Laura Chasman
My subject matter is drawn from my daily life - the people and the situations that I encounter. This is where I find my inspiration. I am drawn to how my subjects look, feel and express themselves, and how I have come to know them. Painting the portrait of one person has often led to a series of portraits of others within the same milieu. It is the experience of finding myself with others that I had never imagined knowing, that soon grows to the recognition that here is an opportunity to capture my experience. -Laura Chasman
Laura Chasman grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y. As a teenager, she attended art classes at Pratt, NYU and the Art Students League. A favorite haunt was the Metropolitan Museum of Art where she would often go to revisit paintings that captivated her. There was never any doubt in her mind about becoming an artist. She is a graduate of the Boston Museum School and Tufts University, as well as Smith College School of Social Work. Chasman has been exhibiting her work in galleries and institutions throughout New England for over 40 years. She was a recipient of the Maud Morgan Prize, which included a solo exhibition awarded by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Chasman was an Artadia finalist, and a recipient of a regional fellowship in painting, as well as a finalist award from the Massachusetts Cultural Council. She has also received 3 grants from the Artist Resource Trust, Taconic Foundation. Chasman’s portraits have been included in two of the Boochever exhibitions at the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. She was also a visiting artist at the Addison Gallery of American Art in conjunction with their exhibition Alice Neel. Chasman is now represented by Gallery Kayafas. Her work is in both private and public collections, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, New Britain Museum of Art, the Boston Public Library and Simmons College.
A Shrewdness of Apes | September - October 2023
Willard and Curtis | March - April 2019
