Laura J. Padgett

Laura J. Padgett was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The artist studied painting at Pratt Institute of Art and Design in Brooklyn, New York from 1976-1980, receiving her BFA in 1980.{{Cite web|url=https://issuu.com/prattinstitute/docs/prattfolio_fallwinter2019|title=Prattfolio Fall/Winter 2019|website=Issuu|date=13 November 2019 }} Since 1981 she has been living in Europe. Padgett went on to study Photography and Film with Peter Kubelka and Herbert Schwöbel at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main, receiving her Master's in Art History from Frankfurt Goethe-Universität in 1994.

Since 1992, the artist has also taught at many higher education institutions in Germany, USA and Jordan, including the Bauhaus-Universität in Weimar, Hochschule für Gestaltung, Offenbach, Paderborn University, Drexel University{{Cite web|url=https://drexel.edu/westphal/news-events/news/2015/September/2015-09-23-Padgett/|title=Photographing Space|date=September 22, 2015|website=Westphal College of Media Arts & Design}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aiaphiladelphia.org/events/arfaa-lecture-laura-j-padgett-remnants-photographic-thoughts-modernism|title=Arfaa Lecture: Laura J. Padgett, "Remnants: Photographic Thoughts on Modernism" | American Institute of Architects|website=aiaphiladelphia.org}} and in the Theater, Film and Media Studies Department at the Goethe-University in Frankfurt am Main. In November 2021 she became a member of the German Photographic Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie e.V).{{Cite web|url=https://www.dgph.de/english/what-german-photographic-association|title=What is the German Photographic Society?|website=dgph}} She lives and works in Frankfurt am Main.

Padgett explores sites of historical and cultural importance through a variety of media, including film, photography, and text. By combining her creative process with research to gather historic knowledge, Padgett makes work that reveals the essence of a place while simultaneously presenting a subjective, contemporary perspective. Her work frequently exposes the tension between the enduring influence of history on the present and our attempts to alter, conceal or forget the past. Since 2018 she is represented by the Gallery-Peter-Sillem.{{Cite web|url=http://www.galerie-peter-sillem.com/de/artists/laura-j-padgett|title=Laura J. Padgett » Galerie Peter Sillem|website=galerie-peter-sillem.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://zeitung.faz.net/faz-edition/rm-kultur/2019-09-20/a3ae7f079815818b96d0c6415956698f|title=Verwunschener Garten|website=F.A.Z.}}

