Few artists captured the essence of place and time as vividly and imaginatively as Laura Jangla Audrey (1942-2019), who may be best-known for public art works in Colorado, including: the Bridge of Recycling Fountains, near the Denver Wastewater Management building, which symbolizes the transference of water from one place to the next in an endless cycle of reclamation; the Ft. Collins Foot Bridge, which recreates in steel and bronze feet from famous paintings from art history; Scena Di Direzioni Allegre, at the University of Colorado Music Building in Boulder, which uses musical performance symbols to represent actions by pedestrians and drivers; and Phase Pathway: H2O, at the University of Southern Colorado Chemistry Building, which is both a metaphor for the dynamic nature of education and a literal representation of the transition of H2O from solid to liquid to gas. In South Dakota, Laura created a Hay Galaxy from over 3,000 bales of hay. Laura also worked in wood, acrylics, rotating neon lights, silicon and in bio-engineered structures.
Born in Clarksville, Arkansas, Laura received BFA and MA degrees from the University of Colorado and California State University, respectively. After post-graduate work at the School of Visual Arts in New York, a visiting artist fellowship from the Moroccan government, and two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Malaysia, Laura joined the faculty of Black Hills State College. She later taught at the University of Southern Colorado, the Colorado Institute of Art, and Colorado Community College.
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