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Laura Jean McLaughlin | |
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| Born | December 27, 1965 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Occupation | Ceramic Artist |
Laura Jean McLaughlin (December 27, 1965) is an American ceramic sculptor, print maker, and mosaic artist. Her collaborative mosaics can be found around Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas. She has been awarded several residencies including three from the Kohler Co. in Wisconsin. [1] [2] [3]
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McLaughlin is one of twelve children born to Eileen Welsh and Robert E. McLaughlin in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on December 27, 1965. She grew up in Shaler Township, attending and graduating from Shaler High School. She attended Indiana University of Pennsylvania from 1984–89, where she received her B.S. in Medical Technology and minored in Art, Biology, and Chemistry. She moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina where she worked in a hospital lab until continuing her higher education in August 1992, when she moved to Morgantown, West Virginia and attended West Virginia University College of Creative Arts from 1992–95. There is where she received her M.F.A. in ceramics with a concentration in printmaking and sculpture and earned her K-12 Art Teaching Certification.
McLaughlin has been commissioned to create and install collaborative mosaics in and around Pittsburgh, PA since 2004. [1] [14] [15]
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