BIO

Originally from O'ahu, Chenta Laury is a Maui-based artist and educator. She has exhibited in shows throughout the country and her work is held in numerous private collections, including the Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, as well as in the Hawai'i State Art Museum in Honolulu. 

Chenta received an undergraduate degree in studio art and art history from Oberlin College, a Masters from Harvard University, and a Certificate in Applied Arts from the Fiber Crafts Studio in Chestnut Ridge, NY.

Awards include: 2021 Diane Chen Koch Weser Award for Collaborative Work at the Hawai’i Craftsmen Statewide Exhibition; Juror’s Choice Award at 2015 “10x10” (Gabriel Anderman and Tim Garcia), Hui No’eau; People’s Choice Award, Runner-Up at 2015 “Schaefer Portrait Challenge”, Schaefer Gallery; Juror’s Choice Award at “Annual Juried Exhibition 2015" (Charles Cohan), Hui No'eau; and People’s Choice Award at "Mālama Wao Akua 2012", Viewpoints Gallery. 

CURRENT & UPCOMING SHOWS

  • Solo Exhibit “Adaptive Frameworks” — Schaefer Int’l Gallery, Maui Arts & Cultural Center, Maui , HI — Sept. 12-Oct. 28th

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Education

  • Kapa Making with Dalani Tanahy & other master practitioners, Maui & O’ahu, HI

  • Fiber Crafts Studio, Certificate in Fiber Arts, Chestnut Ridge, NY

  • Harvard University,  M.Ed, Cambridge, MA

  • Oberlin College, BA, Major: Art History / Studio Art, Minor: Political Science, Oberlin, OH

Group & Solo Exhibitions ­ - Invitational and Juried Group Shows  

  • 2023 “Paper is People: Decolonizing Global Paper Cultures” — Minnesota Center for Book Arts — group show — Minneapolis, MN — April 14th-August 12th, 2023

  • 2022 “Pu’uhonua” — Donkey Mill Art Center — curated artist — Kona, HI — March 12-July 2, 2022

  • 2022 “Spring Forward” — Bernay Fine Art — group show — Great Barrington, MA — April 2-May 8th, 2022

  • 2022 Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Reem Bassous, Hui No'eau, Makawao, HI

  • 2021 “Mixing It Up” — Bernay Fine Art — group show — Great Barrington, MA

  • 2021 The Visible Hand: Hawai’i Craftsmen Statewide Exhibition — curated artist — Honolulu, HI

  • 2020 “Alternative Dimensions”, Bernay Fine Art — group show — Great Barrington, MA

  • 2019 Honolulu Triennial — Honolulu, Hawai’i — March-May, 2019

  • 2018 "Reaching Out", Viewpoints Gallery, Makawao, HI

  • 2018 Contemporary Invitational Show, Viewpoints Gallery, Makawao, HI

  • 2018-2022 Four Seasons Artists Showcase - Artist-in-Residence Program

  • 2017 "Light in the Dark", Sears Peyton Gallery, Chelsea, NY

  • 2017 Celebration of Hawai'i, Viewpoints Gallery, Makawao, HI

  • 2017 Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Duncan Dempster, Hui No'eau, Makawao, HI 

  • 2016 "Accession" - Art in Public Places Collection, Hawai's State Art Museum, Honolulu, HI 

  • 2016 "Uniques", Schaefer International Gallery, Kahului, HI

  • 2016 "Art Maui", Schaefer International Gallery, Kahului, HI

  • 2016 Contemporary Invitational Show, Viewpoints Gallery, Makawao, HI

  • 2016 Celebration of Hawai'i, Viewpoints Gallery, Makawao, HI

  • 2016 "Dreaming of Nature", Honolulu Museum of Art, First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu, HI

  • 2015 “Malama Wao Akua”, Hui No'eau, Makawao, HI

  • 2015 "Art Maui", Schaefer International Gallery, Kahului, HI

  • 2015 "10 by 10", Hui No'eau, Makawao, HI

  • 2015 Contemporary Invitational Show, Viewpoints Gallery, Makawao, HI

  • 2015 Celebration of Hawai'i, Viewpoints Gallery, Makawao, HI

  • 2015 Schaefer Portrait Challenge, Schaefer International Gallery, Kahului, HI

  • 2015 Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Charles Cohan, Hui No'eau, Makawao, HI 

  • 2014 "Relationships and Collaboration", Viewpoints Gallery, Makawao, HI

  • 2014 Celebration of Hawai'i, Viewpoints Gallery, Makawao, HI

  • 2014 Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Wendy Kawabata Hui No'eau, Makawao, HI

  • 2013 "Uniques", Schaefer International Gallery, Kahului, HI

  • 2013 Solo Artist Exhibition, Hui No'eau, Makawao, HI

  • 2013 "Celebration of Hawai'i: Hula New Visions", Viewpoints Gallery, Makawao, HI

  • 2013 Annual Juried Exhibition, Juror: Lauren C. Faulkner, Hui No'eau, Makawao, HI

  • 2012 “Infinite Blue”, Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, HI

  • 2012 “Malama Wao Akua 2012”, Viewpoints Gallery, Makawao, HI

  • 2009 Sears Peyton Gallery, Chelsea, NY

AWARDS

  • 2021 Diane Chen Koch Weser Award for Collaborative Work — Hawai’i Craftsmen Statewide Exhibition

  • 2015 Juror's Choice Award — " 10 by 10, Hui No'eau". Jurors: Gabrielle Anderman & Tim Garcia

  • 2015 Runner up, People's Choice Award — "Schaefer Portrait Challenge"

  • 2015 Juror's Choice Award — "Hui No'eau Annual Juried Exhibition 2015". Juror: Charles Cohan

  • 2012 People’s Choice Award — "Mālama Wao Akua 2012 ", Viewpoints Gallery

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