Laura Sharp Wilson was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1965. She grew up in New York and New Jersey. She received a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and an MFA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Laura also studied surface textile design at North Carolina State University and served as an apprentice at the Fabric Workshop in Philadelphia. She has exhibited sculpture, installation, painting, and drawing nationally and internationally since 1996. Her design titled “Thread, Strand, Rope, and Yarn,” a 5,000-square-foot terrazzo floor, is part of the public art of the Eccles Theater in downtown Salt Lake City. Currently, Laura’s work considers her great-grandparents Euro-American immigrant generation through the language of textiles, sewing, and garments. She is also in the process of organizing a group exhibition of 30 national artists called “Liten” (which means “small” in Norwegian). The show opens at the Davis Art Center in Bountiful, Utah, in September 2019. Laura lives in Salt Lake City with her husband and son.
Laura Sharp Wilson was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1965. She grew up in New York and New Jersey. She received a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University and an MFA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Laura also studied surface textile design at North Carolina State University and served as an apprentice at the Fabric Workshop in Philadelphia. She has exhibited sculpture, installation, painting, and drawing nationally and internationally since 1996. Her design titled “Thread, Strand, Rope, and Yarn,” a 5,000-square-foot terrazzo floor, is part of the public art of the Eccles Theater in downtown Salt Lake City. Currently, Laura’s work considers her great-grandparents Euro-American immigrant generation through the language of textiles, sewing, and garments. She is also in the process of organizing a group exhibition of 30 national artists called “Liten” (which means “small” in Norwegian). The show opens at the Davis Art Center in Bountiful, Utah, in September 2019. Laura lives in Salt Lake City with her husband and son.