LAUNA BEUHLER STUDIO in the news.

My studio was selected to be featured on Lifetime Channel’s long running TV show The Balancing Act hosted by Montel Williams. The studio was chosen as a top spot for art that engages and inspires, and was highlighted on a segment of the show’s local New York City edition, Lifetime network that premiered on channel 18 (Bravo) at 11:00 AM June 10, 2023.The link can be shared with your contacts and online.

BIO

Sculptor Launa Beuhler’s artwork has been exhibited in venues in New York, San Francisco, Canada, and Europe. Her work has been published in Metropolis, Brooklyn Bridge Magazine, Valentino Fall Catalogue, Vanity Fair, Vogue, The New York Times, San Francisco Examiner, Art International, The New York Art Review, and a documentary entitled Visions: Four New York Artists is included in the archival collection at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.

Ms. Beuhler has found a symbiotic relationship between positions held in some of the most prestigious organizations in the New York art world and her work as a sculptor. Her first position after graduating with a Master Degree in sculpture from Alfred University was working at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City, and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy. The opportunity to work for such a renowned collection has given her invaluable experience in all aspects of collection management, exhibition planning, preparation, and the installation of more than 200 domestic and international exhibitions. She has also worked as a consultant for the Art Commission of the City of New York, and has held the positions of Executive Director at The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Director of Traveling Exhibitions at Aperture Foundation and Director of Exhibitions at Umbrage Editions, and Archivist for The Estate of Inge Morath. Ms. Beuhler’s background and experience in exhibitions and collection management has informed her work as a sculptor and given her great insight in her career as a professional artist.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • 1981 to 1982 Artist in Residence, Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada
  • 1979 to 1981 M.F.A. Sculpture, Alfred University, Alfred, N.Y.
  • 1975 to 1979 B.F.A. Sculpture, University of California at Davis, California

Awards

  • 1981 to 1982 Artist in Residence Grant, Banff Center for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada

Selected Exhibitions

  • 2012 State of the World: Rootless, New Art Center, 580 8th Avenue, 5th Floor, New York, New York
  • 2009 Biennale Internationale Dell’Arte Contemporanea,Fortezza da Basso, Firenze, Italia
  • 2008 Art Contemporain, Carousel du Lourve, Paris, France
  • 2008 Annual NURTUREart Benefit, James Cohan Gallery, New York, N.Y.
  • 2008 BWAC Open Studios, Red Hook, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • 2007 NEW ’07, the annual NURTUREart Benefit, CUE Art Foundation Chelsea, New York, NY
  • 2005 Emerging Artists International, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • 2001 Annual Auction and Fundraiser Exhibition, Children Museum of Art, New York, NY
  • 1999 Food for Thought, New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey
  • 1997 Warehouse, Eighth Floor Gallery, New York, N.Y.
  • 1997 Waters Edge, Tweed Gallery, New York, N.Y.
  • 1996 Open Doors, sponsored by The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • 1996 Pier Show IV, 141 Beard Street, Brooklyn, N.Y.
  • 1996 Rockefeller Center Concourse, New York, N.Y.
  • 1996 Have Art Will Divide, 69 Mercer Street, New York, N.Y.
  • 1993 Beyond Tradition, Contract Design Center, San Francisco, CA.
  • 1993 Dealer’s Choice, Dorothy Weiss Gallery, San Francisco, California
  • 1992 Bay Area Dream House, San Francisco, California
  • 1991 Balancing, Art in General, New York, N.Y.
  • 1990 Metalurges, Ruth Siegal Gallery, New York, N.Y.
  • 1988 Alignment, East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, East Hampton, N.Y.
  • 1987 Solo Exhibition, L. Rastovski Gallery, New York, N.Y.
  • 1986 Luminoso Blue, L. Rastovski Gallery, New York, N.Y.
  • 1986 Solo Exhibition, Galerie language Plus, Quebec, Canada
  • 1986 Solo Exhibition, Latitude 53 Gallery, Edmonton, Canada
  • 1985 Solo Exhibition, Gallery Exit, Banff, Alberta, Canada
  • 1981 Vocation/Vacation, Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Canada
  • 1980 Great Glass and Light, Zoller Gallery, PA.
  • 1980 National Sculpture and Painting, Athens, GA.
  • 1979 L’ Image, Memorial Union Art Gallery, Davis, CA.
  • 1977 Bridge, Satellite Gallery, Long Island City, N.Y.

Bibliography

  • 2008 The Word on Columbia Street, interview with Jessie Barker
  • 1999 On the Town: Art Review: Food for Thought, by William Zimmer, The New York Times
  • 1998 Surrealist on a Swing, by Scott Bowen, Brooklyn Bridge Magazine, June issue p.p. 34-35
  • 1997 Valentino Fall Cat alogue, photographed by Steven Meisel, front and back cover, inside center spread, exits 110 & 174
  • 1997 Vanity Fair, September issue, p. 235 
  • 1997 Vogue magazine, September issue,p. 328
  • 1992 The New York Times, Sunday September 21, 1997, Fashion section
  • 1992 The Inside Story, by Kristine Carber, San Francisco Examiner, p.p. F1-F6.
  • 1990 Dream Weavers, by Zahid Sardar, San Francisco Examiner Image Magazine, p.p. 30-33
  • 1988 New York: Beauty is Dead, by Lewis Kachur, Art International, winter edition, p.p. 62-65
  • 1988 Alignment, by Jennifer Cross, East Hampton Arts, p. 30
  • 1988 Visions: Four New York Artists, a documentary by producer Veronika Herman, aired on WNYC TY 31, Cable Channel 13, and FITCOM-Festival International  in Tarbes, France. 
  • 1988 Visions: Four New York Artists is included in the archival collection at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C
  • 1988 The New York Art Review, by Les Krantz, p.p. 260-261