Steps into the Void, detail, 2020
Laura Domencic is an artist, curator, writer and educator who cultivates creative thinking in individuals and communities. She is the Executive Director of the Erie Art Museum and a lead partner and curator with The Documentary Works, a group that produces photo documentary exhibits on social and environmental justice.
Before her appointment to the Museum, she has worked as an independent arts consultant leading successful fundraising efforts for a variety of institutional and individual clients. She has also directed an artist residency program in Ambialet, France. Previously, Domencic served for 11 years as Director of the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.
Domencic received her MFA from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and her BFA from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
She organized and exhibited An Unpredictable Time & Place at MassMOCA in North Adams, MA., has taught at Gannon University and recently participated in Wildacres Residency in North Carolina.
Education
MFA, Visual Arts, Lesley University, Cambridge, MA
BFA, Concentration in Painting, Drawing and Printmaking, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Selected Exhibitions
2022
Flat File Program, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA
2021
An Unpredictable Time and Place, Lesley University MFA Graduate Exhibition, Mass MOCA, North Adams, MA
Made in New York, Avelan’Arts, Lavelanet, France
GROUP A NOW, juried by Patricia Bellan-Gillen, Spinning Plate Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Transverse: Juried Visual Art Exhibition, Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
2020
Art of the State 2020, juried by State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Three Rivers Arts Festival’s Juried Visual Arts Exhibition, juror’s award, Pittsburgh, PA
The Space Between, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
2019
What Deepest Remains, Group A juried by Hilary D. Gent, Brew House Association, PA
Pittsburgh Group 9, Firebox Art Studios, Carnegie, PA
Group A 75th Anniversary Exhibition, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2018
Group A: Celebrating 75 Years, curated by Vicky A. Clark, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Soul, group exhibit, Panza Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2017
Group A: Small Works, juried by Graham Shearing, Jask Gallery & FrameHouse, Pittsburgh, PA
NOW, Group A exhibition, Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2016
John Riegert, curated by Brett Yasko, SPACE Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2008
In the Making, 250 Years/250 Artists, Fe Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2006
Centennial 100%, Alumni exhibition, Regina Gouger Miller Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, PA
2004
Wish You Were Here III, benefit postcard show, A.I.R. Gallery, Chelsea, NY
Annual Exhibition, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
generations.04, A.I.R. Gallery, Chelsea, NY
2003
Dream Sail, one of four commissioned resolution installations for First Night 2004 in Pittsburgh, PA
Generation Art, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2003 Hoyt Mid-Atlantic Juried Art Exhibition, The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA
balance, recent paintings by Laura Domencic and Grace Summanen, Penn Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Selected Curatorial Projects
2023
Painterly Polaroids, Nicole Reinhd Martin, Erie Art Museum
2022
Eighty-Six Reasons for Asylum Admission, Kimberly Chapman, Erie Art Museum
Chautauqua Artists in Residence 2022, Erie Art Museum Paula Garrick Klein: The Secret Life of Cows, Erie Art Museum
Out Of Many – Stories of Migration, Erie Art Museum*
2021
John Eric Steiner: Future Memories, multimedia installation, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA
An Unpredictable Time & Place, Lesley Art + Design thesis exhibit, Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA
2020
Out Of Many – Stories of Migration, Roberson Museum and Science Center, Binghamton, NY*
2019
Out of Many – Stories of Migration, Chatham University*
What You Take with You, juror, Ceres Gallery, NYC, NY
2018
Out of Many – Stories of Migration, Carlow University, Pittsburgh*
Emigration–Immigration–Migration, co-curator with Brian Cohen, The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA
2017
Out of Many – Stories of Migration, featuring photography by Brian Cohen, Scott Goldsmith, Nate Guirdy, Lynn Johnson, Annie O'Neill. American Jewish Museum, Jewish Community Center, Pittsburgh
Nine Solo & Collaborative Exhibitions, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts*
2016
The New Collective 2016, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
Paintings, Phiris Kathryn Sickels, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
Pittsburgh Filmmakers Faculty Show, Pittsburgh Filmmakers Galleries
surface | material, Ron Copeland, Ryder Henry, Bill Miller, Grace Summanen, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
River, Stream, Tap, Recent Works by Barrie Kaufman, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
Marcellus Shale Documentary Project: An Expanded View, featuring photography by Noah Addis, Nina Berman, Brian Cohen, Lynn Johnson, Scott Goldsmith, Martha Rial, Joe Seamans with graphics by FracTracker Alliance, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts*
Arts in Education, collaborative works from artists' residencies in schools, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Ten Solo Exhibitions, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2015
In The Air: Visualizing what we breathe, featuring photography by Scott Goldsmith, Lynn Johnson, Annie O'Neill and Brian Cohen, Pittsburgh Filmmakers Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA*
Artist of the Year, Dennis Marsico, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Chuck Olson, The Church of Saint-Gilles, Ambialet, France
90 Pittsburgh Neighborhoods by Ron Donoughe, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2013
Master Visual Artists VI, co-curated with Kathleen Zimbicki, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh; Bottleworks Arts Center, Johnstown, PA
2012 - 2016
Marcellus Shale Documentary Project, featuring photography by Noah Addis, Nina Berman, Brian Cohen, Lynn Johnson, Scott Goldsmith and Martha Rial. Pittsburgh Filmmakers Galleries, Pittsburgh, PA*
2011
Pittsburgh Biennial 2011, project manager, Pittsburgh Filmmakers/Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, The Andy Warhol Museum, Carnegie Museum of Art, and Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2010
Paintings and Works on Paper, Maxo Vanka, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2009
Artist of the Year, Tim Kaulen, outdoor sculptures, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Map of Everything, Sheila Klein, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Selections from Pittsburgh Biennial 2008, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
2008
Pittsburgh Biennial 2008, co-curated with George Davis, Pittsburgh Filmmakers/Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2008
Exchange Exhibition - Philadelphia Selections: Career Development Program Fellows from the Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2007
Group Picture, Deanne Dunbar, Blanket Statement, Shawn Quinlan and American Brain, Robert Raczka, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2005
Biennial, co-curated with Hilary Shames, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Master Visual Artists V, co-curated with Kathleen Zimbicki, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
Generation Art 2, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
*co-curated with Brian Cohen