2002 Master of Fine Art, Mills College, Oakland, CA
1995 Bachelor of Art, University of California, Irvine, CA

2009 Body Politic, West Gallery, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, Texas
2008 Negative Space, medicine FACTORY, Memphis, TN
2007 Sympathetic Coordination, International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago, IL
2006 Delicate Structures, Innate Forces, The New York Hall of Science, New York, NY
2005 Integrated Bodies, Nathan Larramendy Gallery, Ojai, CA
2004 Disbursement and Accumulation, Catharine Clark Gallery Project Rooms, San Francisco, CA
Reflexive, Build, San Francisco, CA

2010 Even Better Than the Real Thing: The Art of the Uncanny, Wignall Museum, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 2009 Craftwerk 2.0, Jönköpings County Museum, Jönköping, Sweden
2008 Manuf®actured: The Conspicuous Transformation of Everyday Objects, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR
2007 Pricked: Extreme Embroidery, Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
2006 Four Freedoms, Martin Art Gallery, Baker Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
2005 SubAnatomy, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Rosa, CA
2004 Finesse, Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 EUREKA!: New Works From the Golden State, Pure Joy, New York, NY
2002 Cozy, Spanganga Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 Murphy & Cadogan Award Exhibition, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, CA
2000 Fuzzy Logic, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
1999 The Soft Museum, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC

2010 Byrdcliffe Artist Residency, Woodstock, NY
2008 medicine FACTORY, Memphis, TN
2004 Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

2010 Pollock–Krasner Visual Arts Fellowship
2007 Jerome Foundation Travel & Study Grant for Visual Arts
2004 Kala Art Institute Fellowship Award
2003 Trillium Fund Grant
2002 Herringer Prize for Excellence in Art
2001 Eklind Fellowship
1995 UC Irvine Chancellor’s Scholar
1994 UC Irvine Studio Art Coalition Grant

2009 Faculty Lecture Series, Shakerag Workshops, St. Andrew’s-Sewanee, Sewanee, TN
2008 Reflexive, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN 2007 Rendering the Invisible, Biology and Art: Two Worlds or One?, New York Academy of Sciences, New York, NY
2006 Visiting Artist, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2005 Art and Culture Lecture Series, California State Summer School for the Arts, Cal Arts, Valencia, CA
2004 Brown Bag Lecture Series, Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA 2003 Laura Splan & Philip Ross, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
2002 Visiting Artist, California State University, Hayward, CA
2001 Skin Symposium, Bleeker Studios, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

2010 Dead or Alive: Intersections of Art and Science Roundtable, Museum for Art and Design, New York, NY
2009 Re/Formations, Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson College, Davidson, NC
2007 Pricked: Extreme Embroidery, Museum for Art and Design, New York, NY
2005 Carnal Knowledge, MOCA at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, CA
2002 Ladyfest Artist Panel, Spring Tower, Los Angeles, CA

2010 Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, University of Chicago Press, Winter 2010-11 Issue, Cover (upcoming)
2009 Geo Magazine, "Gefahr, in Zierde gebannt", November, p. 20
Handarbeta För En Bättre Värld, pp. 38-39
2005 Surface Design Journal: Machine Embroidery, “Informed Source”, Fall 2005, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 46-47
2004 Public Library of Science Medicine Journal, November issue, cover

2008 Checking on the Arts, WKNO, Memphis, TN, Interview by Kacky Walton
2007 Eight Forty-Eight: An Artist’s Unconventional Medium, WBEZ Chicago Public Radio, Interview & Story by Tim Carnahan
2005 Spark: Artist in Search of a Medium, March 2nd and 4th, KQED Channel 9, San Francisco, CA
1999 Inside City Limits, produced by Heather Schultz, TCI Cable Channel 27 (currently Ch. 23), aired August
1997 Artist’s Television, Channel 29, San Francisco, CA

