Laura Shabott
Laura Shabott, Provincetown, Massachusetts
Solo
2025 You Only Get One Body, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
2025 Figuratively Speaking, Great Pond Gallery, Wellfleet, MA
2024 I am Here, Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2023 Artist and Model, Berta Walker Gallery
2022 Fresh Look, Berta Walker Gallery
2020 Spring, the Gallery @ WHAT, Wellfleet, MA
2019 The Figure as Muse, Four Eleven Gallery, Provincetown
2018 Returning, Four Eleven Gallery
Selected Group/Jury
2025 The Light Between Us: Women’s Group Show, Provincetown Commons
2025 Our Sunshine, Berta Walker Gallery
2025 Drawn to the Figure, curated by Kevin Rita, Castle Hill Truro Center for the Arts
2025 Springing Forward Outer Cape Art Collective, Berta Walker Gallery
2024 Prompted! Outer Cape Art Collective, Provincetown Commons
2024 Group Show, Four Eleven Gallery
2024 Mary’s Choice: Juried Show, Mary Heaton Vorse House, Provincetown, MA
2024 The Legacy of Forum 49: Juried Members’ Show, Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum( PMPM), Provincetown, MA
2024 Sketchy, Juried Art Exhibition, Cape Cod Museum of Art (CCMoA) Dennis, MA
2023 Facetime, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA
2023 In Tandem, Juried Art Exhibition, CCMoA
2023 PMPM + PAAM Members’ Juried Art Exhibition, Provincetown, MA
2023 RED, Berta Walker Gallery
2023 Recent Gifts to the Permanent Collection: Part III, Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM), Provincetown, MA
2022 Castle Hill 50th Anniversary, PAAM
2022 Castle Hill Connections, Berta Walker Gallery
2021 Second Landings, Berta Walker Gallery
2021 Insight, juried by Grace Hopkins, CCMoA
2020 New Landings, Berta Walker Gallery
2020 Alone Together: Laura Shabott, Alana Barrett and Students, Castle Hill
2020 Witchy, Ely Center for Contemporary Arts, New Haven, CT
2020 Connectivity, PAAM
2019/18 Members Juried Show, PAAM
2019 Inaugural Show: Provincetown Commons, Provincetown, MA
2018 Members Juried: Light in a Dark Season, CCMoA
2018 Nudes, Nudes, Nudes, Cotuit Center for the Arts
2016 Women Choosing Women, Berta Walker Gallery
Residencies/Grants
2023 Inaugural Capacity Building Grant, Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, Hyannis, MA
2016-25 Returning Residency/Summer Projects , Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
Education
2016-17 Summer Program, Fine Arts Works Center (FAWC)
1992-95 Studio Diploma, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at TUFTS, Boston, MA
Publications
Abraham Storer, Laura Shabott’s Body Language, The Provincetown Independent,
October 25, 2025, Vol.7, No. 317, pp. C1-2
Susan Rand Brown, You Only Get One Body: A Conversation with Laura Shabott,
Provincetown Arts Magazine, 2025, 40th Anniversary Issue, pp. 84-86
Susan Rand Brown, Arts Briefs: Figuratively Speaking with Laura Shabott, The Provincetown Independent, March 6, 2025, Vol.6, No. 284, p. C10
Steve Desroches, The Abstract Expression of Memory, Provincetown Magazine,
September 12-18, 2024, Volume 47.22, p. 40-41
Kathi Scrizzi Driscoll, Creating the Future from the Past, The Provincetown Independent, September 11, 2024,
Mann-Shafir, Sophie, Bridging a Generational Divide, The Provincetown Independent September 29, 2022, Vol.3, No. 154, pg. C-1
Saskia Maxwell Keller, Shabott finds Virtual Inspiration for her Paintings, The Provincetown Independent, Thursday, July 23, 2020, B-2
