Laura Rendlen
Cell: 630-291-0083
E-mail: laura.rendlen@gmail.com
Employment
Mosaic Workshop – Building a Landscape with Color and Texture.
Tacoma WA, Washington DC, Austin and Houston TX
2010-Present Society of American Mosaic Artists - Vendor Market Director –
Coordinating National and International Vendors during the annual Mosaic
Conference. Chicago IL, Austin TX, Lexington KY, Tacoma WA
2009- 2012
Chicago Mosaic School – Instructor – Basic and Introductory mosaics courses and
Community projects
2004-Present Laura Rendlen Fine Mosaics - Self-employed, Commissioned custom interior
Mosaics, fine art mosaics. Chicago IL
1997-Present Laura Rendlen Fine Decorative Arts -Self employed, Custom Painting
residential and commercial including murals, scenery, faux finishes and
Trompe l’oeil. Chicago IL
1997- 2007
Oakbrook Academy of Music and Art - Set Painter for musicals and plays.
1997-2006
Scenic workshops with Children. - Productions for Oakbrook Academy Summer
workshops, Elmhurst Children’s Theater, Glen Crest Middle School.
1984-1997
Goldblatt /Rendlen Fine Decorative Arts - Partner in custom painting business,
commercial and residential including murals, Television, film sets, window
dressing, faux finishes, trompe l’oeil. Kansas City MO, Mission Hills KS, Chicago
2013 -2014
Education
1978-1982
2007
2008
2008
2008
2008
2009
2009
2010
2010-11
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City MO
Sotheby’s 19th and 20th Century Decorative Arts, London England
Matteo Randi”s Hammer and Hardy Workshop - SAMA Convention Mesa Arizona
Gary Driscoll’s Indirect Method Workshop, SAMA Convention Mesa Arizona
Matteo Randi’s Hammer and Hardy Workshop - Assistant, SAMA Convention
Kim Emerson’s Cracking the Code, workshop on creating mosaics for public
works, SAMA Convention, Miami FL
Ilana Shafir Spontaneous Mosaics Workshop, Chicago Mosaic School, Chicago IL
Sculptural Forms for Mosaics with Sherri Warner-Hunter, Chicago Mosaic School
Ravenna Style– byzantine method with Matteo Randi
Listening to the Rocks with Bill Buckingham and Sophie Druin, Chicago Mosaic
Smalti's Next Level: B Cuts with Sue Giannotti
Pebble Mosaics with Gwyn Kaitis- Chicago Mosaic School Chicago IL
Tilemaking for Mosaics with Karen Ami, Chicago Mosaic School, Chicago IL
Certification to Teach Mosaics, Chicago Mosaic School, Chicago IL
Concrete Carving, Elder Jones, Wit’s End Mosaics Pulaski Wisconsin
Mosaic Drawing, Byzantine mosaics, Ravenna Method, Textures Workshops,Undulation
Workshop, Matteo Randi, Chicago Mosaic School. Chicago IL
Exhibitions
2014
2014
2013
2012
2010-12
2010
2009
2009
2008-2011
Mosaic Arts International, Williams Tower, Houston TX
Ross Contemporary Gallery
Solo Exhibition, Dene Gallery, Geneva IL
Transitions- Ciel Gallery, Charlotte, NC
ArtPrize, Grand Rapids MI
Jurors Choice Award, Mosaics Art International, Lexington Art Center and Museum,
Lexington KY
Contemporary Mosaic Gallery, Smith Museum of Stained Glass, Chicago IL
Mosaic Art International, Society of American Mosaic Artists, Navy Pier, Chicago IL
Reveal- Four women retrospective, Contemporary Mosaic Gallery, Chicago, IL
Mosaic Art International, Society of American Mosaic Artists Juried Exhibition,
Museum of Man, San Diego CA
Various group shows Chicago Mosaic School Gallery including, landscapes exhibition,
student exhibition, faculty invitational, and portrait exhibition.
Community Projects
2010-2011
2010 /2011
2011
2012
Mosaic Mural for Grace Lutheran Church. Glen Ellyn IL – Design and layout. Tutorial
for the Church members who executed the mosaic.
St. Charles Arts Festival Mosaic booth, St. Charles IL. Advocating and educating the
public about mosaics and the future mural for the High school donated by P-ARTS.
Partners of the Arts are an organization dedicated to bring more fine art to the St. Charles
and the surrounding area.
St Charles East High School, St Charles IL. Riverscape, a 12 foot mosaic mural
incorporating sheet glass, donated tile and elements created by the ceramic students at the
school.
After School Matters, Working with teens from Lakeview High School, teaching
career readiness through designing and creating a collaborative mosaic mural.
Publications
Kansas City Star Magazine KC HOME October, 1989
Glen Ellyn News Artist Helps create Movie Magic July, 2002
Glen Ellyn News Artist Fashions a Colorful Career July, 2006
Mosaic Yearbook 2008
Mosaic Art Now Magazine 2008 Edition
Mosaic Yearbook 2009
Mosaic Art Now magazine 2009
Groutline Newsletter, Society of American Mosaic Artists 2009
The Reader, Color Photo on the front page of the gallery section Oct. 2009, 2013
Mosaic Renaissance by Laurel Skye 2009
Mosaic Fine Art Portraits by Pam Givens & Irit Levy 2010
Profitable Glass Quarterly Fine-Art Stained Glass Mosaics-Making the Cut Summer2010
Affiliations and Organizations
Society of American Mosaic Artists
International Association of Contemporary Mosaicists
Chicago Artist Coalition