Background
Owens, Laura was born in 1970 in Euclid, Ohio, United States.
Owens, Laura was born in 1970 in Euclid, Ohio, United States.
Owens received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1992. In 1994 she attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and received her Master of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts.
She is best known for large-scale paintings that combine a variety of art historical references and painterly techniques. She lives and works in Los Angeles and, in 2013, turned her studio work space into an exhibition space called 356 South.Mission Road, in collaboration with art dealer, Gavin Brown, and soon after, hosting a second location for the art bookstore Ooga Booga -- the venue has exhibited artists such as Elaine Sturtevant and Alex Katz.