Originally from Rhode Island, Laura Nugent studied at SACI (Florence, Italy), New School for Social Research (NYC) and earned her BFA in painting from MICA (Baltimore). She has served as president of the Kansas City Artists Coalition, a Charlotte Street Foundation mentor and Artist Inc. facilitator for the Interurban Art House (Overland Park, KS). Laura’s work is in private and corporate collections including The Four Seasons Hotel (Chicago), Black and Veatch, Pinnacle Bank (Nashville) and Hallmark Inc. After living and working in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, Laura now maintains a workspace in Holsum Studios in Kansas City’s historic West Bottoms. Her curatorial practice is @seedcrusherprojects, an invitational exhibition space for emerging and outsider artists.

Gallery Representation
Chauvet Arts, Nashville, TN

Recent Reviews/Interviews
KC Studio Magazine (Elisabeth Kirsch)
KC Studio Magazine (Brian McTavish)
ArtSpeak Radio (March 2024)
ArtSpeak Radio (January 2024)
ArtSpeak Radio (November 2023)
JRB Art at the Elms News

Video
PEER Artist Spotlight
Sequestered Studio
In the Studio with Laura Nugent
Arts Upload
Color and Balance at The Arts Company
The Arts Company Presents Laura Nugent
Conversation with Artists: Marilyn Artus & Laura Nugent

Selected Corporate Collections
Hallmark Inc., Kansas City, MO
Pinnacle Bank, Nashville, TN
Corbin Studio, Kansas City, MO
Robertson Law Group, Kansas City, MO
Black and Veatch, Overland Park, KS
Coldwell-Banker,  Corporate Woods, Overland Park, KS
St. Lukes Hospital, Overland Park, KS
St. Anthony Hospital, Lakewood, CO
KC Current, Kansas City, MO
Grand Hyatt, San Antonio, TX
Four Seasons Hotel, Chicago, IL
University Health, Kansas City, MO

Selected Exhibitions
Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
The Front, New York, NY
Holsum Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, IL
Weinberger Fine Art, Kansas City, MO
Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
JRB Art at The Elms, Oklahoma City, OK
Bunker Center for the Arts, Kansas City, MO
The Arts Company, Nashville, TN
City Arts, Wichita, KS
The Late Show, Kansas City, MO
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
Centric Projects, Kansas City, MO
Park University, Parkville, MO
Kansas City Artists Coalition, Kansas City, MO
Shirley Stiles Gallery, Westwood, Kansas
Dundee Gallery, Omaha, Nebraska
ArtsKC, Kansas City, MO
The Villager, Auburn, AL
Union League Club, Chicago, IL
Ronald L. Barr Gallery, New Albany, IN
North Idaho College, Coeur D'Alene, ID
Blue Mountain Community College, Pendleton, OR     
Mana Contemporary, Chicago, IL
Beco Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Rountree Gallery, Plattville, WI
Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, IA
Chauvet Arts, Nashville, TN
The Ekru Project, Kansas City, MO
H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, MO
Kiosk Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Lodger Art, Kansas City, MO
Plug Projects, Kansas City, MO
Hilliard Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Leedy Voulkos Art Center, Kansas City, MO                                      
Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture, Honolulu, HI
Roan and Black Contemporary, Saugatuck, MI
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
Missouri Western State University, St. Joseph, MO
Fraction Studio, Kansas City, MO                                                        Jewish Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
Endres Gallery, Prairie Village, KS
12x16 Gallery, Portland, OR
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO  
Nuartz Gallery, Los Angeles, CA  
Prairie State College, Chicago, IL  
Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI
Around the Coyote, Chicago, IL  
Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN
Swopes Museum of Art, Terre Haute, IN  
Mount Hood Community College, Gresham, OR
Mark Woolley Gallery, Portland, OR  
A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY  
Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, OR

Curatorial Practice  
Seed Crusher Projects, Kansas City, MO

Education

1992    Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art

1990    Independent Painting Program, SACI Florence, Italy