Susan Rand Brown, Laura Shabott Comes Home to Painting, Provincetown Banner, v. 24 # 35 August 30th, 2018, Provincetown Banner, p. B3
Stephen Desroches, The Town of Yes, Provincetown Magazine, v. 41 issue 20, Aug. 30 – Sept. 5, 2018, pp. 48-50
Emily Mergel, A Bold Artistic Voice: [Artist] at Four Eleven, Emily Mergel, Artscope, Sept./Oct. 2018, pp. 27-29
Educator (Drawing, Painting, Art History, Professional Development)
2025 Faculty, FAWC Online, Fine Arts Work Center
2024 Coach, Capacity Building Program, Arts Foundation of Cape Cod
2020-23 Co-Founder www.shabottbarrett.com – Online Art Courses/PROMPT
2018-26 Cape Cod Museum of Art
2015-26 Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM)
Group/Jury
2024 Juried Members’ Show, Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM), Provincetown, MA
2024 Sketchy, Juried Art Exhibition, Cape Cod Museum of Art (CCMoA) Dennis, MA
2023 Prompted!, The Commons, Provincetown, MA
2023 In Tandem, Juried Art Exhibition, CCMoA, Dennis, MA
2023 About Face, Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA
2023 PMPM + PAAM Members’ Juried Art Exhibition, Provincetown, MA
2023 RED, Berta Walker Gallery
2023 Recent Gifts to the Permanent Collection: Part III, PAAM, Provincetown, MA
2022 Castle Hill 50th Anniversary Exhibition, PAAM, Provincetown, MA
2022 Castle Hill Connections Invitational, Berta Walker Gallery
2022 Members’ Group Show, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA
2021 Second Landings, Berta Walker Gallery
2021 Insight Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
2020 New Landings, Berta Walker Gallery
2020 Muse, Art Fluent, Online
2020 Alone Together: Laura Shabott, Alana Barrett and Students, Truro Center for the Arts
2020 Witchy Ely Center for Contemporary Arts, New Haven, CT
2020 Connectivity Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM), Provincetown, MA
2019 Deck the Walls Juried Show, Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, Hyannis, MA
2019 Members Juried Show, PAAM
2019 Water: Members’ Show, Castle Hill
2019 Inaugural Show: Provincetown Commons, Provincetown, MA
2018 Members Juried: Light in a Dark Season, Cape Cod Museum of Art
2018 Fall Invitational Cross Rip Gallery, Harwichport, MA
2018 Nudes, Nudes, Nudes Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cotuit, MA
2018 Members Juried Show PAAM
2016 Women Choosing Women Berta Walker Gallery
Publications
(by invitation) Editors, The Divine Comedy: Art and Photography for a New Year, Provincetown Independent, Dec. 30, 2021, Vol.3, No. 18, C-10
Rebecca M. Alvin, Trio of Shows at Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown Magazine May 20, 2023,
Maxwell Keller, Saskia, An Accidental Collage in New Colors: Cabin Fever Cure #3, Provincetown Independent February 18, 2021, Vol.2, No. 73 pg. A-14
Maxwell Keller, Saskia, {Artist} finds Virtual Inspiration for her Paintings Provincetown Independent, Thursday, July 23, 2020, B-2
Rand Brown, Susan [Artist] Comes Home to Painting, Provincetown Banner, v. 24 # 35 August 30th, 2018, Provincetown Banner, p. B3
Stephen Desroches, The Town of Yes, Provincetown Magazine, v. 41 issue 20, Aug. 30 – Sept. 5, 2018 pp. 48-50
Emily Mergel, A Bold Artistic Voice: [Artist] at Four Eleven,” Emily Mergel, Artscope, Sept./Oct. 2018, pp. 27-29
Education
1995 Studio Art Diploma, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston at TUFTS, Boston, MA
Residencies
2021, 2023 Summer Projects Fine Arts Work Center (FAWC), Provincetown, MA
2017-2023 Returning Residency Fine Arts Work Center