LAURA SCHWAMB is a self-taught visual artist working in oil painting, drawing, oil/wax crayon, neon, and video. Her portraits hover in a charged stillness — alive with color, memory, and presence. Each figure reflects an exploration of the psychology of resilience, where the traces of endurance meet the quiet grace of becoming. Schwamb’s work navigates a delicate balance between tenderness and confrontation, capturing the subtle, haunting energy that lies beneath the surface of being seen. Each work invites a quiet recognition of what endures within us — something human, and alive.

Bio
Her work has been shown at the Jacobson Howard Gallery, New York - Gen Arts Festival, New York - Gale Gates Gallery, Brooklyn - Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn - Creative Time, New York - Rhizome, New York The Tangent Gallery, Detroit - Learning to Love You More, Eindhoven, The Netherlands - The Center for Performance Research, 49B Studios, Bushwick Open Studios - Warehouse 1-10 Gallery, New Mexico.

Initially spending 12 months in Indiana studying Theology, Language, and Fine Art at Taylor University, she transferred to Minneapolis College of Art and Design before transferring again to Detroit’s Center for Creative Studies, where she spent the next three years.

Founder: Project61, P61VMAG and Podcast
Partner and Founder: Human Condition Labs Artist in Research program
Co-Founder: Magnetic Laboratorium New Mexico, Art & Science Residency Program.
Executive Director, Global Design, Tom Ford Beauty

Contact:
lauraschwamb@gmail.com