SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS:
2023:
“2023 LAAA Open Show”, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA.
“Jewish Artists Capturing Sense of Self and Community”, UCLA Hillel Dortort Center, Los Angeles, CA.
“Story Quilts and Poetry”, PHES Gallery, Carlsbad Village, CA.
2022:
“2022 Artist Alliance Biennial”, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA.
”Forced to Flee”, National Exhibition Center, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
”GENERATIONS: Four Generations of Los Angeles Abstract Artists”, Brand Art Center, Glendale, CA.
”2022 Los Angeles Art Association Open Show”, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA.
2021:
“2021 LAAA Open Show”, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA.
“Ceremonial”, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA.
“Vagaries”, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA.
2020:
“Southern California Contemporary Quilts”, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA.
“Refugees International Annual Gala, Washington, DC.
“Forced to Flee”, Daura Gallery at the University of Lynchburg, Lynchburg, VA.
“Indistinct Chatter”, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA.
2019:
United States Embassy in Ghana.
“All Media 2019”, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA.
“Things That Matter”, St. George Art Museum, St. George, Utah.
“Woven Stories”, Lancaster Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA.
“Jumping Boundaries”, solo exhibit, Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA.
“Fresh 2019”, South Bay Contemporary Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
“The Immigrants’ Journey through the Eyes of Quilters”, Mandell JCC, Greater Hartford, CT.
“2019 LAAA Open Show”, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA.
“Forced to Flee”, Center for Textile Arts, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL.
2018:
“Salon des Réalités Nouvelles 2018”, Paris, France.
Matter of Emotion”, Galicia Jewish Museum, Krakow, Poland. Two person show.
“Quilt Visions 2018: Connections”, Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA.
“Things That Matter”, Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA. Chandler Cultural Center/Vision Gallery, Chandler, AZ.
“Dimensions: Juried Exhibition of Fine Craft.”, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, CA. Juror’s Award.
“The Nature of A Stitch”, Sheehan Gallery, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA.
“ART QUILTS: Not Your Grandmother’s Quilts”, Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, CA.
“Trappings”, Gallery 825, LA, CA.
2017:
“SAQA CA and Nevada ART QUILTS: Not Your Grandmother’s Quilts”, California Heritage Museum, Santa Monica, CA.
“South Bay Focus 2017,” Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA.
“Art Quilts XXII: “As Near to the Edge as I Can Go”, Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, AZ.
“Phenomena,” Neutra Institute Museum and Gallery, Silverlake, CA.
“Bread and Salt: The Art of Jewish Food”, Gindi Gallery, Dortort Center for Creativity in the Arts at UCLA Hillel, LA, CA.
“Dimensions of Spirituality: Rosh HaShanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot 2017”, UJA Federation, New York.
“Fresh 2017”, South Bay Contemporary SoLA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
“L.A. Alternating Currents”, Neutra Institute Museum and Gallery, LA, CA.
“Color and Form Run Wild”, Solo Show. National Council of Jewish Women, Los Angeles, CA.
Artist Alliance At The Museum 2018, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, CA.
“Fresh 2017”, South Bay Contemporary SoLA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
”Mod Squad”, Art Share L.A., Los Angeles, CA.
“Open Show”, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA.
2016:
“Stories of Migration: Contemporary Artists Interpret Diaspora”, The Textile Museum at George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
SAQA “Radical Elements”, International Museum of Art and Science (IMAS), McAllen, TX.
“Quilts: A World of Beauty”, International Quilt Association, Houston, TX.
LA Artcore 2nd Annual Online Competition & Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA.
”Radical Elements”, Ruth Funk Center for Textile Arts, Melbourne, Florida.
“By Hand”, Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA.
“California Cool”—Art Auction 2016, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA.
“CA 101 2016”, South Bay Galleria, Redondo Beach, CA.
Solo Show “Material Matters”, LA Artcore Gallery at the Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA.
2015:
SAQA's "Radical Elements: Pushing the Limits", National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
“Pursuing Justice Through Art: 2015, A Multi-Cultural Genocide Exhibition and Symposium”, Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA.
“Expressions in Equality”, Visions Art Museum, San Diego, CA.
Road to California, Ontario, CA.
“Mix ‘Em Up”, Santa Monica Art Studios.
“Jerusalem Biennale: 7,567mi, Jerusalem to Los Angeles”, Hebrew Union College, Los Angeles, CA.
LA Artcore’s 1st Annual Online Competition and Exhibition, Brewery Annex, Los Angeles, CA.
“Diverted Destruction:8”, Loft at Liz’s, Los Angeles, CA.
2014:
“2014 Open Show”, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA.
Solo Exhibit at Leo Baeck Temple, Los Angeles, CA.
“Art Quilts XIX: Permission to Play, Storytelling Art Quilts”, Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, AZ.
“Quilts: A World of Beauty”, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX.
“2014 California Open Exhibition”, TAG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. Received Peter Kempson Memorial Award.
“Threads that Bind: A Cultural Identity”, Academy of Jewish Religion, Los Angeles, CA.
SAQA’s “Radical Elements: Pushing the Limits”, Cafritz Foundation Arts Center, Montgomery College Takoma Park, Silver Springs, Maryland.
"From Her: An Exhibition by Women about Women", Pico House Gallery, El Pueblo Historical Monument, Los Angeles, CA.