2009 Dynamic Equilibrium, Mandeville Gallery, Nott Memorial, Union College, Schenectady NY 2008 Manuf®actured: The Conspicuous Transformation of Everyday Objects,
By Steven Skov Holt & Mara Holt Skov
2007 Pricked: Extreme Embroidery, Museum for Art and Design, New York, NY
2006 Four Freedoms, Martin Art Gallery, Baker Center for the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA
2005 SubAnatomy, Museum of Contemporary Art at the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa, CA, p.1
2004 Meat Show, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA, pp. 4-5

Angier, Natalie, “Of Compost, Molecules and Insects, Art Is Born”, The New York Times, May 4, 2010, p. D1
Swinkels, Dorothé, “Onbehaaglijke schoonheid”, Textiel Plus, No. 212, Summer 2010, pp. 28-30
Newman, Martin, "Art: Beware of Embroidery at Ealing's PM Gallery", The Mirror, January 19, 2010
Love, Emma, "Using their threads: A new show looks to the future of embroidery", Crafts Magazine, Issue No. 222, Jan/Feb 2010
Lopeman, Elizabeth, "Domestic Subversion", American Craft Magazine, Dec/Jan 2010, Volume 69, Number 6, pp. 28-29
McFarland, Paulina, Interview with Laura Splan, Art XX Magazine, 2009, Issue #2, pp. 40-45
Crutchfield, Whitney, “Laura Splan: Body of Evidence”, Fiberarts, January/February 2009, p 80
Davies, Stacy, “Macramé Made Hip”, Inland Empire Weekly, February 2009
Munuera, Ivan Lopez, “¿Es Posible Un Picasso De Los Tapetes De Crochet?”, Pasajes Diseno, No 8, Dec 2008, pp 50-53
Hicks, Bob, “Manufractured at the Museum of Contemporary Craft, The Oregonian, September 13, 2008
Barton, Randall, “Manuf®actured”, The Portland Tribune, Sep 4, 2008
Sood, Sheena, “Extreme Embroidery”, Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, Feb 2008
Coburn, Tyler, Pretty on the Inside, Rhizome, April 30, 2008
Mestel, Rosie, “Medical Craft Madness”, Los Angeles Times, April 2008
Elder, Gaye, “Pricked: Extreme Embroidery,” Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot, Winter 2007/2008, pp 28-33
Gill, Leonard, “Drawing Blood,” Memphis Flyer, Issue #986, Jan 17 - 23, 2008
Camhi, Leslie, “Let’s Get Stitched: A radical take on an old art, ‘Pricked’ needles the traditional craft of embroidery”, Village Voice, November 20, 2007
Jackson, Julie, “From Prozac To Skin Peels”, Craft, Volume 5, November 2007
Self, Dana, “Knit Happens: Raised in Craftivity ain’t your grandma’s crochet work”, The Pitch, Sept. 20, 2007
Trafton, Robin, “Art review: ‘Raised in Craftivity’ is engaging group show”, The Kansas City Star, September 20, 2007
Baker, Kenneth, “The man works wonders with, yes, paint rollers”, San Francisco Chronicle, June 16, 2007, p. E-1
Martin, Stacy, “Test People and Beneath the Skin: Levitation and latch-hook rugs at Limn”, San Francisco Bay Guardian, July 4, 2007
Obermeyer, Lindsay, “Arts and Sciences”, Fiberarts, Summer 2007 Issue, Vol. 34, No. 1
Flores, Graciela, “Making macro from micro”, The Scientist, May 4, 2007
Herrmann, Andrew, “Artist finds best drawing material is right at her fingertips”, Chicago Sun Times, May 3, 2007, Vol 60, No 75, p 5
Ornes, Stephen, “Art: Of Doilies and Disease”, Discover Magazine, February 2007, pp. 66-67