Since 1991, Laura J. Padgett’s work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions{{Cite web|url=http://photography-now.com/artist/laura-j.-padgett|title=Laura J. Padgett - artist, news & exhibitions - photography-now.com|website=photography-now.com}} in Germany{{Cite web|url=https://www.fr.de/kultur/kunst/bilder-eine-weile-festzuhalten-11018208.html|title=Bilder, um sie eine Weile festzuhalten|date=3 August 2017|website=fr.de}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ursula-blickle-stiftung.de/pop/2001_02.htm|title=Desire|website=ursula-blickle-stiftung.de}} and throughout Europe.{{Cite web|url=https://www.canalpatrimonio.com/la-fotografa-padgett-expone-su-mirada-melancolica-traves-de-la-arquitectura/|title=La fotógrafa Padgett expone su mirada melancólica a través de la arquitectura|date=26 July 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://fototapeta.art.pl/fti-padgett.html|title=Laura Padgett|website=fototapeta.art.pl}}{{Cite web|url=https://kunstaspekte.art/venue/galerie-im-park-burgdorf|title=Galerie im Park, Burgdorf|website=kunstaspekte.de}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.fotomuseum.ch/en/explore/exhibitions/21591_photo_text_photo_text_dialogue_of_photography_and_text_in_contemporary_arts|title=Photo Text Photo Text – Dialogue of Photography and Text in Contemporary Arts - Exhibitions - Explore - Fotomuseum Winterthur|website=fotomuseum.ch}} Her photography has also been widely published. The artist's photographs accompany the essays by Peter Zumthor in Thinking Architecture (2006/2010/2012/2023).{{Cite book|url=https://www.degruyter.com/view/title/300052|title=Thinking Architecture|edition=Third, expanded|first=Peter|last=Zumthor|chapter=Thinking Architecture: Third, expanded edition |date=June 21, 2010|publisher=Birkhäuser|isbn=978-3-0346-0585-4 |via=www.degruyter.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.baunetz.de/meldungen/Meldungen-Buecher_im_BauNetz_1553573.html|title=Peter Zumthor – Architektur Denken - Bücher im BauNetz|date=March 20, 2011|website=BauNetz}} Between 2010 and 2012 Padgett followed the new construction and renovation of the Städel Museum resulting in the publication Raum über Zeit – Space over Time (2012).{{Cite web|url=https://www.kehrerverlag.com/en/laura-j-padgett-raum-ueber-zeit-978-3-86828-278-8?___from_store=de|title=Laura J. Padgett|website=Kehrer Verlag}} During this period of two years she created photographic narratives that capture time as the space in between.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baunetz.de/meldungen/Meldungen-Laura_J._Padgett_zeigt_die_Faszination_Baustelle_5129409.html|title=Fotografieren mit Helm - Laura J. Padgett zeigt die Faszination Baustelle|date=August 14, 2017|website=BauNetz}} A selection of the photographs from the book are now in the collection of the DZ BANK Kunststiftung.{{Cite web|url=https://kunststiftungdzbank.de/w1_34/|title=Laura J. Padgett, DZ BANK Kulturstiftung}} Confined Space was published in 2016, showcasing photographs she made in Lebanon during times she spent there from 2011 to 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://malenki.net/product/laura-padgett-confined-space/|title=malenki.net | Confined Space | Laura J. Padgett|website=malenki.net}} Her first publication with the Galerie-Peter-Sillem, Open Equations, appeared in 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://veryvery.de/web/de/project/laura-padgett-open-equasions-artist-book|title=Laura Padgett Open Equations - very|website=veryvery.de}} Padgett's second solo exhibit with the Galerie-Peter-Sillem, Regenerating Permanence,{{Cite web|url=http://www.galerie-peter-sillem.com/en/exhibitions/upcoming-laura-j-padgett-regenerating-permanence|title=Laura J Padgett Regenerating Permanence |website=galerie-peter-sillem.com}} is also accompanied by a limited edition publication of the same name. The work in this exhibition is a culmination of two years' photographing the Westend Synagogue in Frankfurt am Main. Padgett has recorded the special nature of this sanctuary and its history. Photographs from her series have been acquired by the Jewish Museum Frankfurt and were on view in the museum throughout 2024.{{Cite web|url=https://www.juedischesmuseum.de/en/visit/detail/regenerating-permanence0/|title=Laura J Padgett Regenerating Permanence |website=juedischesmuseum.de}} Her photographic series Strata, produced in 2024, was first exhibited in the Galerie-Peter-Sillem and followed by her participation in the exhibition City of Women Photographers, Frankfurt 1844-2024 {{Cite web |title={{!}} Historisches Museum Frankfurt |url=https://historisches-museum-frankfurt.de/en/stadt_der_fotografinnen?language=en |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=historisches-museum-frankfurt.de |language=en}} in the Historical Museum Frankfurt.

