BIOGRAPHY
1986 Born Waynesboro, VA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
2025 Massage Certification Program, IPSB Institute of Psycho-Structural Bodywork, Santa Monica, CA
2012 MFA in glass, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2009 Glas og Keramikskolen på Bornholm, Nexø, Denmark
2008 BFA in Craft Material Studies (Magna cum Laude), Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Let Me Touch You, Sebastian Gladstone Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 The Act of Growing Up: Emanations of a Soul Nerve Revival, Visitor Welcome Center, Los Angeles, CA
The Act of Dying Upon One’s Self and Other Remnants of a Rebirth, The Armory Center for the Arts,
Pasadena, CA
Mr. Snuggles FOREVER, in collaboration with Jennifer Moon, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2016 the love in our belly, Visitor Welcome Center, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Phoenix Rising, Part 3: laub, me and The Revolution (The Theory of Everything), in collaboration with Jennifer Moon, Commonwealth & Council, Los Angeles, CA
OH BE GENTLE, Commonwealth & Council, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Center, Capitol One Headquarters, Richmond, VA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Cupped, The Wolford House, Los Angeles, CA
2025 The Feel’s Summer Shop, The Feel LA, Los Angeles, CA
2024 How We Shape Each Other, Mendocino Art Center, Mendocino, CA
2019 Trigger Points, Fellowship of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Welcome Home, curated by Soyoung Shin, AALA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Title (Politically Private), co-curated by LakeLyn Bagge, Olivia Collins, Tram Dang, Marcus Herse, Grace Jones, Dane Nakama, Kayla Quinlan, and Hannah Scott, Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University, Orange, CA
2018 Cavernous: Young Joon Kwak and Mutant Salon, curated by Daniela Lieja Quintanar, LACE, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Some of My Best Friends Are Germs, curated by Ana Iwataki and Marion Vasseur Raluy, DOC, Paris, France
Subject to Capital, curated by Joshua Lubin-Levy, Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY
2014 Trans.ient, curated by Kean O’Brien, U-Haul trucks, West Hollywood, CA
2nd Annual AFTERGLOW SUMMER VIDEO SERIES, curated by Harry Dodge and Aimee Goguen, Pieter Performance Space, Los Angeles, CA
QUARTETS, curated by Stephan Moore in collaboration with OPENSIGNAL, Granoff Center for the Arts, Providence, RI
2013 AFTERGLOW SUMMER VIDEO SERIES, curated by Harry Dodge and Aimee Goguen, Harry Dodge Studio, Los Angeles, CA
Greenpoint Film Festival, curated by Alex Ben-Abba, Greenpoint Galleries, New York, NY
The Anarch Film Project, curated by Frances Richard, anarchfilmproject.tumblr.com, online
2012 RISD 2012 Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI
Come Here, I Need You, Gellman Gallery, Providence, RI
2011 Liver Country, Gellman Gallery, Providence, RI
On View, Gellman Gallery, Providence, RI
On the Threshold, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
Glass Graduate Show, Sol Koffler Gallery, Providence, RI
2009 Et Dansk Hiem (A Danish Home), Grønbechs Gård-Bornholm Center for Kunsthåndværk, Denmark
Remnant #1 from Taxter’s Great Adventure, ThinkSmall5, Gallery 6, Richmond VA
Absolut Thirst, Juried All Media Show, ArtWorks, Richmond VA
PROJECTS
2024 Quilting Bee 2024, co-curated in collaboration with Rachel Silver, FCCW, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Quilting Bee 2023, co-curated in collaboration with Rachel Silver, The Greenhouse Project, Santa Cruz, CA
2022 Quilting Bee 2022, co-curated in collaboration with Rachel Silver, LA ArtCore, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Quilting Bee 2021, co-curated in collaboration with Rachel Silver, Human Recourses LA, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Quilting Bee 2020, co-curated in collaboration with Rachel Silver, Dear Diary Zine Fest, Oakland, CA
2019 Quilting Bee 2019, co-curated in collaboration with Rachel Silver, The Storefront, Oakland, CA
2017 LAMOA DS#3 presents pod: Kelly Akashi, Anne Cousineau and Danielle Dean, curated by Laub, Commonwealth & Council, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Failing to Succeed: Illusions of a Utopian Dream, performance organized by Laub, Al Dios No Conocido Queer Space, Providence, RI
PERFORMANCES
