Education
2004 MFA University of California, Berkeley
1995 BS University of California, Davis

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
Boundary of the Interior, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles CA, 2009
Sirens Sing you to Shipwreck, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY, 2008
Choose your Own Adventure, Swarm Gallery, Oakland, CA, 2008
Laura Ball, The Last Lap, Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2008
Laura Ball, Morgan Lehman Gallery, Lakeville, CT, 2007
Wargames (don't try this at home) , Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2006
Laura Ball, Kaviar and Kind, West Hollywood, CA, 2006
Laura Ball and Andrew Schoultz, Morgan Lehman Gallery, NY, 2006
Peter Miller Gallery Project Room, Chicago, IL, 2006
Laura Ball, Water Pistols and Merrilee Challis, Organ Garden, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2005

Selected Group Exhibitions
The Other Side, Roseark, West Hollywood, CA, 2008
The Sum of its Parts, Swarm Gallery, Oakland CA, 2008
Arco Art Fair, Madrid, with Thomas Rehbein Galerie, Cologne, Germany, 2008
Aqua Hotel, Miami Art Fair with Morgan Lehman Gallery, 2007
Red Dot, Miami Art Fair with Swarm Gallery, 2007 
Celebrating Ares, Peter Miller Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2007
Allston Skirt Gallery Group Show curated by Amy Ross, 2007
Through the Rabbit Hole, 21C Museum, Louisville, KY, 2006
flow art fair with Morgan Lehman Gallery, Miami Beach, FL, 2006
Bridge art fair with Peter Miller Gallery, Miami Beach, FL, 2006
Drawing Gifts, The Drawing Center, New York, NY, 2006
Toronto Alternative Art Fair with Morgan Lehman Gallery, Toronto, 2006
Bay Area Group Show, curated by Catherine Saiki, Ego Park, Oakland, CA, 2006
year06, London Art Fair with Bucheon Gallery, London, 2006
Drawn, Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA, 2006
Paperworks, Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2006
Deluge, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2006
fresh stART, Arena 1 Gallery Santa Monica, CA, 2006
Objects of Desire, sixspace, Culver City, CA, 2006
Fantasy, Gallery 10G, New York, NY, 2006
artla, Morgan Lehman Gallery, Los Angeles, 2006
Commission '05, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2005\
Who New?, Group Show, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, 2005
Got Quirk?, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, Juror Susan Gescheidle, 2005
Bay Area Currents 2005, Oakland Art Gallery, Juror Rosamund Felsen, 2005
Face Paint, A Portrait Show, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, 2005
artLA, Bucheon Gallery, Los Angeles, 2005\
UC Berkeley Faculty Show, Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, 2005
74th Crocker-Kingsley, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, Juror Mel Ramos, 2005
Frisbee Miami, Bucheon Gallery, Miami, Florida, 2004
Creature Comfort, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, 2004
Big Deal, SOMArts, San Francisco, 2004
Engage!, Haley Martin Gallery, San Francisco, 2004
Berkeley Art Center Annual Exhibition, Juror Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson, 2004
the opening band, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, 2004
Paper Cuts, Fetterly Gallery, Vallejo, CA, 2004
Go West!, Juror Renny Pritikin, Richmond Art Center, 2004
Compass Points, Berkeley Art Museum, 2004
Prelingual, Curated by Eleanor Harwood, New Image Art, Los Angeles, 2004
Women's Festival, Juror Irene Hofmann, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Orange County Museum of Art, Ebell Club, Long Beach, 2004
Annual MFA Exhibition, b. sakata garo, Sacramento, 2003
Defining Space, Design Museum, UC Davis, 2003
Visual Aid's Big Deal X, SOMArts, San Francisco, 2003
Peninsula Open Studios, Juror Marian Parmenter, Herbst Exhibition Hall, San Francisco, 2003
Search Engine, Curated by London based curators of The Center of Attention Gallery, shown at Spanganga, San Francisco, 2003 
Please Pay Attention, Worth-Ryder Gallery, UC Berkeley, 2002
Pence Gallery Annual Juried Show, Juror Shirley Dubnick, Davis, 2002
Introductions 2001, b. sakata garo, Sacramento, 2001
Interesting. But is it Art?, Juror Noel Korten, The Second City Council, Long Beach, 2001
Davis' First Annual Juried Show, Juror David Hollowell, Pence Gallery, 2001
Annual Christmas Show, b. sakata garo, Sacramento, 2000
Women's Work, Woodland Community College, Woodland, 2000
Annual Juried Competition, The Vacaville Art League, Vacaville, 2000
Group Show, b. sakata garo, Sacramento, 1999
The Art of Fast Food, Edison Community College, Piqua, OH, 1999
Emerging Artists, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, 1998

Bibliography
East Bay Express, November 8, 2006, “The World Domination of Painting (and Drawing), by Jaki Spicer
CenterstageChicago.com, October 30, 2006, “Artists get into games, get into girl power and go glamorous,” by Joanne Hinkel
Chicago Tribune, November 3, 2006, “Small parts, big picture,” by Alan G. Artner
San Francisco Bay Guardian, June 7 2006, “Deluge,” by Katie Kurz
Artweek, Dec 2005/Jan 2006, “Laura Ball at Bucheon Gallery,”by Amber Whiteside
Art in America, January 2006, “Report from San Francisco II,” by Stephanie Cash
New American Paintings, Vol. 61, December 2005 (cover)
Artweek, July/August 2005, “' Bay Area Currents' at the Oakland Art Gallery”, review by Lindsey Westbrook
Artist interview with Anna L. Conti at www.bigcrow.com/anna/journal/interviews.html
The Davis Enterprise, Thursday, March 3, 2005, "Yolo County artists win coveted spots in regional show," by Sue Munich
“What I Value in Art and Why,” Teresa Roberts (unpublished)
Kalliope, A Journal of Women's Literature & Art, Vol. 25, no. 2, Fall 2003
San Francisco Chronicle, April 11, 2003, “A truly minimalist art show, by Kenneth Baker
Book cover image for the novel Boxes of Years by Katrina Prado
Calyx, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women, vol 20 n 3, Summer 2002, Cover
The Vacaville Reporter, April 12, 2002, "Juried show marked by diversity, by Dana Costello
The Sacramento Bee, July 22 2001, "Newcomers shine in summer shows...," by Victoria Dalkey
Sacramento News & Review, July 12, 2001, "Mao exhibitor," by Douglas Slayton
Sacramento News & Review, July 5, 2001, "Three's Company," by Jackson Griffith
The Davis Enterprise, Tuesday, April 17, 2001, "Landmark show at Pence,” by Paul Dorn

Awards and Grants
Ludwig Vogelstein Grant
Eisner Prize for Achievement in the Creative Arts, UC Berkeley
Department of Art Practice tuition grant, UC Berkeley

Collection
Beck, Los Angeles, CA
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Irving Blum, Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY
Robert Callaway, San Francisco, CA
Stephen Cohen, Los Angeles, CA
Beth Rudin Dewoody, New York, NY
Michael and Sirje Gold, Los Angeles, CA
JP Morgan Chase New York, NY
David Keihl, New York, NY
Alix Madigan, Los Angeles, CA
Sabina Ott, Chicago, IL
Parker Posey, New York, NY
Kathy Azarmi Rose, Beverly Hills, CA
Sunrise Ruffalo, Los Angeles, CA
Howard Tullman, Chicago, IL
Naomi Watts, Hollywood, CA
Michelle Williams, Hollywood, CA
Steve Wilson, 21C Museum, Louisville, KY