Pratt Institute

Biography

Linda Lauro-Lazin is an artist, curator, lecturer and educator. She has been exhibiting her artwork for more than 30 years in the U.S. and Europe. Her foundation is in painting and photography. Ms. Lauro-Lazin has always been inspired by a wide range of creative disciplines. She has been using digital media in her practice since 1986. Her work has been included in “Art in the Digital Age” an authoritative book on digital artwork by Bruce Wands.

Ms. Lauro-Lazin was awarded the Fulbright Lecturing and Research Award in 1998-1999 in Macedonia (the only Fulbright award in computer graphics in the world). The research was her artistic practice in the form of an interactive, online artistÂ’s book in which she examined and responded to the Balkans during war time. She also helped to develop computer graphics curriculum and lectured at the Fakultet za Likovni Umetnosti.

Among the exhibitions she has curated and organized are “Digital Visions” (1995) at the Muroff Kottler Art Gallery at SUNY Ulster, Stone Ridge. “Threading Time” (2005) and “Computer Animation Festival Concept Artwork” (2005) at SIGGRAPH 2005 in Los Angeles. She co-curated a series of international, multi-site live performances on the Access Grid (2005). She has also served on many international art juries.

Ms Lauro-Lazin has a great passion for sharing her ideas about digital art and art in general. For many years she has lectured and has organized and moderated numerous guest lectures and panel discussions. During one such event in 2006, Ms. Lauro-Lazin was invited to the Tokyo Museum of Contemporary Photography to lecture about Electronic Art with Jasia Reichardt. Ms. Lauro-Lazin is currently an adjunct professor in the Department of Digital Arts at Pratt Institute. She lives in the Hudson Valley with her husband and two sons.