CV
Education
2018 Leith School of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
Full time Painting Course, Full Time Drawing Course
2015 – 2017
Individually designed, private instruction through Leith School of Art. A customized long distance learning program between Edinburgh and my home in The Bahamas, specifically designed to teach the fundamentals of painting and to provide guidance on building an art school portfolio.
2014 Leith School of Art
Spirited Bodies: Life Drawing with Matt Storenstein
Human Traces: Colour and Landscapes with Jemma Derbyshire
Painting and Drawing with Val Mclean
1980 Sweet Briar College, Amherst, VA
BA (Hons) Cultural Anthropology and Sociology
Art Projects
2004 - 2012: Co Founder/ Co Chair: The Grand Bahama Heritage Foundation
A Not for Profit organization exploring the island’s cultural history through community and personal art projects:
2008-2009 Question of Faith: The Journey of Freetown
An historical perspective on the founding of the first freed slave settlement on the island of Grand Bahama based on research, documentation and a community fiber art project.
2012 - 2015 Beneath the Hat
An exploration of Bahamian culture through photographs and interviews of Bahamian women, through the metaphor of hats.
In the Press
2022: The Abington Journal
Internationally recognized Artist to Show Works at Waverly Small Works Gallery
2022: The Times Leader
Waverly Small Works Gallery to display Art by Laurie Newman Tuchel
2021: Virginia Center For The Creative Arts
Laurie Tuchel Named 2021 Harry D Forsyth Fellow for the Visual Arts
2020: The Nassau Guardian
Bahamas Haus at Art Ft. Lauderdale
Jodi Minnis, February 22, 2020
2019: Smith and Benjamin’s Bahamian Art and Culture Magazine No. 392
Front Cover: Rest in Peace Dear Child
I Don’t Have the Words, So I Paint
Dionne Benjamin-Smith, October 3, 2019
2018: The National Art Gallery of the Bahamas
“Yin” Calls Forth A New World Of Feminine Transformation: Conjuring Resistance, Hope And Peace.
Ilene Sova, Ada Slaight Chair of Contemporary Drawing and Painting,
Ontario College of Art and Design Work
2018: The Freeport News: Highlighting The Plight Of Women At Art Exhibition,
Abria Cooper, November 8th, 2018
2015: Beneath The Hat, More Than An Exhibition
Jaimie Smith, Nassau Guardian
October 19, 2015
2015: What Lives Beneath The Hat
Alesha Cadet, Nassau Tribune
October 27, 2015
2014: The Bahamas Weekly, Arts and Culture
March 7th, 2014
Beneath the Hat Exhibition Opening at the Central Bank of the Bahamas
2009: History Through Fiber
Thea Rutherford, Nassau Guardian
September 26, 2009
2009: Behind The Scenes- The Historic Journey Of Freetown, Grand Bahama
The Bahamas Weekly
November 10, 2009
Solo Exhibition
2022: A Sense of Place: Waverly Small Works Gallery, Waverly, Pennsylvania
Select Group Exhibitions
2019-2020: Refuge: National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, Nassau Bahamas
2019: Five- Pelican Bay Hotel, Sheldon Saint Gallery, Mathew Wildgoose Gallery, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island
2019: Grand Bahama Pulse – Sheldon Saint Gallery – Freeport, Grand Bahama Island
2019: Charitable Arts Foundation: Fine Art Auction in support of Bahamian Artistic & Cultural Achievement
2018: YIN – Hillside House Gallery – Nassau, Bahamas
2018: Leith School of Art end of year exhibition
2016: Sweet Briar College Alumnae Club – Philadelphia, PA USA
2015: Finding Joy- The Grand Gallery, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island
2014: Transforming Spaces – Collins House, Nassau Bahamas
2014: Nocturnes – The Grand Gallery ,Freeport, Grand Bahama Island
2014: Charitable Arts Foundation Fine Art Auction in support of Bahamian Artistic & Cultural Achievement
Upcoming Exhbitions
2023: One Goat and Three Birds, Gloria Banks Gallery, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas; The Current Gallery, Nassau Bahamas
2023: The Grand Bahama Art Festival, Freeport, Grand Bahama Island
2020: Ft. Lauderdale Fair on the Water, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA
2020: Solo Show, Waverly Small Works Gallery, Waverly, PA USA
2020: Galleria Arriba, Abiquiu, New Mexico, USA
Collections
The Dawn Davies Collection, Nassau, Bahamas
Love & Responsibility 2 - The Dawn Davis Collection of Art