Laura Naples (b. 1979) is an artist based in Hudson, Ohio. Laura’s work explores the energy of wonder in the natural world and objects shaped by human hands.
A former graphic designer, dancer, and calligraphy artist, Laura senses the subtleties of form, rhythm, and line.
She applies diluted acrylic washes to canvas and paper, allowing water and gravity to diffuse pigments into gradient textures. Contrasts unfold across stances of surrender and intention as she lays gestural marks and tilts the painting’s surface; then, accents alignments with linework.
Laura cultivates rituals of meditation, movement, and inquiry that are fostered, infused, and embodied in her work.
PRESS
Southern Home, Summer 2023
Moen Currents, Summer 2022
Rue Magazine, Winter 2022
Good Grit Magazine, May/June 2018
Real Simple, May 2018
Four Magazine, Fall 2015
Domino, Summer 2014
digital
Laura on ‘Channeled’, March 2024
Luxe Interiors and Design, Summer 2023
Who What Wear, Fall 2023
Laura Naples in residency at MacArthur Place, Fall 2022
Interview—Side Gig School Podcast, April 2022
Exhibition—LOCUS / Heart of Wonder, November-December 2021
Behind the Scenes—LOCUS / Heart of Wonder, November 2021
Chief Chicago feature, August 2021
Design Within Reach—Artist Profile, July 2021
Mills Rd.—Laura Naples, Abstract Painter, July 2021
Inside the Studio—Uprise Art, April 2021
The American Scholar—Portrait of an Artist, December 2020
Real Simple Idea Home, September-October 2020
Laura on "Lift", September 2019
CV
EXHIBITIONS
2024
Channeled, Uprise Art, New York
2023
Keepsake, Uprise Art, New York
2022
The Sublime, Arden + White Gallery, New Canaan, Connecticut
Ethereal, In Various Forms, Long Beach, CA
2021
Den Gallery, Kuwait City, Kuwait
LOCUS / Heart of Wonder, Uprise Art, New York
New York Men’s Day (NYMD), New York
Utah Design Exhibit, Salt Lake City, UT
Chief, Chicago, IL
2020
Real Simple Idea Home, New York, NY
2019
Chief, New York, NY
2017
Consort Design, Los Angeles, CA
2016
The Kitchen Table, New York, NY
2015
Paper Work, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Summer Salon, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Imagining Eliza, The George Gallery, Charleston, SC
Free Arts NYC Junior Board Art Auction, New York, NY
ART FAIRS
Art Market Hamptons, presented by Arden + White Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY, 2022
Affordable Art Fair, presented by Uprise Art, New York, NY, 2019
Affordable Art Fair, presented by Uprise Art, New York, NY, 2017
RESIDENCIES
2022
Artist in Residence, MacArthur Place, Sonoma, CA
SPECIAL PROJECTS
2022
Commissioned art for House Beautiful Whole Home Showhouse, Atlanta, GA
2019
Selected Artist, Shoppe Object, New York, NY
2015
Design Collaboration, Cacao Atlanta Chocolate Co., Atlanta, GA
2014
Commissioned art for Design on a Dime, Housing Works, New York, NY
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2019
Chief, Discussion panel of exhibited artists curated by Uprise Art, New York, NY