Gehman, Geoff, “21st-century artists explore FDR’s 1941 freedoms at ‘Berg”, The Morning Call, October 26, 2006, pp. 8-9
Valenzuela, América, “Medicina en la galería de arte”, EL MUNDO Área de Salud, Saturday, October 7, 2006
Goe, Tara, “The Inside-Out Art of Laura Splan”, Kitchen Sink, Vol. 4, Issue 1, 2006, pp. 71-75
Sohn, K. Lee, “Creativity in the Corporate Age: When art imitates life a little too closely”, Miami New Times, Feb 16, 2006
Wiebe, Stacey, “Body of Art,” VC Reporter, September 22, 2005, pp.23-28
Arnold, Eric K., “Meltdown: Plastic Fantastic,” East Bay Express, Vol. 27, No. 47, Aug. 31-Sept. 6, 2005, p.24
Berry, Colin, “SubAnatomy and Nathan Lynch” Artweek, July / August 2005, pp.12-13
Valenzuela, América, “CIENCIA ILUSTRADA (II): Los artistas en el laboratorio”, El Mundo: MEDICINA, July 15, 2005
Miles, Todd, “seeing red”, 7x7 San Francisco Magazine, May 2005, p.48
Bing, Alison, “Laura Splan: Femina Potens”, SF Gate: Art, March 2005
Proulx, Mélissa, “Pop Culture: Maux d’hiver”, Voir, #506, February 10, 2005
Armstrong, Denis, “SAW takes art to the outdoor people”, The Ottawa Sun, Wednesday, February 2, 2005, p.43
Euteneier, Anita, “SAW Gallery’s Winter Exposure”, Ottawa Xpress, Vol. 12, Issue 2, January 13-19, 2005
Bing, Alison, “Meat Show at the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery”, Artweek, February 2005, Vol. 36, Issue 1, p.29
Vekic, Natalija, “Gallery Project”, Release Print, January/February 2005, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 24-25
Buckner, Clark, “Meat Show”, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, Dec. 22-28, 2004, Vol. 39, No. 12
Saldivar , Steve, “This Meat Can’t Be Beat”, The Daily Californian, Thursday, December 2, 2004
Davis, Virginia, “High Fiber”, Fiberarts, November/December 2004, pp. 58-59
Polgar, Robi, “New American Talent – The 19th Exhibition”, Austin Chronicle, August 6, 2004
Gagnon, Adrienne, “Linear Thinking”, San Francisco Weekly, July 21, 2004
Baker, Kenneth, “Hosfelt Gallery show suggests we’re blinded by information”, San Francisco Chronicle, July 10, 2004, p.E-1
Campbell, Rob, “Natural Refinement: Organic takes art by the roots and (gently) pulls”, VC Reporter, December 15, 2003
Woodard, Josef, “All certified Organic”, Los Angeles Times, Calendar Weekend, December 4, 2003
Cheng, DeWitt, “Introductions South at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art”, Artweek, October 2003, Vol. 34, Issue 8
Brenneman, Christine, “Illegal Art at SFMOMA Artists Gallery”, Artweek, September 2003, Vol. 34, Issue 7, p.17
Tromble, Meredith, “West Coast”, stretcher.org, Wednesday, August 27, 2003
Gaither, Chris, “Art attack”, The Boston Globe, July 14, 2003, p.C1
Lidor, Danit, “Artists Just Wanna Be Free”, wired.com: Wired News, Jul. 07, 2003
Swanhuyser, Hiya, “Copy Right or Wrong, Freedoom of Expression: Illegal?”, San Francisco Weekly, July 2-8, 2003, p.30
Tompkins, J.H., “8 Days a Week: Something in the Air”, San Francisco Bay Guardian, July 2, 2003, pp.66-67
Davis, Chris, “Little Green Anthropologists”, Memphis Flyer, p.27, June 12-18, 2003
Tudor, Silke, “House of Tudor”, San Francisco Weekly, December 24, 2002
Helfand, Glen, “Pet And Touch: Two digital artists bring the organic body onto the computer”, SF Gate, July 2002