| 1986 | MFA in Photography, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA |
| 1982 | BFA in Art, Magna Cum Laude, University of California, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1978 | Studies in Photography and French Literature, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA |
| 2011 | Influential Element: Exploring the Impact of Water, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA |
| 2006 | Telling, Torrance Art Museum, curated by Kristina Newhouse, Torrance, CA |
| 2004 | Shakespear as Muse, curated by Josine Starrels, Schneider Museum, Ashland, OR |
| 1995 | P.L.A.N: Photography Los Angeles Now, organized by Robert Sobieszek and Tim Wride, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1993 | Sugar 'n' Spice, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA (catalogue) |
| 2011 | Rotations and Rubbings, dnj Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 2010 | Pot Bottoms and Naked Eye Objects,Matrushka, Los Angeles, CA Rotations and Animations The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadenea, CA |
| 2008 | Pot Bottoms and Naked Eye Objects, dnj Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2005 | Matter and Acts, Davis & Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR |
| 2004 | New Work, Davis & Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR |
| 2003 | Laura Parker, Coleen Sterritt, Davis & Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR |
| 2001 | Laura Parker and Setven Peckman, ArtForum, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1997 | Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1994 | Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1992 | Rio Hondo Collage Art Gallery, Whittier, CA Kitchen Fiction and Contraception, The Guest Room, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1989 | JFahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1982 | St. Light, White Room Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, CA |
Selected Group Exhibitions
| 2010 | DRAFT, 643 Project Space, Ventura, CA Contemporary Photograms: Uniquely Simple, dnj Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2009 | Five Artists in the 700's, Alhambra High School Library, Alhambra, CA Photo LA with dnj Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2008 | At the Brewery Project, AVAGO, The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena CA Monster Drawing Rally, Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA Francophonie, Alliance Francaise and the Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA |
| 2007 | SCAPE, three person show, Corona del Mar, CA Haus Guests, The Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2006 | Focus on Photography, Venice Art Walk, befefit for Venice Family Clinic, Venice, CA |
| 2005 | We put our love where we put our labor, PCC College Art Gallery, Pasadena, CA LA ARTS For Katrina, Los Angeles Design Center, Los Angeles, CA Venice Art Walk, befefit for Venice Family Clinic, Venice, CA |
| 2004 | Spotting: Viewing Devices of Chenoweth, Davis and Parker, PCC College Art Gallery, Pasadena, CA Miniature Worlds, The Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA Ultrachrome, Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Andrew Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Analog/Digital, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA The Armory Show, with Raid Projects Los Angeles, New York City, NY H2O, Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School, curated by Lothar Schmitz, Santa Monica, CA (brochure) Venice Art Walk, befefit for Venice Family Clinic, Venice, CA |
| 2003 | Fragments, with Immediat Kultur!, PS Amsterdam, Netherlands Art & Architecture 420.422.424, Venice Group, Venice, CA Inaugural, HAUS, Pasadena, CA Museart: Poems about Art, Art about Poems, Krueger Gallery, Pasadena, CA 27 Years of Artists, Jose Drudis-Biada Art Gallery, Mount St. Mary's College, Los Angeles, CA Venice Art Walk, fundraiser for Venice Family Clinic, Venice, CA |
