A California native, Laura came of age in the late 1970’s in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she created crazy quilted clothing and stitched hand embroidered mandalas onto all of her friend’s jeans jackets. She has brought these very traditional techniques into the present day, transforming them into contemporary artworks.
“I love the quick, improvisational nature of working with fabric collage, finding use of the scraps that others throw away, and I am equally in love with the slow meditation involved in hand-stitched embroidery.”
Currently immersed in the world of neuroscience, Laura makes an effort to learn about and represent the brain in all of its wonder. She is a voracious reader and actively engaged in learning about brain health and sharing information on social media. You can find her on Instagram and Twitter @LauraBundesen.
She has participated annually in the Art of Neuroscience show at SfN for the last 3 years and was one of 100 artists creating public works for the Brain Project in Toronto in 2017. This city-wide exhibition benefits Alzheimer’s research, education and care.
When she is not in her studio, Laura works as a Sponsored Research Officer at Mount Holyoke College in Western Massachusetts, helping faculty find funding for their research. And yes, some of them are neuroscientists.