Open studios @massmoca.bsky.social tonight. The painting bug bit hard while I was here 🕷️

Anyone else starting 2025 oscillating wildly between unflinching nonfiction and pure escapist fiction?

Studio view this snowy morning @massmoca.bsky.social, endless WIPs to chip away at for open studios next week.

Slowdive @massmoca.bsky.social last night

Saw a great French tapestry exhibition at The Clark institute. Photos really can’t do the work justice. I was struck by the subtle shifts in yarns to become very painterly and true to the original works.

#lauraortman performing in #jeffreygibson “POWER FULL BECAUSE WERE DIFFERENT” @massmoca.bsky.social

If you’re in Philly, please stop by CFEVA feb 6- march 14! I am honored to be included in this small group show by visiting curator, Taylor Bythewood-Porter. I have a few paintings (some with asphalt, yes) and a video sculpture on view & hope you’ll stop by. 👋

I’m a week in to my residency at @massmoca.bsky.social, here’s a view from the studio this morning ☕️

The video projected through the mirrors is mundane—a highway puddle rippling on a windy day. A feminist subversion of the automobile as material, through its dismantling, potentiality is proposed.

Detail images, I salvaged hundreds of automotive mirrors for this piece (and continue to collect them). In my installations I create profoundly sublime moments out of the trash and misfortune of everyday life in the city, offering a transformative potential through the reimagining of refuse.

Thought I’d introduce myself here by sharing some work.

To Trace A Sunbeam
2024, video projection on salvaged automotive mirrors, size variable