| 2002 | Room With a View, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, California, CA Out of the Digital Domain, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA California Sampler, Davis & Cline Gallery, Ashland, OR Of Shadow and Sun, with Monica Furmanski and Carole Silverstein, Bliss Gallery, Pasadena, CA (brochure) |
| 2001 | Mixed Bag, cInaugural Exhibition, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, CA Stone Soup, Three Day Weekend, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2000 | Inland Specific, (installation), Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA (catalogue) The Part to the Whole, Laband Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA (catalogue) |
| 1999 | Another Unclefucking One Hundred Dollar Show, Gallery 207, Los Angeles, CA Twig, Brewery project, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1998 | Women Who Shoot, Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA The Canvas is Paper, Hammer Museum Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 100-Dollar Show & Up, POST, Los Angeles, CA Element #47: emerging, 1078 Gallery, Chico, CA |
| 1997 | The Gramercy International Photography Fair, New York City, New York Chimera, curated by Eve Schillo, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California |
| 1996 | Perspectives of Nature, Jan Abrams Fine Art, New York City, NY 100-Dollar Show, POST, Los Angeles, CA Still Life... Still Here, curated by Josine Ianco-Starrels, Hunsacker/Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA Documenta, curated by Bill Radawec, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA (catalogue) Pursuing the Undocumentable, curated by Sue Spaid, photo l.a., Los Angeles, CA |
| 1995 | Reflections, Jan Abrams Gallery, Los Angeles, CA December Twentieth, organized by Bill Radawec, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA New Visions: Los Angeles Art in the 90's, Hammer Museum Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Contemporary Photography: The California Focus, Hammer Museum Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1994 | Labor and Leisure, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin Breda Fotografica '94, De Beyerd Center for Contemporary Art, Breda, Netherlands (catalogue) Detours, Side Street Projects, Santa Monica, CA Huysmans Against Nature, organized by L. Paddock, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA Cups, Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1993 | About Place, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (brochure) re/Search, re/View, re/Act, The Brewery Project, organized by Mark Johnstone as part of the M.Y.T.H. series, Los Angeles, CA The Death and Resurrection of Nature, curated by Tim Jahns, Laband Gallery, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA (brochure) |
| 1992 | The Laura Show, curated by Rory Devine, TRI, Los Angeles, CA Fluid Measure,, Curated by Buzz Spector, Nomadic Site at the Frances Howard Branch of the Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, CA (catalogue) FAR Bazaar, The Old Federal Reserve Building, Foundation for Art Resources, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1992 | Hysteries, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, CA Boomerang, Benefit for Act Up! and the Magic Johnson Foundation, Thomas Solomon's Garage, Los Angeles, CA Surface Two, Part 2, Randall Scott/TBA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1991 | Photo SalonTurner/Krull Gallery, Los Angeles, CA It's A Wonderful Life, curated by Randall Scott, The Gallery at 817, Los Angeles, CA Five Days, Thomas Solomon's Garage, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1989 | The Third One Out, BC Space, Laguna Beach, CA Mystical Objects, Sacred Places, curated by Mark Johnstone, Security Pacific Gallery at the Plaza, Los Angeles, CA (catalogue) Unconventional Perspectives, G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1988 | Brand Library Art Gallery, Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies Members Exhibition, curated by William Olander, Glendale, CA |
| 1987 | The First Pacific A-More Christmas Exhibition, organized by Thomas Solomon, Los Angeles, CA Women Photographers in America, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, juried by Catherine Lord and Judith Keller, Los Angeles, CA Group Show, curated by Alice Beamish, St. Andrew's Priory, Valyermo, CA |