Padgett’s films have been screened internationally at venues like the Media City Film Festival, Detroit,{{Cite web|url=http://mediacityfilmfestival.com/|title=Media City Film Festival|website=Media City Film Festival}} Cité Paris,{{Cite web|url=http://www.art-action.org/site/fr/cat/rech/_cat_1_art_rech.php?lettre=P|title=| RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES PARIS/BERLIN | nouveau cinéma et art contemporain ||website=art-action.org}} House of World Cultures, Berlin,{{Cite web|url=https://www.art-action.org/site/en/prog/18/berlin/prog_06_23.php|title=| RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES PARIS/BERLIN | new cinema and contemporary art ||website=art-action.org}} Pharos Centre for Contemporary Art in Nicosia,{{Cite web|url=http://www.pharosart.org/LauraPadgett.htm|title=Pharos Art|website=pharosart.org}} the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, Mousonturm{{Cite web|url=http://www.reeltoreal.de/FINALE/GAESTE.html|title=reel to real - Gäste|website=reeltoreal.de}} in Frankfurt am Main, Cineteca di Bologna, Künstlerhaus Kino in Vienna, Viper Filmfestival in Bern, Kunsthalle Erfurt and at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. In 2017 she received the Marielies-Hess Art Award.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kunstforum.de/nachrichten/marileis-hess-kunstpreis/Marileis-Hess-Kunstpreis|title= Laura J Padgett receives Marielies-Hess Art Award|website=kunstforum.de}} In the accompanying exhibition at the Museum Giersch of the Goethe University, she also screened her film SOLITAIRE (2017).{{Cite web|url=https://www.museum-giersch.de/#/Bisherige_Ausstellungen|title=MUSEUM GIERSCH der GOETHE-UNIVERSITÄT|website=museum-giersch.de}} A small selection of her films was presented at the San Francisco Cinematheque's CROSSROADS Film Festival, 21. August - 30. September 2020, curated by Steve Polta.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sfcinematheque.org/festival/crossroads-2020/|title=CROSSROADS 2020 | |website=sfcinematheque.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://cinema-scope.com/cinema-scope-online/cross-purposes-the-2020-crossroads-festival/|title=Cross Purposes: The 2020 Crossroads Festival by Michael Sicinski|date=6 September 2020 }} In August 2021 her Film So, tell me about your garden. and a selection of her films from her From the Garden series were screened at the Deutsches Filminstitut Filmmuseum as part of the Experimental Film program Im Garten.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dff.film/veranstaltung/experimentalfilmprogramm-mit-einfuehrung-im-garten/|title= Im Garten|website=dff.film/en/}} 2023 she was a member of the Regional Feature Film Competition Jury of the Lichter Filmfest. {{Cite web|url=https://lichter-filmfest.de/en/festival/jury/jury-2023|title= 16th Lichter Film fest Jury 2023|website=lichter-filmfest.de}} A selection of her films are distributed by Light Cone, Paris{{Cite web |title=Light Cone - Laura J. PADGETT |url=https://lightcone.org/en/filmmaker-1101-laura-j-padgett |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=lightcone.org}} and Film-Makers' Cooperative, New York.{{Cite web |date=1987 |title=Laura J. Padgett - The Film-Makers' Cooperative |url=https://film-makerscoop.com/filmmakers/laura-j-padgett |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=film-makerscoop.com |language=en}}

• 2024 Strata, Galerie-Peter-Sillem, Frankfurt am Main
• 2023 Regenerating Permanence, Jewish Museum, Frankfurt am Main
• 2022 Regenerating Permanence, Galerie-Peter-Sillem, Frankfurt am Main
• 2019 Open Equations, Galerie-Peter-Sillem, Frankfurt am Main
• 2017 Somehow Real, Exhibition in conjunction with receiving the Marielies-Hess Kunstpreis , Museum Giersch der Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main
• 2016 Confined Space, Galerie Rautenstrauch in Onomato Künstlerverein, Düsseldorf
• 2016 Many Told Tales, Galerie Straihammer & Seidenschwann, Vienna
• 2015 Confined Space, Heussenstamm-Stiftung, Frankfurt am Main
• 2014 MONUMENT, Künstlerfahnenfestival, Eppingen
• 2012 Standardeinstellung, {{ill|Neuer Kunstverein Gießen|de}}
• 2011 frames of reference, Galerie Martina Detterer, Frankfurt
• 2008 seeing things, Pharos Arts Foundation, Nicosia, Cyprus{{Cite web|url=http://www.thepharostrust.org/publications.htm|title=Pharos Arts Foundation|website=thepharostrust.org}}
• 2008 Holding onto things, Galerie Seitz & Partner, Berlin
• 2006 slow motion, Odakule Art Gallery, Istanbul
• 2005 inside-out, Galerie Seitz & Partner, Berlin
• 2004 vorübergehende Ortschaften, Galerie Martina Detterer, Frankfurt am Main
• 2003 conversation pieces, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
• 2003 improbabilities, Galerie Seitz & Partner, Berlin
• 2001 morning glories, AusstellungsHalle Schulstrasse 1A, Frankfurt am Main
• 1999 common occurrences, KunstRaum Klaus Hinrichs, Trier
• 1999 marginalia, Goethe-Institut, Warsaw
• 1999 an enlightened Moment, Duchess Anna Amalia Library, Weimar
• 1998 systematic renewal, dirty windows, Berlin
• 1997 Foto / Text Work, KunstRaum Klaus Hinrichs, Trier

