Laura Petrovich-Cheney Portfolios

Laura Petrovich-Cheney’s work is a profound assessment of contemporary issues merging with traditional folk art practices, quilting, woodworking and her re-purposed art with environmental issues of climate change. In all of the artist’s recent sculpture, a dialogue exists between environmental and individual concerns. Much of Laura’s work is feminist in nature, incorporating traditional women’s arts such as needlework and quilting, which are then transformed through found and re-purposed materials. Laura’s dedication to her vision has been reflected in several shows, including the 2018 Memory and Material exhibit at the International Quilt Museum and What Remains at the Fuller Craft Museum in 2017. In October 2017 at Brooklyn’s A.I.R. Gallery, Laura examined the political, social, and communal impacts of quilts in her curated exhibit Beyond the Bedcovers, a group show explored how quilting has evolved beyond its cozy functionality.

Laura’s work has been published in several national and international publications including television, books, magazines, podcasts and NPR. Her art has been created in diverse spaces such as the 2013 Arctic Circle Residency in Svalbard, Norway. Laura has been recognized at the state and national level for her achievements, including grants from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Residency and the Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists. In 2017, she was awarded the New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship in Sculpture. In the summer of 2018, Laura completed a three-month residency at the Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston, Massachusetts. Most recently, in the winter of 2019, she finished a New Courtland Fellowship with the Center for Emerging Visual Artists. Her 2020 residency at the National Military Park at Gettysburg, PA has been postponed due to the pandemic.

Laura was born in Philadelphia and raised in Haddonfield, New Jersey. For twenty years, she has lived in Asbury Park, New Jersey. She earned her BA in Fine Arts and English Literature at Dickinson College. Laura also has an MS degree in Fashion Design from Drexel University and an MFA in Studio Arts from Moore College of Art and Design. She has taught in New Jersey public schools for fifteen years as an elementary-level art teacher and at the college level for two years, as well as presenting lectures and workshops to adults. Laura now lives with her husband in Boston, dog and cat.

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Laura Petrovich-Cheney’s work is a profound assessment of contemporary issues merging with traditional folk art practices, quilting, woodworking and her re-purposed art with environmental issues of climate change. In all of the artist’s recent sculpture, a dialogue exists between environmental and individual concerns. Much of Laura’s work is feminist in nature, incorporating traditional women’s arts such as needlework and quilting, which are then transformed through found and re-purposed materials. Laura’s dedication to her vision has been reflected in several shows, including the 2018 Memory and Material exhibit at the International Quilt Museum and What Remains at the Fuller Craft Museum in 2017. In October 2017 at Brooklyn’s A.I.R. Gallery, Laura examined the political, social, and communal impacts of quilts in her curated exhibit Beyond the Bedcovers, a group show explored how quilting has evolved beyond its cozy functionality.

Laura’s work has been published in several national and international publications including television, books, magazines, podcasts and NPR. Her art has been created in diverse spaces such as the 2013 Arctic Circle Residency in Svalbard, Norway. Laura has been recognized at the state and national level for her achievements, including grants from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Residency and the Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists. In 2017, she was awarded the New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship in Sculpture. In the summer of 2018, Laura completed a three-month residency at the Society of Arts and Crafts in Boston, Massachusetts. Most recently, in the winter of 2019, she finished a New Courtland Fellowship with the Center for Emerging Visual Artists. Her 2020 residency at the National Military Park at Gettysburg, PA has been postponed due to the pandemic.

Laura was born in Philadelphia and raised in Haddonfield, New Jersey. For twenty years, she has lived in Asbury Park, New Jersey. She earned her BA in Fine Arts and English Literature at Dickinson College. Laura also has an MS degree in Fashion Design from Drexel University and an MFA in Studio Arts from Moore College of Art and Design. She has taught in New Jersey public schools for fifteen years as an elementary-level art teacher and at the college level for two years, as well as presenting lectures and workshops to adults. Laura now lives with her husband in Boston, dog and cat.