| 1970 | born in Euclid, Ohio |
| lives and works in Los Angeles | |
| 1992 | B.F.A. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI |
| 1994 | Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME |
| 1994 | M.F.A. California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA |
| 1999 | Art Basel - Statement award |
| 2007 | Laura Owens, Studio Guenzani, Milan Laura Owens: paintings and studies 1994-2006, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht |
| Laura Owens, Ausstellungshalle zeitgenössische Kunst, Münster | |
| 2006 | Laura Owens, Gavin Brown´s Enterprise, New York |
| Laura Owens Sadie Coles Gallery, London | |
| Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin | |
| Laura Owens: paintings and studies 1994-2006, Kunsthalle Zürich, travelling to: | |
| Camden arts centre, London, Ausstellungshalle zeitgenössischer Kunst, Münster, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht (2007). | |
| 2005 | Shiseido Gallery, Japan |
| 2004 | Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami |
| Gavin Brown´s enterprise, New York | |
| Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne | |
| Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA | |
| 2003 | Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL 2004 |
| Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (cat.) | |
| travelled to Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI, | |
| 2002 | The Menil Collection, Sul Ross, Houston |
| 2001 | Gavin Brown`s Enterprise, New York |
| Isabella Steward Gardner Museum, Boston | |
| ACME mit Martin Kersels, Los Angeles | |
| 2000 | Studio Guenzani, Milano |
| Inverleith House, Royal Botanical Garden, Edinburgh | |
| 1999 | Sadie Coles HQ, London |
| Galerie Gisela Capitain, Köln | |
| China Art Objects, Los Angeles, (collaboration with Scott Reeder) | |
| 1998 | ACME, Los Angeles |
| Crown Center Gallery, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago | |
| Studio Guenzani (mit Sharon Lockart), Mailand | |
| Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York | |
| 1997 | Sadie Coles HQ, London |
| 1996 | Studio 246 (with Lisa Anne Auerbach), |
| Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin | |
| Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York | |
| 1995 | Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Santa Monica |
| 2007 | Very abstract and hyper figurative, Thomas Dane Gallery, London on paper, Amerikanische Zeichnung ab 1960, Gesellschaft für Gegenwartskunst e.V., Augsburg Blind Date, Deutsche Bank Kunst und Sakip Sabanci Museum, Istanbul |
| AFFINITIES, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin. | |
| 2006 | Red Eye – L.A. Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, Miami. |
| The Garden Party, Deitch Projects, New York | |
| 2005 Plip, Plip, Plipty!, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles. | |
| Post Modern, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York | |
| Wunschwelten, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt | |
| THINK BLUE, Blum&Poe, Los Angeles | |
| 2004 | The Whitney Biennial Exhibition, New York |
| Galerie Rolf Hengesbach, Köln | |
| The Undiscovered Country, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles | |
| Huts, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland | |
| Never Never Landscape, Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin, curated by Kirsty Bell | |
| Contemporary Painting, Colby College Museum of Art, | |
| Waterville, ME, curated by Alex Katz | |
| Drunk vs. Stoned, curated by the General Store New York | |
| 2003 | Painting Pictures, Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg/D |
| Inaugural Exhibition, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York | |
| 2002 | Painting on the Move, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel/CH |
| Cave painting: Peter Doig, Chris | |
| Ofili and Laura Owens, Santa Monica Museum, Santa Monica, CA | |
| Drawing Now: Eight Propositions, Museum of Modern Art, New York | |
| Urgent Painting, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris | |
| Strolling through an Ancient Shrine and Garden: Group Exhibition of Chines Antiquities an Western Contemporary Art, ACME, Los Angeles | |
| 2001 | American Academy Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York/US |
| Bastard (Son of Hot Sauce), The Law Office, Chicago/US | |
| Locating Drawing, Lawing Gallery, Houston/US | |
