Laura Rendlen Cell: 630-291-0083 E-mail: [email protected]

Employment

2013 -2014 Mosaic Workshop – Building a Landscape with Color and Texture.

Tacoma WA, Washington DC, Austin and Houston TX

2010-Present Society of American Mosaic Artists - Vendor Market Director –

Coordinating National and International Vendors during the annual Mosaic

Conference. Chicago IL, Austin TX, Lexington KY, Tacoma WA 2009- 2012 Chicago Mosaic School – Instructor – Basic and Introductory mosaics courses and Community projects 2004-Present Laura Rendlen Fine Mosaics - Self-employed, Commissioned custom interior Mosaics, fine art mosaics. Chicago IL 1997-Present Laura Rendlen Fine Decorative Arts -Self employed, Custom Painting residential and commercial including murals, scenery, faux finishes and Trompe l’oeil. Chicago IL 1997- 2007 Oakbrook Academy of Music and Art - Set Painter for musicals and plays.

1997-2006 Scenic workshops with Children. - Productions for Oakbrook Academy Summer workshops, Elmhurst Children’s Theater, Glen Crest Middle School. 1984-1997 Goldblatt /Rendlen Fine Decorative Arts - Partner in custom painting business, commercial and residential including murals, Television, film sets, window dressing, faux finishes, trompe l’oeil. Kansas City MO, Mission Hills KS, Chicago

Education 1978-1982 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City MO Sotheby’s 19th and 20th Century Decorative Arts, London England 2007 Matteo Randi”s Hammer and Hardy Workshop - SAMA Convention Mesa Arizona Gary Driscoll’s Indirect Method Workshop, SAMA Convention Mesa Arizona Matteo Randi’s Hammer and Hardy Workshop - Assistant, SAMA Convention 2008 Kim Emerson’s Cracking the Code, workshop on creating mosaics for public works, SAMA Convention, Miami FL 2008 Ilana Shafir Spontaneous Mosaics Workshop, Chicago Mosaic School, Chicago IL 2008 Sculptural Forms for Mosaics with Sherri Warner-Hunter, Chicago Mosaic School Ravenna Style– byzantine method with Matteo Randi 2008 Listening to the Rocks with Bill Buckingham and Sophie Druin, Chicago Mosaic

Smalti's Next Level: B Cuts with Sue Giannotti 2009 Pebble Mosaics with Gwyn Kaitis- Chicago Mosaic School Chicago IL Tilemaking for Mosaics with Karen Ami, Chicago Mosaic School, Chicago IL 2009 Certification to Teach Mosaics, Chicago Mosaic School, Chicago IL 2010 Concrete Carving, Elder Jones, Wit’s End Mosaics Pulaski Wisconsin 2010-11 Mosaic Drawing, Byzantine mosaics, Ravenna Method, Textures Workshops,Undulation Workshop, Matteo Randi, Chicago Mosaic School. Chicago IL Exhibitions 2014 Mosaic Arts International, Williams Tower, Houston TX 2014 Ross Contemporary Gallery 2013 Solo Exhibition, Dene Gallery, Geneva IL Transitions- Ciel Gallery, Charlotte, NC ArtPrize, Grand Rapids MI

2012 Jurors Choice Award, Mosaics Art International, Lexington Art Center and Museum, Lexington KY

2010-12 Contemporary Mosaic Gallery, Smith Museum of Stained Glass, Chicago IL

2010 Mosaic Art International, Society of American Mosaic Artists, Navy Pier, Chicago IL

2009 Reveal- Four women retrospective, Contemporary Mosaic Gallery, Chicago, IL

2009 Mosaic Art International, Society of American Mosaic Artists Juried Exhibition, Museum of Man, San Diego CA

2008-2011 Various group shows Chicago Mosaic School Gallery including, landscapes exhibition, student exhibition, faculty invitational, and portrait exhibition.

Community Projects

2010-2011 Mosaic Mural for Grace Lutheran Church. Glen Ellyn IL – Design and layout. Tutorial for the Church members who executed the mosaic.

2010 /2011 St. Charles Arts Festival Mosaic booth, St. Charles IL. Advocating and educating the public about mosaics and the future mural for the High school donated by P-ARTS. Partners of the Arts are an organization dedicated to bring more fine art to the St. Charles and the surrounding area.

2011 St Charles East High School, St Charles IL. Riverscape, a 12 foot mosaic mural incorporating sheet glass, donated tile and elements created by the ceramic students at the school.

2012 After School Matters, Working with teens from Lakeview High School, teaching career readiness through designing and creating a collaborative mosaic mural.

Publications

Kansas City Star Magazine KC HOME October, 1989 Glen Ellyn News Artist Helps create Movie Magic July, 2002 Glen Ellyn News Artist Fashions a Colorful Career July, 2006 Mosaic Yearbook 2008 Mosaic Art Now Magazine 2008 Edition Mosaic Yearbook 2009 Mosaic Art Now magazine 2009 Groutline Newsletter, Society of American Mosaic Artists 2009 The Reader, Color Photo on the front page of the gallery section Oct. 2009, 2013 Mosaic Renaissance by Laurel Skye 2009 Mosaic Fine Art Portraits by Pam Givens & Irit Levy 2010 Profitable Glass Quarterly Fine-Art Stained Glass Mosaics-Making the Cut Summer2010

Affiliations and Organizations

Society of American Mosaic Artists International Association of Contemporary Mosaicists Chicago Artist Coalition