Sculptor Launa Beuhler’s artwork has been exhibited in venues in New York, San Francisco, Canada, and Europe. Her work has been published in Metropolis, Brooklyn Bridge Magazine, Valentino Fall Catalogue, Vanity Fair, Vogue, The New York Times, San Francisco Examiner, Art International, The New York Art Review, and a documentary entitled Visions: Four New York Artists is included in the archival collection at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. 

Ms. Beuhler has found a symbiotic relationship between positions held in some of the most prestigious organizations in the New York art world and her work as a sculptor. Her first position after graduating with a Master Degree in sculpture from Alfred University was working at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy. The opportunity to work for such a renowned collection has given her invaluable experience in all aspects of collection management, exhibition planning, preparation, and the installation of more than 200 domestic and international exhibitions. She has also worked as a consultant for the Art Commission of the City of New York, and has held the positions of Executive Director at The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Director of Traveling Exhibitions at Aperture Foundation and Director of Exhibitions at Umbrage Editions, and Archivist for The Estate of Inge Morath. Ms. Beuhler's background and experience in exhibitions and collection management has informed her work as a sculptor and given her great insight in her career as a professional artist.

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

Education

1981 to 1982

 Artist in Residence, Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada

1979 to 1981

M.F.A. Sculpture, Alfred University, Alfred, N.Y.

1975 to 1979

B.F.A. Sculpture, University of California at Davis, California

Awards

1981 to 1982

Artist in Residence Grant, Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada

Selected Exhibitions

2012

State of the World: Rootless, New Art Center, 580 8th Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, New York

2009

Biennale Internationale Dell’Arte Contemporanea,Fortezza da Basso, Firenze, Italia

2008

Art Contemporain, Carousel du Lourve, Paris, France

2008

Annual NURTUREart Benefit, James Cohan Gallery, New York, N.Y.

2008

BWAC Open Studios, Red Hook, Brooklyn, N.Y.

2007

NEW '07, the annual NURTUREart Benefit, CUE Art Foundation Chelsea, New York, NY

2005

Emerging Artists International, Brooklyn, N.Y.

2001

Annual Auction and Fundraiser Exhibition, Children Museum of Art, New York, NY

1999

Food for Thought,  New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey

1997

Warehouse, Eighth Floor Gallery, New York, N.Y.

1997

Waters Edge, Tweed Gallery, New York, N.Y.

1996

Rockefeller Center Concourse, New York, N.Y.

1996

Have Art Will Divide, 69 Mercer Street, New York, N.Y.

1996

Open Doors, sponsored by The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, N.Y.

1996

Pier Show IV, 141 Beard Street, Brooklyn, N.Y.

1993

Beyond Tradition,  Contract Design Center,  San Francisco, CA.

1993

Dealer’s Choice, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California

1992

Bay Area Dream House, San Francisco, California

1991

Balancing, Art in General, New York, N.Y.

1990

Metalurges, Ruth Siegal Gallery, New York, N.Y.

1988

Alignment, East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, East Hampton, N.Y.

1987

Solo Exhibition, L. Rastovski Gallery, New York, N.Y.

1986

Luminoso Blue,  L. Rastovski Gallery, New York, N.Y.

1986

Solo Exhibition, Galerie language Plus, Quebec, Canada

1985

Solo Exhibition, Latitude 53 Gallery, Edmonton, Canada

1985

Solo Exhibition, Gallery Exit, Banff, Alberta, Canada

1981

Vocation/Vacation, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Canada

1980

Great Glass and Light, Zoller Gallery, PA.

1980

National Sculpture and Painting, Athens, GA.

1979

L’ Image, Memorial Union Art Gallery, Davis, CA.

1977

Bridge, Satellite Gallery, Long Island City, N.Y. 

Bibliography

2008

The Word on Columbia Street, interview with Jessie Barker
 http://wordoncolumbiastreet.blogspot.com/2008/12/meeting-local-artist-launa-beuhler_14.html

1999

On the Town: Art Review: Food for Thought, by William Zimmer, The New York Times

1998

Surrealist on a Swing, by Scott Bowen, Brooklyn Bridge Magazine, June issue p.p. 34-35

1997

Valentino Fall Catalogue, photographed by Steven Meisel, front and back cover, inside center spread, exits 110 & 174

1997

Vanity Fair, September issue, p. 235 

1997

Vogue magazine, September issue, p. 328

1997

The New York Times, Sunday September 21, 1997, Fashion section

1992

The Inside Story, by Kristine Carber, San Francisco Examiner, p.p. F1-F6.

1992

Dream Weavers, by Zahid Sardar, San Francisco Examiner Image Magazine, p.p. 30-33

1990

New York: Beauty is Dead, by Lewis Kachur, Art International, winter edition, p.p. 62-65

1988

Alignment, by Jennifer Cross, East Hampton Arts, p. 30

1988

Visions: Four New York Artists, a documentary by producer Veronika Herman, aired on WNYC TY 31, Cable Channel 13, and FITCOM-Festival International  in Tarbes, France. 
Visions: Four New York Artists is included in the archival collection at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.

1988

The New York Art Review, by Les Krantz, p.p. 260-261