (Raleigh Fine Arts Society)
Jurors: Dr. Valerie Hillings and Dr. Paul Baker
CAM Raleigh, Raleigh, NC September 24 - October 22, 2023
"When were in love"
The Curated Fridge Summer 2023 Exhibit
Juror: Orestes Gonzalez
CultureLab LIC (at Praxall Gallery), Long Island City, NY
"The Overlook"
The Still(ed) Life: Celebrating Handmade Photo Art
Juror: Diana Bloomfield
Light Art Space, Silver City NM. August 4 - September 30, 2023.
"Resurrection Bay"
Diptych Open Theme
Jurors: Praxis Directors
Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN. April 15 - 29, 2023.
"Last Hike in Our Woods"
Wanderlust
Juror: Amy Matteson Neill
ArtFluent (Online)
Publications:
Aeonian Magazine. Issue 9, July 2023.
Bait/Switch Magazine. August 2023.
Features:
Photograph of the Day on Dear Dave Magazine's Instagram (@deardavemag) August 7
Featured artist on Today's Alternative Instagram (@todaysalternative) February 13 - 15
Curator: Leah Wells
2022
Juried exhibitions:
"Numbered"
Empty Places : Abandoned Spaces
Juror: Elizabeth Flinsch
Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN. February 19 - March 5, 2022.
"Lost Dreams"
Narrative - Figments and Fragments
Juror: Emma Powell
Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN. January 15 - 29, 2022.
2021
Juried exhibitions:
"Jimmy" - 1st place, "People" category
"Perspective"
"Splitting Wood"
"Spring Flood"
40th Annual Blue Ridge Overview
Juror: Tate Finley
Wilkes Art Gallery, North Wilkesboro, NC. January 15 - February 19, 2021.
2020
Juried exhibitions:
"Counting the Days"
Forsaken
Juror: Leslie-Claire Spillman
Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC. October 2 - 31, 2020
"Duplicity"
Instant
Juror: Michael Itkoff
Southeast Center for Photography, Greenville, SC. July 3 - 31, 2020.
"Shelter" - 1st place, "People" category
"Ice Storm" - 1st place, "Nature and Environments" category
"Trunk in the Junk"
"Inside"
39th Annual Blue Ridge Overview
Juror: Erin Southwell
Wilkes Art Gallery, North Wilkesboro, NC. January 17 - February 21, 2020.
2018
Juried exhibitions:
"Mass Produced (Dysmorphia)" and "Gluten"
Click_Bait
Juror: Yessíca Torres
Dab Art, Ventura, CA. September 1 - December 1, 2018.
"To the Light" and "Road Trip" - honorable mentions
Vibrant
Juror: Julie Williams-Krishnan
N.Y. Photo Curator
"Duplicity" - 2nd Place
Relationship
Juror: Timothy B. Anderson
L.A. Photo Curator
"Signals"
Revived with Light: An Exploration of Expired Photographic Media
Curated by Enrique Fernández Cervantes
Bath House Cultural Center, Dallas, TX. July 7 - August 4, 2018.
"8th Avenue Roses" - finalist
Jurors: Chris and Vallerie Hoffman
3rd Annual Cityscapes
Fusion Art. June 2018.
"Yellow Vents"
Color Space: Contemporary Photography
Juror: Todd Johnson
Black Box Gallery, Portland, OR. June 2018.
"Shadow and Light" - Winners Circle: 5th place
"Datura"
"Anemone"
All Botanicals 2018 (winners; complete exhibition link here)
Contemporary Art Gallery Online