Mary Laube, Palanquin, 2019. Acrylic on panel, 12 x 12 in.

Mary Laube received an MFA in painting and drawing from the University of Iowa. Recent exhibitions include VCU Qatar, Trestle Gallery (NYC), Monaco (St Louis), Troppus Projects (Kent), the Spring Break Art Show (NYC), Tiger Strikes Asteroid (NYC), California State University (Stanislaus), and Coop Gallery (Nashville). Her work has been supported by several artist residencies including Yaddo, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Stiwdeo Maelor (Wales), and the Fanoon Center for Print media Research in Doha, Qatar. Publications featuring her work include Art Maze Mag and New American Paintings. She is a recipient of a Sustainable Arts Foundation Award and an AHL Foundation Visual Art Award. Laube’s work addresses the relationship between material culture and memory. Prompted by her own identity as a Korean-born American, she explores the hybrid nature of identity, cultural displacement, and diaspora through the representation and abstraction of Korean artifacts. 

Mary is also a co-founder of the Warp Whistle Project, a collaborative duo with composer Paul Schuette. Together, they make work that merges kinetic stage sets with music performance. Their latest work was performed with the Network for New Music in Philadelphia.