| Objective Colour, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT/US | |
| The Mystery of Painting, Sammlung Goetz, München/D | |
| The Beauty of Intimacy, Kunstraum Innsbruck, Innsbruck/A | |
| Painting at the Edge of the World, Walker Art Center, curated by Douglas Fogle, Minneapolis/US | |
| Public Offerings, MOCA, curated by Paul Schimmel, Los Angeles/US | |
| Some Options for Abstraction, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge/Mass | |
| Cal´s Art: Sampling California Painting, University of North Texas at Denton, organised by Diana Block, Denton/US | |
| Accumulations, School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Ohio curated by Martin Ball | |
| 2000 | On Canvas: Contemporary Painting from the Collection, Guggenheim Museum, Guggenheim, curated by J. Fiona Ragheb, New York |
| The Next Wave: New Painting in Southern California, California Center for the Arts, curated by | |
| Noriko Gamblin Encondido, CA/US | |
| Examining Pictures: Exhibiting Paintings, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago/US and UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles | |
| Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, curated by Nancy Doll and Ron Platt, Greensboro/US | |
| Works on Paper from Los Angeles, Studio Guenzani, Mailand/IT | |
| 1999 | Drawn To Nature, George’s, Los Angeles/US |
| Carnegie International 1999/2000, Carnegie Museum Of Art, Pittsburgh/US | |
| New Work: Painting Today, Recent Acquisitions, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco/US | |
| Examining Pictures: Exhibiting Paintings, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London/UK and Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago | |
| Facts & Fictions II, Galleria in Arco, Turin | |
| Malerei, INIT Kunst-Halle, Berlin/D | |
| Standing Still & Walking in Los Angeles, Gagosian Gallery, curated by Terry R. Myers, Los Angeles/US | |
| Works On Paper (And Some Other Things), ACME, Los Angeles/US | |
| Nach-Bild, Kunsthalle Basel, curated by Peter Pakesch, Basel/CH | |
| The Perfect Life: Artifice in LA 1999, Duke University Museum Of Art, Durham, NC/US | |
| Hot Spots, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, curated by Elizabeth Brown, University of North Carolina at Greensboro/US | |
| Local Color, University of La Verne, curated by Virginia Rutledge, La Verne, CA/US | |
| 1998 | Color Fields, Luckman Fine Arts gallery, curated by David Pagel, California State University, Los Angeles/USA |
| Young Americans 2, The Saatchi Gallery, London/UK | |
| Galleria Il Capricorno, Venedig | |
| Exterminating Angel, Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, curated by Joshua Decter, Paris/F | |
| I’m Stil in Love with You, Women’s 20th Century Club, curated by Steven Hull, Los Angeles/US | |
| Paintings Interested in the Ideas of Architecture and Design, Post, Los Angeles | |
| Visions, XXIX Recontres Internationales de la | |
| Photographie, curated by Claudio Guenzani, Arles/F | |
| Studio Guenzani, Milan | |
| 1997 | Sharon Lockhart, Laura Owens, Frances Stark, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica/USA |
| Project Painting, Basilico Fine Arts and Lehmann Maupin, New York/USA | |
| Vertical Painting Show, P.S. 1 Museum, New York/USA | |
| Beret International Gallery, Palace, Chicago/USA | |
| Hot Coffee, Artists Space, New York/USA | |
| The Eagle Rock Show, Eagle Rock Community Cultural Center, Los Angeles/USA | |
| 1996 | Kunstverein, Wunderbar, Hamburg/D |
| Screen, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, curated by Joshua Decter, New York/USA | |
| The Speed of Painting, Pat Hearn Gallery, New York/USA | |
| Mark Foxx Gallery, Studio 246, Los Angeles/USA | |
| 1995 | Painting Show, Regen Projects, Los Angeles/USA |
| Smells Like Vinyl, curated by Thaddeus Strode and | |
| Sarah Seager, New York/USA | |
| Tell Everyone, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York/USA | |
| From L.A. with Love, Galerie Praz Delavallade, Paris/F | |
| 1994 | Thanks Again, Food House, Santa Monica/USA |
| L.A.C.E. Annuale, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, curated by Dave Hickey, Los Angeles/USA | |
| Playfield, Rio Hondo College, curated by Randy Sommer, Rio Hondo | |
| Hot Crop, Claremont College, curated by J. Willette, | |
| Claremont/USA | |
| Gorgeous Politics, Contemporary Arts Collective, curated by Dave Hickey, Las Vegas | |