Solo Show: The Shimmering Self

October 11- November 15, 2025

In one way or another my work is always about embodiment – of mood, of connection to others, of the gestures of body language, as well as my own gestures as I move paint across a surface. I want the viewer to resonate with the sensations of flow and expansion that the brushstrokes convey, to participate in my pleasure in the act of making. I’m interested in what it feels like to be a human in a body - the joy of its pleasures and the sorrow of its many losses.

Some moments are carefully observed; others cut loose with ferocious energy. Sometimes we are still, sometimes moving. We focus on certain things and sweep over others. I’m conveying the constant flux that expresses flowing states of consciousness.

For the past decade or so the work has been about what it feels like to be a woman – our interiority as well as our experience of connection. As I probe the psychological themes of female friendship, self-relationship, and the body as a wellspring of joy and depth I feel a deeper appreciation of my own femininity.

— Laura Malone, 2025

Exhibition Details:

Location:
Mercury Twenty Gallery, 475 25th Street, Oakland, CA

Exhibition Duration:
October 10th- November 15th, 2025

Oakland Style Week Tour:
October 11th, 11:30 AM

Artist Reception:
October 18th, 3-5 PM

Artist Talks and Dance Workshop
November 15th, 2-3:30 PM

For more information, please visit mercurytwenty.com
or contact Laura Malone at 510.910.1472