2022 Purple, Glitter, Slime, queer performance night, Human Recourses LA, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Voice(full): A Participation Within the Liminality of Becoming, directed and performed experimental choir, Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA
Chapter 3: Dancing in a Song Eternally with Mom, solo performance, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Chapter 2: Folks Don’t Usually Stick Around, But Here We Are, Together Forever, performance with Marbles Jumbo-Radio, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Chapter 1: Ol’ Gramps of the Desert, performance with Pasadena Housewives, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
2017 A Way Out, solo performance, Post, Los Angeles, CA
Salty, solo music performance, 1748 Adams, Los Angeles, CA
Revolution on Tour, performance with Jennifer Moon, Onomatopee, Eindhoven, NL
maybe all of us at once, reading, LACA (Los Angeles Contemporary Archive), Los Angeles, CA
Subsequent Performance, a solo performance in part with E.J. Hill’s A Subsequent Offering, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Performing Our Character Map, performance with Jennifer Moon, LA><ART, Los Angeles, CA
At the Edge of Space and Time: Expanding beyond Our 4% Universe, In Real Life: Performance with Jennifer Moon, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Salon: Forecast, performance with Jennifer Moon, Women’s Center for Creative Work (WCCW), Los Angeles, CA
Too Much Information, presentation with Jennifer Moon, Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
On Loneliness, performance with Jennifer Moon, KCHUNG stage, Los Angeles Art Book Fair, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
Donate $1 to The Revolution, performance with Jennifer Moon, Paramount Ranch, Agoura Hills, CA
2015 Explorations in Teledildonics, performance with Jennifer Moon and laub, Machine Project, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Great is Thy Faithfulness, solo performance, Al Dios No Conocido Queer Space, Providence RI
Come Home, solo performance, Big Snow Buffalo Lodge, Brooklyn NY
We’re Doing Alright, We’re Doing OK, solo performance, Leanore’s Basement, Providence RI
Paradise Lost, solo performance, Building 16, Providence, RI
TEACHING
2026 Sculpture. Assistant Adjunct Professor. University of California, Riverside, CA
2026 Beginning Ceramics. Visiting Lecturer. University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2025 Advanced Ceramics. Visiting Lecturer. University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2025 Beginning Ceramics. Visiting Lecturer. University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2024 Advanced Ceramics. Visiting Lecturer. University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Beginning Ceramics. Visiting Lecturer. Otis School of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Beginning Ceramics. Visiting Lecturer. University of California, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Beginning Ceramics. Visiting Lecturer. Otis School of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Beginning Ceramics. Visiting Lecturer. University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Beginning Ceramics. Visiting Lecturer. University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Performance: Feelings for Artists, Visiting Faculty Practicum, California Institute of The Arts, Valencia, CA
2012 Introduction to Hot Glass, Instructor of record, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
2024 Production glass blower and Instructor, Monmouth Glass, Auckland, New Zealand
2023 Ceramics and Sculpture Technician, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Fabricator and Instructor, Monmouth Glass, Auckland, New Zealand
2018-2022 Fabricator, Alustretch LA, Los Angeles, CA
2016-2018 Ceramics Studio Assistant of Shio Kusaka, Wood Kusaka Studios, Los Angeles, CA
2013-2015 Studio Assistant, Kaari Upson Studios, Los Angeles, CA
2012-2013 Production glass blower. Shardz. Los Angeles, CA
ACADEMIC CONFERANCES
2025 ASAP: The Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present, RAD PED, Houston, TX
RESIDENCIES
2024 Elam School of Fine Art and Design Research Residency, Auckland, New Zealand
2023 AIR – Royal Danish Academy – Crafts in Glass and Ceramics Bornholm, Denmark
AWARDS
2019 Recipient, Fellowship of Contemporary Art Fellowship, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Nominee, Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant, Los Angeles, CA
PUBLISHED WORKS
2016 “At the Edge of Space and Time: Expanding Beyond Our 4% Universe.” Artist Project with Jennifer Moon. C Magazine Issue 132 Winter 2017. Print.
