EDUCATION
2002 MFA Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence RI
1996 BA Philosophy, Studio Art, Bethel University, St. Paul, MN
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 OVERLAP, “Thrum” (two-person exhibition), Newport, RI
2020 University of Rhode Island Project Space, Kingston, RI
2015 University of Rhode Island Main Gallery, "Interior Perspectives", Kingston, RI
2012 Craftland, "Terrestrial Contact", Providence, RI
2009 5Traverse Gallery, "How To Hold On", Providence, RI
2008 AS220 Project Space, "The Reachers and The Dwellers", Providence, RI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023. Beals Preserve, “Art On the Trails: Transformation”, Southborough, MA
2022 Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology, “The Stories Objects Tell”, Rhode Island Hall, Brown University, Providence, RI
2020 “A Romantic Comedy”, Brooklyn, NY
2019 University of Rhode Island Main Gallery, “Visual Thinking”, Kingston, RI
2017 Periphery Space, “Backstory”, curated with Barbara Owen, Pawtucket, RI
2015 Grimshaw-Gudewicz Gallery, "Locker Room Culture: Strategy, Play and Commentary in Sports and Art", Fall River, MA
Jamestown Art Center, "Burning Down the House", Jamestown, RI
2014 Pawtucket Arts Gallery, "Annual RISCA Fellowship Exhibition", Pawtucket, RI
2012 AS220, "Traces: Persistent and Fleeting", Providence, RI
2011 Newark Arts Festival, "Call and Response", Newark, NJ
2010 Dorsch Gallery, "A Flawed Providence", Miami, FL
David Winton Bell Gallery, Brown University, "VoiceOver", Providence, RI
Providence Art Club, "Extreme Scale", Providence, RI
2009 5Traverse Gallery, Aqua Art Fair, Miami, FL
Crossing Art Projects, "Recess", Flushing, NY
Arsenal Center for the Arts, "RISD Alumni Biennial", Watertown, MA
2008 Soap Factory, "Nothing at the End of the Lane", Minneapolis, MN
AS220 Mercantile Block, "New Obstructions", Providence, RI
AWARDS AND HONORS
2014 Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Fellowship
2009 Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Fellowship
2006 Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, Merit Fellowship
2002 S.L.Y. Herman Scholarship in Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design
1999 Minnesota State Arts Board, Career Opportunities Grant
LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
2016 Brown University, Visual Arts Department, Providence, RI
Rhode Island School of Design, Glass Department, Providence, RI
2015 University of Rhode Island, Painting and Drawing, Kingston, RI
2014 Providence College, Studio Art, Providence, RI
2013 RISD Museum, "Locally Made" Programming, Providence, RI
2010 Roger Williams University, Department of Art and Architectural History, Bristol, RI
2009 Top Drawer Art Center, Bristol, RI
2007 Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Glass Department, Boston, MA
2006 Rhode Island School of Design, Sculpture Department, Providence, RI
1999 Bethel University, Art Department, St. Paul, MN
BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Aperture”, Barbara Caron, University of Rhode Island Magazine, Fall 2020
”a-romantic-comedy-hosted-by-wallplay”, Etty Yaniv, Artspiel, March 4, 2020
"Local Luminaries", Greg Cook, Providence Phoenix, March 5, 2014
"Terrestrial Contact", Greg Cook, Providence Phoenix, September 22, 2012
"Open Doors Studio Tour to Newark", Dan Bischoff, The Star Ledger, October 21, 2011
"10 Exhibits Worth Another Look", Greg Cook, Providence Phoenix, December 22, 2010
"A Familiar Strangeness", Greg Cook, Providence Phoenix, July 7, 2010
"Haunting Secrets of the Night", Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, July 7, 2010
"Under Construction: Sculptor Jon Laustsen Builds Art From the Ground Up", Martina Windels, The East Side Monthly, July, 2010
"Sculptors Offer Plot Twists in VoiceOver Show", Bill Van Siclen, The Providence Journal, June 17, 2010
"VoiceOver: Narrative in Sculpture", Judith Tolnick Champa, Artscope Magazine, July/Aug 2010
"Changes in Scale at the Providence Art Club", Bill Van Siclen, The Providence Journal, March 04, 2010
"Closing Time", Annie Messier, Providence Daily Dose, March 13, 2009
Art Reviews, Bill Van Siclen, The Providence Journal, March 12, 2009
"Under Construction: Jon Laustsen's Surreal Minimalist Mutations", Greg Cook, Providence Phoenix, March 04, 2009
"Funhouse", Greg Cook, Providence Phoenix, October 09, 2008
"Good Fellows", Greg Cook, Providence Phoenix, February 22, 2008
"Abstraction Meets the Macabre", Bill Van Siclen, The Providence Journal, February 14, 2008
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