Laura Letinsky holds a BFA from the University of Manitoba (1986) and an MFA from Yale University’s School of Art (1991). She is a Professor in the Department of Visual Art at the University of Chicago. Notable exhibitions include the Mumbai Photography Festival, Mumbai, India; MIT, Cambridge, MA; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; The Photographers Gallery, London; The Denver Art Museum, CO; Getty Museum, Los Angeles; Museum of Modern Art, New York; and The Renaissance Society, Chicago. She is represented by Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York. Awards include the Canada Council International Residency, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, The Anonymous Was a Woman Award, and the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship. Publications include Time’s Assignation, Radius Books, 2017, Feast for the Eyes, Aperture Foundation, 2017, Sticky Sweet, New Hampshire University, 2016, Ill Form and Void Full, Radius Books, 2014, Feast, Smart Museum of Art, UC Press, 2013, After All, Damiani, 2010, Hardly More Than Ever, Renaissance Society, 2004, Blink, Phaidon Press, 2002, and Venus Inferred, University of Chicago Press, 2000.
Laura Letinsky, The indignation of counting spiders, 2022, Installation at DOCUMENT
Laura Letinsky, The indignation of counting spiders, 2022, Installation at DOCUMENT
Laura Letinsky, The indignation of counting spiders, 2022, Installation at DOCUMENT
Laura Letinsky, Untitled #6 (from the series Italy), 2009, Archival pigment print, 44h x 53w in, Edition of 9
Laura Letinsky, Coming to the Commons (7), 2013, Archival pigment print, 39 1/2h x 48w in, Edition of 9
Laura Letinsky, Untitled #1 (from the series Italy), 2009, Archival pigment print, 38h x 50w in, Edition of 9
Laura Letinsky, Untitled 063, 2022, Glazed stoneware, 22h x 4w x 3.50d in
Laura Letinsky, Untitled 066, 2022, Glazed stoneware, 15h x 7.50w x 7.50d in
Laura Letinsky, Untitled 066 (detail), 2022, Glazed stoneware, 15h x 7.50w x 7.50d in
Laura Letinsky, Untitled 002, 2022, Glazed stoneware, 17.50h x 5.50w x 6d in
Laura Letinsky, To Want For Nothing 25, 2017
Laura Letinsky, To Want For Nothing 23, 2017
Laura Letinsky, To Want For Nothing 22, 2017
Laura Letinsky, To Want For Nothing 16, 2017
Laura Letinsky, To Want For Nothing 15, 2017
Laura Letinsky, To Want For Nothing 05, 2017
Laura Letinsky, To Want For Nothing 04, 2017
Laura Letinsky, Coming to the Commons (5), 2013
Laura Letinsky, Coming to the Commons (4), 2013
Laura Letinsky, Coming to the Commons (3), 2013
Laura Letinsky, Coming to the Commons (2), 2013
Laura Letinsky, Coming to the Commons (7), 2013
Installation view at DOCUMENT
Installation view at DOCUMENT
Installation view at DOCUMENT
Installation view at DOCUMENT for Chicago Gallery Open presented by NADA
Installation view at DOCUMENT for Chicago Gallery Open presented by NADA
Installation view at DOCUMENT for Chicago Gallery Open presented by NADA
Installation view at DOCUMENT, Gallery Two
Installation view at DOCUMENT, Gallery Two
Laura Letinsky, The indignation of counting spiders, 2022, Installation at DOCUMENT
Laura Letinsky, The indignation of counting spiders, 2022, Installation at DOCUMENT
Laura Letinsky, The indignation of counting spiders, 2022, Installation at DOCUMENT
Laura Letinsky, Untitled #6 (from the series Italy), 2009, Archival pigment print, 44h x 53w in, Edition of 9
Laura Letinsky, Coming to the Commons (7), 2013, Archival pigment print, 39 1/2h x 48w in, Edition of 9
Laura Letinsky, Untitled #1 (from the series Italy), 2009, Archival pigment print, 38h x 50w in, Edition of 9
Laura Letinsky, Untitled 063, 2022, Glazed stoneware, 22h x 4w x 3.50d in
Laura Letinsky, Untitled 066, 2022, Glazed stoneware, 15h x 7.50w x 7.50d in
Laura Letinsky, Untitled 066 (detail), 2022, Glazed stoneware, 15h x 7.50w x 7.50d in
Laura Letinsky, Untitled 002, 2022, Glazed stoneware, 17.50h x 5.50w x 6d in
Laura Letinsky, To Want For Nothing 25, 2017
Laura Letinsky, To Want For Nothing 23, 2017
Laura Letinsky, To Want For Nothing 22, 2017
Laura Letinsky, To Want For Nothing 16, 2017
Laura Letinsky, To Want For Nothing 15, 2017
Laura Letinsky, To Want For Nothing 05, 2017
Laura Letinsky, To Want For Nothing 04, 2017
