NEW WORK
The Guild Room
June 2, 2023 to July 15, 2023
In NEW WORK, artist Laura Myntti showcases a new body of work based around the canon of landscape. Having lived in many different regions, Myntti has been exposed to a variety of landscapes which affords her a clear way to render and create believable spaces.
Myntti’s paintings are known for their bold, discordant colors and shapes. For decades she made figurative work, in dramatic and romantic images in paint and aquatint etchings. In this early, figurative work she was able to describe things she couldn’t put into words. Some themes from these decades were “The Marriage” series, “The Family” series, the “Women in Love” and the “Piano.” The landscape as subject matter is a fairly recent departure for Myntti, occurring within the last 20 years.
Alaska is one recurring theme in her work, as she spent many years there and her children were born there. The Snake River in Idaho, where she went to University shows up regularly; Northern Minnesota, where they would spend summers; and Salt Lake, where she grew up, are landscapes that continue to inspire her work. The Chippewa Flowage in Northern Wisconsin is her latest landscape. She is at the moment taken with the work of Akseli Gallen-Kallela and Milton Avery, and much of this exhibition is accessing their work through her lens. As Myntti states “the goal of making maximal impact with minimal marks and discordant color is terrifying work.”
NEW WORK
The Guild Room
June 2, 2023 to July 15, 2023
In NEW WORK, artist Laura Myntti showcases a new body of work based around the canon of landscape. Having lived in many different regions, Myntti has been exposed to a variety of landscapes and carries that imagery with her. Having this knowledge affords her a clear way to render and create believable spaces.
Myntti’s paintings are known for their bold, discordant colors and shapes. For decades she was focused on making figurative work, in dramatic and romantic images in paint and aquatint etchings. She also made hundreds of figurative aquatint etchings. In this early, figurative work she was able to describe things she couldn’t put into words. Some themes from these decades were “The Marriage” series, “The Family” series, and the “Women in Love” series, among other subjects that have long fascinated Myntti. The landscape as subject matter is a fairly recent departure for Myntti, occurring within the last 20 years.
Alaska is one recurring theme in her work, as she spent many years there and her children were born there. The Snake River in Idaho, where she went to University; Northern Minnesota, where they would spend summers; and Salt Lake City, where she grew up, are other landscapes that continue to inspire her work. The Chippewa Flowage in Northern Wisconsin is her newest motivation. She is at the moment taken with the work of Milton Avery and has sometimes accessed her work through this lens. As Myntti states “the goal of making maximal impact with minimal marks and discordant color is terrifying work.”
Born in Virginia, Minnesota, Laura Myntti grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, as well as in Moscow and Boise, Idaho. Making art was always something Myntti did, though she never considered a profession of art as a possibility until enrolling in art classes at university. She obtained her BFA from the University of Idaho, and has traveled extensively since then; to Paris for the Sorbonne, and living in Seattle, Anchorage, Boston, London, New York City, and then Chicago for twenty years. Laura got her MFA at Claremont Graduate University and now lives and works out of Madison, Wisconsin.
Her work is in the permanent collection of the New York Public Library and the Anchorage Museum of History and Art. She has had International solo exhibitions in Paris, London, Ljubljana, and at The Nordic Heritage Museum show in Seattle. She has created portraits for the Governor of Alaska’s wife and Harvard’s dean of the Graduate School of Design.
Born in Virginia, Minnesota, Laura Myntti grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, as well as in Moscow and Boise, Idaho. Making art was always something Myntti did, though she never considered a profession of art as a possibility until enrolling in art classes at university. She obtained her BFA from the University of Idaho, and has traveled extensively since then; to Paris for the Sorbonne, and living in Seattle, Anchorage, Boston, London, New York City, and then Chicago for twenty years. Laura got her MFA at Claremont Graduate University and now lives and works out of Madison, Wisconsin.
Her work is in the permanent collection of the New York Public Library and the Anchorage Museum of History and Art. She has had International solo exhibitions in Paris, London, Ljubljana, and at The Nordic Heritage Museum show in Seattle. She has created portraits for the Governor of Alaska’s wife and Harvard’s dean of the Graduate School of Design.