“10 By 10”, Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art, I-5 Gallery at the Brewery Art Complex, Los Angeles, CA.
“Aurora”, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA.
2013:
“2013 OpenShow”, Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA.
“Art Quilts Year XVIII: ARTrageous: Art Quilts”, Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, AZ.
SAQA So Cal/Nevada “Creative Inspirations”, Poway Center for Performing Arts, Poway, CA.
“Perspectives—Fantasy and Reality”, Road To California, Ontario Convention Center, CA.
Los Angeles Art Association’s Benefit Auction.
Venice Family Clinic’s Artwalk.
2012:
Los Angeles Art Association 2012 OpenShow: "LAAA's Signature Survey of the Very Best Emerging Contemporary Art for 2012," at Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA. Rebecca Morse, Associate Curator, the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), juror.
Exhibition at MuckerLab, Santa Monica, CA.
“Quilts on the Wall at the Hangar”, Santa Monica Art Studios Hangar Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
“Ten on 25” Pop Up Gallery, Culver City, CA.
“Connectivity: Threads of Community”, Target Gallery, Torpedo Art Factory, Alexandria, VA.
“2012 Topanga Canyon Art Gallery Juried Open Show”, Topanga Canyon, CA.
2011:
“Art Quilts XVI: SOMETHING TO SAY”, Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, AZ.
International Quilt Festival Gallery of Quilt Art: “Good for You 2011 Exhibit”, Houston, TX.
SAQA Southern California/Nevada “Shared Stories: Expressions and Stitched Memories” Exhibit at the Front Porch Gallery, Carlsbad, CA.
Santa Monica Quilt Guild Show--Quilting by the Sea: Focus on Quilts; Viewers’ Choice Award.
International Quilt Association’s “Tactile Architecture” Exhibit at the International Quilt Festival, Long Beach, CA and Cincinnati, OH.
“Artistic Fiber and Quilted Creations” Exhibition, Diamond Valley Arts Council, Esplanade Arts Center, San Jacinto, CA.
SAQA’s juried exhibition “Volusia Wrapped in Fiber”, DeBary, FL.
Road to California Quilt Show, Ontario, CA.
2010:
International Quilt Association’s “Tactile Architecture” Exhibit at the International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX.
American Quilter’s Society, Des Moines, Iowa.
"2010 National Small Art Quilt Works" Exhibition at The Main Street Gallery, Groton, NY.
“West Coast Wonders” exhibit at the International Quilt Festival, Long Beach, CA and Houston, TX.
American Quilter’s Society Quilt Expo, Knoxville, TN.
“Memory’s Touch”, California State University, Channel Islands, CA.
Road to California Quilt Show, Ontario, CA.
2009:
“Stitched”, Desotorow Gallery, Savannah, GA.
“Best of Show”, Art Quilt Tahoe, NV.
Pacific International Quilt Festival, Santa Clara, CA.
"2009 National Small Art Quilt Works" exhibition at The Main Street Gallery, Groton, New York. Awarded Honorable Mention.
International Quilt Association’s “The Silver Screen” Exhibit at the International Quilt Festival, Long Beach, CA. Featured in show program.
"Explorations", Santa Monica Quilt Show, Santa Monica, CA. Best Art Quilt Award.
Focus on Fiber II-Small Quilt Open" at Studio Channel Islands Art Center, Camarillo, CA.
"SAA Squared" Exhibition at Avenue 50 Studio, Highland Park, CA.
“Cutting Edge Fiber Art” Exhibition at the San Luis Obispo Art Center, San Luis Obispo, CA.
PUBLICATIONS AND VIDEOS:
2023: Stitched Journeys with Birds, Martha Sielman, _Schiffer Publisher.
Portfolios 16, 17, 18, 19, 20,21,22, and 23, Studio Art Quilt Associates.
2018: Art Quilts Quarterly, Issue No. 8, 2017, Studio Art Quilts Associates, Inc.
2017: “Moments in Time” - https://vimeo.com/232778298
“Color and Form Run Wild” - https://vimeo.com/232776699
ArtMuzeo Magazine.
2016: “Sandra Lauterbach –Material Matters”, We Choose Art, http://wechooseart.com/sandra-lauterbach/
2016: “Sandra Lauterbach: Sewing Her Art”, Diversions LA, http://diversionsla.com/?p=3240
2015: Machine Quilting Unlimited Magazine, July issue. Expression in Equality exhibit
2013: “Stories We Tell” catalogue, Women’s Caucus for Art.
2013: Art Quilt Maps: Capture a Sense of Place with Fiber Collage, Valerie Goodwin, C&T Publishing, Lafayette, CA.
2009: "Artists in Discussion--History and Process", Avenue 50 Studio, Highland Park, CA.
2008: Design Explorations for the Creative Quilter, Katie Pasquini Masopust, C&T Publishing, Lafayette, CA.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Los Angeles Art Association – Gallery 825
Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art
Studio Art Quilt Associates (Juried Artist Member)
Jewish Artists Initiative
Fiber Fanatics (Founding Member)
International Quilt Association
EDUCATION:
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
UCLA Extension Courses, Los Angeles, CA
Brentwood Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
J.D., University of Southern California Law School, Los Angeles, CA
B.A., Cum Laude, Pomona College, Claremont, CA