• Laura J. Padgett: Strata, published in conjunction with a solo exhibition in the Galerie-Peter-Sillem 20.01.-16.03.2024
• Laura J. Padgett: Regenerating Permanence, published in conjunction with a solo exhibition in the Galerie-Peter-Sillem 15.01.-26.02.2022"http://www.galerie-peter-sillem.com/de/ausstellungen/demnaechst-laura-j-padgett-regenerating-permanence"
• Laura J. Padgett: Open Equations,[http://www.galerie-peter-sillem.com/en/publications] Self published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name at the Gallery Peter Sillem, Design Very [https://veryvery.de/web/en/project/laura-padgett-open-equasions-artist-book], published with the support of the Frankfurt Culture Office
• Laura J. Padgett: Confined Space, Anja Katharina Rautenstrauch, Galerie Rautenstrauch und Anke Ehle-Barthel, Hrg. Bücher & Hefte Verlag, Leipzig. {{ISBN|978-3-9814530-5-8}}
• MADE FOR AROLSEN – Reise nach Arglosen, Bad Arolsen, 2016, Birgit Kümmel and Eva Claudia Scholtz, Hrg. {{ISBN|978-3-930930-38-8}}
• Laura J. Padgett: Raum über Zeit, Heidelberg/Berlin: Kehrer, 2012. {{ISBN|978-3-86828-278-8}}
• Peter Zumthor: Thinking Architecture Third Edition [https://www.degruyter.com/view/title/300052?format=L Thinking Architecture: Third, expanded edition] With photographs of Haus Zumthor by Laura J. Padgett {{ISBN|978-3-0346-0585-4}}
• Wie gemalt: Malerei ohne Malerei (Picture Perfect)[https://kunstmuseum-ahlen.de/aktuelles/ausstellungen/publikationen/ Kunstmuseum Ahlen Ausstellung Publikationen - Kataloge und Werkbücher], Kai Uwe Schierz, Ed. produced by Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld
• Laura Padgett: Seeing Things, Nicosia: Pharos Foundation, 2008. {{ISBN|978-9963-9199-4-9}}
• Listen in Portikus, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, 1992 [https://www.portikus.de/en/publications/1101_listen_im_portikus Listen im Portikus - Portikus Frankfurt]

• 2022 Neustart Kultur, Working Grant in Digitization_ Module D – BKM, NEUSTART KULTUR und den Deutschen Künstlerbund {{Cite web|url=https://www.kuenstlerbund.de/deutsch/projekte/projekte-ab-2011/2022_stipendiat_innen_runde3.html?anc=2844|title=Neustart Kultur}}
• 2017 Marielies-Hess Kunstpreis{{Cite web|title=feuilletonfrankfurt.de » Blog Archive » Laura J. Padgett erhält den Kunstpreis 2017 der Marielies Hess-Stiftung|url=https://www.feuilletonfrankfurt.de/2016/03/24/laura-j-padgett-erhaelt-den-kunstpreis-2017-der-marielies-hess-stiftung/|access-date=2020-06-30|language=en}}
• 2013 Artists' Contacts, Lebanon, Institute for Foreign Relations (ifa), Stuttgart{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}
• 2008 Photography Residency, Dover Arts Development, Dover, England{{Cite web|url=https://www.dadonline.uk/legacy/laura-padgett-and-thereby-hangs-a-tale/|title=Laura Padgett : and thereby hangs a tale | Dover Arts Development}}
• 2004 Artists in Residence in Burgdorf, Switzerland from the Frankfurt Cultural Office{{Cite web|url=https://kultur-frankfurt.de/portal/de/Kunst/FrankfurterKuenstlerimAusland/1552/2061/55668/mod1411-details1/7.aspx|title=KulturPortal Frankfurt: Archiv der Artist in Residence Künstler|website=kultur-frankfurt.de}}
• 2001–2002 Studio Residency in London from the Hessian Cultural Foundation{{Cite web|url=https://www.hkst.de/en/scholarship-recipients/laura-padgett/|title=Laura Padgett · Hessische Kulturstiftung}}
• 1996–97 Studio Residency at Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}
• 1978 Ford Foundation Grant in Painting{{Citation needed|date=June 2020}}

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