Laura Sallade
“Re/Presenting,” 36" x 36" , Glass, silver, concrete, steel, cyanotype on cotton
Laura Sallade uses glass, silver, and chemical processes to capture material flux and work into paradoxical understandings of the world. Grounding reality in material, Laura contends with the over filtration and diminishing returns of technological mediation by making work that oscillates between image and object. Giving agency to discarded matter, the artist facilitates its behavior, revealing the accelerating shift of material ecologies. Salvaging and foraging glass from various contexts, she disrupts and conflates consumerist binaries, tracks the lineage of glass, and builds new trajectories. Relying on the entangled and indeterminate qualities of both glass and light, Laura seeks to articulate the ineffable, reaches for that which is beyond our comprehensive grasp, narrowing the gap between the seen and the unseen, material and immaterial.
Laura Sallade
Laura Sallade is an artist living and working in Philadelphia. Sallade earned a Certificate in Sculpture from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 2013 and completed a coordinated Bachelors of Fine Arts at The University of Pennsylvania in 2024. The artist has worked at the intersection of painting and glass, exhibiting in New York, Philadelphia, and beyond, creating large scale multi panel works. Her most recent solo exhibitions include Cairn University (2023) and Massey Klein Gallery (2022), with two-person shows at Works on Paper Gallery (2024) and Werring Contemporary (2025). Notable group exhibitions include the Susquehanna Art Museum, Future Art Fair, and The Woodmere Art Museum. Laura has completed public commissions for Atlantic Aviation Airport, Jefferson Hospital, and The Ritz Carlton, among many others. Recent awards and residencies include The SIM Residency in Iceland, The Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship, and The Nextfab Fellowship.