Laura Letinsky, Coming to the Commons (5), 2013
Laura Letinsky, Coming to the Commons (4), 2013
Laura Letinsky, Coming to the Commons (3), 2013
Laura Letinsky, Coming to the Commons (2), 2013
Laura Letinsky, Coming to the Commons (7), 2013
Installation view at DOCUMENT
Installation view at DOCUMENT
Installation view at DOCUMENT
Installation view at DOCUMENT for Chicago Gallery Open presented by NADA
Installation view at DOCUMENT for Chicago Gallery Open presented by NADA
Installation view at DOCUMENT for Chicago Gallery Open presented by NADA
Installation view at DOCUMENT, Gallery Two
Installation view at DOCUMENT, Gallery Two
2022 7.29
Press: Newcity Art
Laura Letinksy
2022 7.1
Solo Exhibition at Tracey Morgan Gallery
Laura Letinksy
2022 6.1
Group Exhibition at the Denver Art Museum
Laura Letinksy
2022 1.21
Group Exhibition at Northern Michigan University Art Museum
Laura Letinsky
2022 1.8
Group Exhibition at the International Center of Photography
Laura Letinsky
2021 12.21
The New Yorker
Laura Letinsky
2021 10.27
Artist Talk at Smart Museum of Art
Laura Letinsky
2021 10.21
Artspace
Laura Letinsky
2021 10.15
Group exhibition at Smart Museum of Art
Laura Letinsky
2021 9.15
Group exhibition at Goldfinch Gallery
Laura Letinsky
2021 9.15
Group exhibition at Yale University Art Gallery
Laura Letinsky
2018 4.28
MCA
Laura Letinsky at MCA Chicago
2022 6.24–8.13
Laura Letinsky
The indignation of counting spiders
2020 7.10–8.29
Elizabeth Atterbury, Geraldo de Barros, Jessica Campbell, Mary Helena Clark, Julien Creuzet, Victoria Fu, Aron Gent, Gordon Hall, Jennefer Hoffman, Norman Kelley, Sterling Lawrence, Laura Letinsky, Christy Matson, Christopher Meerdo, Jonathan Muecke, Erin Jane Nelson, Gordon Parks, Sara Greenberger Rafferty, RO/LU, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Greg Stimac, Andrew Norman Wilson
Interiors
2019 4.19–6.1
Laura Letinsky
To Want For Nothing
2017 9.9–10.28
Laura Letinsky
Polaroids
2017 7.14–8.26
Elizabeth Atterbury, Jude Broughan, Mary Helena Clark, James Collins, Scott Fortino, Owen Kydd, Sterling Lawrence, Laura Letinsky, Jaclyn Mednicov, Christopher Meerdo, Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Victoria Fu, Matt Rich, Alison Ruttan, Sean Snyder, Greg Stimac, Andrew Norman Wilson, Scott Wolniak
Paris, London, Hong Kong, Portland, Brooklyn, Detroit, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Diego, Oak Park, Berlin
2017 1.7–2.18
Laura Letinsky, John Paul Morabito
orchidsgladiolascowsdaffodilscandywrappersyelloworangebloodredroses&shit
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Type |
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Laura Letinsky |
The indignation of counting spiders |
2022 6.24–8.13 |
Past |
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Elizabeth Atterbury, Geraldo de Barros, Jessica Campbell, Mary Helena Clark, Julien Creuzet, Victoria Fu, Aron Gent, Gordon Hall, Jennefer Hoffman, Norman Kelley, Sterling Lawrence, Laura Letinsky, Christy Matson, Christopher Meerdo, Jonathan Muecke, Erin Jane Nelson, Gordon Parks, Sara Greenberger Rafferty, RO/LU, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Greg Stimac, Andrew Norman Wilson |
Interiors |
2020 7.10–8.29 |
Past |
 |
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Laura Letinsky |
To Want For Nothing |
2019 4.19–6.1 |
Past |
 |
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Laura Letinsky |
Polaroids |
2017 9.9–10.28 |
Past |
 |
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Elizabeth Atterbury, Jude Broughan, Mary Helena Clark, James Collins, Scott Fortino, Owen Kydd, Sterling Lawrence, Laura Letinsky, Jaclyn Mednicov, Christopher Meerdo, Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Victoria Fu, Matt Rich, Alison Ruttan, Sean Snyder, Greg Stimac, Andrew Norman Wilson, Scott Wolniak |
Paris, London, Hong Kong, Portland, Brooklyn, Detroit, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Diego, Oak Park, Berlin |
2017 7.14–8.26 |
Past |
 |
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Laura Letinsky, John Paul Morabito |
orchidsgladiolascowsdaffodilscandywrappersyelloworangebloodredroses&shit |
2017 1.7–2.18 |
Past |
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