| 1982 | The Erotic in Photography: Contemporary Trends, Cameravision, Los Angeles, CA |
Curatorial Projects
| 2009 | Five Artists in the 700's, Alhambra High School Library, Alhambra, CA |
| 2004 | Spotting, Pasadena City College Art Gallery, Pasadena, CA |
| 2000 | Parker Studio Opening Exhibition, Pasadena, CA |
| 1999 | Twig, a thematic assortment of sculpture and photography curated by Laura Paddock and Laura Parker, Striking Distance, www.strikingdistance.com |
| 2010 | City of Pasadena Individual Artist Fellowship |
| 1995 | City of Pasadena Individual Artist Fellowship |
| 1993 | About Place, Exhibition Honorarium, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery |
| 1986 | Pasadena Centennial Purchase Award Winner, juried by Josine Ianco-Starrels, John Outterbridge and Helen Pashgian |
| 2010 | Harley. "Weekend Bender," Coagula.com. March 6 |
| 2009 | Smithson, Aline. "Laura Parker," Feature, Lenscratch.Blogspot.com Dec. 22 |
| 2004 | Myers, Holly. "A print-off in one kind of ink," Los Angeles Times, August 20, p. E28 Dambrot, Shana Nys. "H2O at the Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School," Artweek, April, p. 20 |
| 2003 | Thornburg, Barbara. "Living with Art," L. A. Times Sunday Magazine, Sept. 28, p. 55 |
| 2002 | Furmanski, Jon. Catalog Essay, "Of Shadow and Sun," Bliss, Pasadena, CA Koppman, Debra. "L.A. Sampler," Previews, Artweek, June, p. 6 |
| 2000 | Donohue, Marlena. "The whole and the sum of its parts," Los Angeles Times, Jan. 2, p. 6 Frank, Peter. Gallery Picks of the Week: "The Part to the Whole," "The Visionary Landscape," LA Weekly, Feb. 11-17, p. 138 Fleming Vayda, Priscilla. "Through camera's eye" Cheers! Pasadena Star News, Nov.3, p. 6 |
| 1997 | Martin, Victoria. "Laura Parker at Richard Heller Gallery," (image) Artweek, June, p. 25 |
| 1996 | Frank, Peter. "Art Picks of the Week: Patrick Wilson, Mireille Gros, Still Life... Still Here," LA Weekly, Feb. p. 16-22 Dunlap, Doree. "'Documenta' then and now," Orange County (OC) Weekly, March 1-7, p. 19 Mendenhall, Lauri. "Documenta: Huntington Beach Art Center's exposition of emerging art stars," Coast Magazine, Feb.1, p. 28 |
| 1993 | DiMichelle, David. "re/Newed Effects," Artweek, Nov. 18, p. 15 Gamblin, Noriko. "Sugar 'n' Spice" Catalog Essay, Long Beach Museum of Art. Rugoff, Ralph. "Sex Objects," LA Weekly, April 2-8, p. 35 Frank, Peter. "Intriguing Works By New Generation of Women Artists," Long Beach Press-Telegram, March 12, p. 14 Curtis, Cathy. "Nice 'n' Subversive," Los Angeles Times March 18 p. 4 Kapitanoff, Nancy. "Delving Into the Nature of Nature," Los Angeles Times, March 28, p. 96 Roth, Charlene. "Kitchen Fiction," Artweek, May 20, p. 24 Adams, Emily. "Best Bet," Los Angeles Times, May 9 |
| 1992 | Frank, Peter. "Art Pick of the Week: Connections; Fluid Measure," LA Weekly, Oct. 2-8 Kandel, Susan. "Discreet Liaison," Los Angeles Times, Sept. 17, p.F4 Spector, Buzz. "Fluid Measures," (w/ image) catalog in conjunction with Fluid Measure. Kandel, Susan. "Grouping of Lauras Shows Arbitrary but Witty Choices," LA Times, Sep. 3, p. F4 Kapitanoff, Nancy. "Art Notebook," Los Angeles Times, August 9 |
| 1989 | McKenna, Kristine. "Mystical Objects," Los Angeles Times, Nov. 7 Frank, Peter. "Art Pick of the Week: Robert Frank; Allen Ginsberg; Laura Parker," LA Weekly, Nov. 24 Donohue, Marlena. "The Galleries," Los Angeles Times, Nov. 3: pp. F26-F27 "Photography in Los Angeles," LA Style Magazine, color reproduction, June (4th Anniversary Issue), p. 185. |
Selected Private and Public Collections
Adagio Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Aurora Capital Group, Los Angeles, CA
The Capital Group Companies, Los Angeles, CA
The Walt Disney Company, Burbank, CA
Girard, Ellingsen, Christensen & West, Los Angeles, California
The Hale Building, Pasadena, California
Judith A. Hoffberg Archive, University of California, Santa Barbara
George Ellery Hale Building, Pasadena, CA
Pasadena Public Library, Pasadena, CA
Spelling Entertainment, Inc., Los Angeles, CA