“Take My Hand and Let’s Get Out of This 4% Universe.” Critics Page contribution with Jennifer Moon. The Brooklyn Rail July-August 2016. Print.
“An interview with Asher Hartman in the afterglow of The Silver, the Black, the Wicked Dance performed in the Bing Theatre at LACMA on Friday May 13th and Saturday May 14, 2016.” Notes on Looking July 6, 2016. Web.
2015 “Born Again.” 100 handmade popups with Jennifer Moon. baumtest quarterly issue no. 7 Winter 2015. Print.
“hashtag, love magic, love letter.” Notes on Looking 11 September 2015. Web.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2019 Klonarides, Carol Ann. “FOCA Fellowships.” Trigger Points. 2019. Print.
2018 Mizota, Sharon. “Creating a path to healing, where connection is key.” Review of The Act of Growing Up: Emanations of a Soul Nerve Revival at Visitor Welcome Center. Los Angeles Times October 17, 2018. Print.
Mizota, Sharon. “Laub’s glass boxing gloves reveal fragility masked in toughness.” Review of The Act of Growing Up: Emanations of a Soul Nerve Revival at Visitor Welcome Center. Los Angeles Times October 15, 2018. Web.
Campbell, Andy. “Critics’ Picks.” Review of The Act of Growing Up: Emanations of a Soul Nerve Revival at Visitor Welcome Center. Artforum 10 October 2018. Web.
Carey, Branard. “Letting in the Light.” Podcast interview. Praxis Center for Aesthetic Studies. May 2018. Web.
Quinn, Patrick. “Birth, Death, & Mr. Snuggles: Four Unique Shows at the Armory Center for the Arts.” Review of the act of dying upon one’s self and other remnants of a birth and Mr. Snuggles FOREVER. Art and Cake May 2018. Web.
2016 Holte, Michael Ned. “Best of 2016.” Review of Phoenix Rising, Part 3: laub, me, and The Revolution (The Theory of Everything) at Commonwealth & Council. Artforum December 2016. Print.
Berardini, Andrew. “Critics’ Picks.” Review of the love in our belly at Visitor Welcome Center. Artforum 7 October 2016. Web.
Wagley, Catherine. “Moon, laub, and Love.” Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles (Carla) Issue 4 Spring 2016. Print.
2015 Kuriyama, Emi. “Phoenix Rising, Part 3: laub, me, and The Revolution (The Theory of Everything) A conversation with Emi Kuriyama, Jennifer Moon and laub.” Notes on Looking 21 December 2015. Web.
Stromberg, Matt. “Jennifer Moon, Jemima Wyman, and Robby Herbst at Commonwealth & Council.” Rev. of Phoenix Rising, Part 3: laub, me, and The Revolution (The Theory of Everything). Daily Serving 1 December 2015. Web.
Pagel, David. “Critic’s Choice: Jennifer Moon’s mesmerizing show turns the art world into a punchline.” Review of Phoenix Rising, Part 3: laub, me, and The Revolution (The Theory of Everything) at Commonwealth & Council. Los Angeles Times 25 November 2015. Web.
Horst, Aaron. “Doug Ischar, Lucas Michael and Laub at Commonwealth & Council.” Review of OH BE GENTLE. Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles (Carla) 15 July 2015. Web.