Laura Barr earned her BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, a BA in Fine Arts from Tufts University in Medford, MA and has studied at Tyler School of Art in Rome, Italy.
Barr has had work exhibited at New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Kent, CT, Gallery NAGA, Boston, MA, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY, and other galleries in the northeast, including Concord Art Center, Concord, MA, Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT, Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT, the Ely Center of Contemporary Art in New Haven, CT, the Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, University of Connecticut at Avery Point, CT, Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT and The Paul Mellon Art Center, Wallingford, CT. She is affiliated with 3 Walls Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, is a member of Silvermine Galleries, New Canaan, CT, is a member of the New Haven Paint and Clay Club, is an Associate Artist Member, Lyme Art Association, Lyme, CT and is an Elected Member of Connecticut Women Artists.
Barr’s work is in many collections including Yale-New Haven Health Services, New Haven, CT, and The Shapiro Center for Writing, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT. She currently lives and works as a fine artist, by the Thimble Islands, in Branford, Connecticut.