LAURIE YEHIA
laurie.yehia@gmail.com
My current work, in gouache and graphite on wood panels, is an exploration of geometric synchronicities, interconnections and reflectivities. Underlying grids and symmetries of sacred geometries give stability and balance to a kinetic interplay of open space, forms and lines. This work is informed by sacred geometry and related concepts.
Previous bodies of work have focused on the relationship between material objects and the non-material. Switch plates, windows, electric cords, light and other repurposed objects were featured in constructed paintings and installations. Also, large oil paintings with aggregated collaged paper pieces were painted on stretched raw linen.
Laurie Yehia is a visual artist based in Los Angeles, California. Her artwork has been exhibited, recognized with exhibition awards and is held in private and public collections and museums nationally and internationally. She studied painting, drawing, photography and printmaking at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Stanford University, Wesleyan University (Connecticut), the School of Visual Arts (New York) and the Tom Wudl Studio (Los Angeles Arts District.)
Developing another side of herself, Yehia earned a J.D. from the University of Southern California, where she co-authored “A Federal Statutory Scheme: Speculation, Defacement and the Residual Interests of Visual Artists,” published in Entertainment, Publishing and the Arts Handbook (1985). She practiced law with a boutique firm, a Fortune 500 corporation, a small music entertainment marketing company and finally Quantum Leadership Solutions, LLC, which she and her husband founded. During this time, she raised three sons.
A founding co-chair of StudioEleven Artists, she co-curated its exhibits in its formative years. Yehia currently is Vice Chair of the Santa Monica Arts Commission, and serves on its Media Arts Committee and Public Art Committee.
