Laurel Jay Carpenter is a visual art performer, investigating longing and intimacy, while troubling subjectivity, in her durational live works. She has exhibited extensively in New York City and internationally at sites ranging from a castle moat in Germany, a former sanatorium in Poland, a city fountain in Norway, a remote sculpture park in Spain, the energy control room of the National Palace of Culture in Bulgaria, and other art centers and festivals including the 2007 Venice Biennale.

Earlier in her career, Laurel was a member of the Independent Performance Group (IPG: 2004-2007), founded and facilitated by Marina Abramović. She now collaborates frequently with Norwegian artist Terese Longva, US dance artist/researcher Dr. Robert Bingham and German composer/musician Philippe Wozniak.

In 2016, Laurel resigned her tenure as Associate Professor of Art at Alfred University to focus on doctoral research at Northumbria University; she is currently based in the UK.

(photo: Arto Polus, FLARE @Vane, 2017)