Laura J. Padgett

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Laura J. Padgett (born 1958) is an American artist, working mainly in photography and film.

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“What I look for now are places that resonate with history, that are, in a way, unmarked landmarks, and to make this history visible and palpable. Because our past is ours forever.“ Laura J. Padgett

Early life and education

Laura J. Padgett was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The artist studied painting at Pratt Institute of Art and Design in Brooklyn, New York from 1976-1980, receiving her BFA in 1980. [1] Since 1981 she has been living in Europe. Padgett went on to study Photography and Film with Peter Kubelka and Herbert Schwöbel at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main, receiving her Master's in Art History from Frankfurt Goethe-Universität in 1994.

Career

Since 1992, the artist has also taught at many higher education institutions in Germany, USA and Jordan, including the Bauhaus-Universität in Weimar, Hochschule für Gestaltung, Offenbach, Paderborn University, Drexel University [2] [3] and the Hochschule-Rhein-Main in Wiesbaden. She is currently teaching Film History and Theory in the Theater, Film and Media Studies Department at the Goethe-University in Frankfurt am Main. In November 2021 she became a member of the German Photographic Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photographie e.V). [4] She lives and works in Frankfurt am Main.

Padgett explores sites of historical and cultural importance through a variety of media, including film, photography, and text. By combining her creative process with research to gather historic knowledge, Padgett makes work that reveals the essence of a place while simultaneously presenting a subjective, contemporary perspective. Her work frequently exposes the tension between the enduring influence of history on the present and our attempts to alter, conceal or forget the past. Since 2018 she is represented by the Gallery-Peter-Sillem. [5] [6]

Since 1991, Laura J. Padgett’s work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions [7] in Germany [8] [9] and throughout Europe. [10] [11] [12] [13] Her photography has also been widely published. The artist's photographs accompany the essays by Peter Zumthor in Thinking Architecture (2006/2010/2012). [14] [15] Between 2010 and 2012 Padgett followed the new construction and renovation of the Städel Museum resulting in the publication Raum über Zeit – Space over Time (2012). [16] During this period of two years she created photographic narratives that capture time as the space in between. [17] A selection of the photographs from the book are now in the collection of the DZ BANK Kunststiftung. [18] Confined Space was published in 2016, showcasing photographs she made in Lebanon during times she spent there from 2011 to 2015. [19] Her first publication with the Galerie-Peter-Sillem, Open Equations, appeared in 2019. [20] Padgett's second solo exhibit with the Galerie-Peter-Sillem, Regenerating Permanence, [21] is also accompanied by a limited edition publication of the same name. The work in this exhibition is a culmination of two years' photographing the Westend Synagogue in Frankfurt am Main. Padgett has recorded the special nature of this sanctuary and its history. Photographs from her series have been acquired by the Jewish Museum Frankfurt and are currently on view in the museum throughout 2024. [22]

Padgett’s films have been screened internationally at venues like the Media City Film Festival, Detroit, [23] Cité Paris, [24] House of World Cultures, Berlin, [25] Pharos Centre for Contemporary Art in Nicosia, [26] the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, Mousonturm [27] in Frankfurt am Main, Cineteca di Bologna, Künstlerhaus Kino in Vienna, Viper Filmfestival in Bern, Kunsthalle Erfurt and at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. In 2017 she received the Marielies-Hess Art Award. [28] In the accompanying exhibition at the Museum Giersch of the Goethe University, she also screened her film SOLITAIRE (2017). [29] A small selection of her films was presented at the San Francisco Cinematheque's CROSSROADS Film Festival, 21. August - 30. September 2020, curated by Steve Polta. [30] [31] In August 2021 her Film "So, tell me about your garden" and a selection of her films from her "From the Garden" series were screened at the Deutsches Filminstitut Filmmuseum as part of the Experimental Film program "Im Garten". [32] 2023 she was a member of the Regional Feature Film Competition Jury of the Lichter Filmfest. [33]

Solo exhibitions (selection)

Bibliography

Awards and scholarships

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