Laura Petrovich-Cheney’s work is a thought-provoking exploration of contemporary issues, seamlessly weaving together craft and fine art with environmental concerns surrounding climate change. Her recent sculptures invite a dialogue between individual and environmental matters, inspired by feminism and traditional women’s arts like needlework and quilting. She repurposes discarded remnants of debris for fragments with which to compose her sculptures, seeking signs of personal histories, identity, and humanity.

Laura's unwavering commitment to her vision has earned her several solo shows, such as the 2019 Against the Grain exhibition at Berea College in Kentucky, Memory and Material at the International Quilt Museum, Nebraska in 2018, and What Remains at the Fuller Craft Museum, Massachusetts in 2017. Her latest exhibit, Weathered Shapes, Wooden Quilts, is currently on display at the Boston Children’s Museum.

Laura’s work has been featured in multiple national and international publications, including television, books, magazines, podcasts, and NPR. Her achievements have been recognized with grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, National Park Service, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, and the Clark Hulings Fund for Visual Artists. In 2017, she received the New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship in Sculpture, followed by the Artist Fellowship in Crafts from the Massachusetts Cultural Council in 2021.

Born in Philadelphia and raised in Haddonfield, New Jersey, Laura spent twenty years living in Asbury Park before Hurricane Sandy prompted her move to Marblehead, MA, with her husband and dogs. She holds a BA in Fine Arts and English Literature from Dickinson College, an MS degree in Fashion Design from Drexel University, and an MFA in Studio Arts from Moore College of Art and Design. In addition to teaching part-time elementary-level art, Laura presents lectures and workshops for adults.