Laura Kurtenbach • Mute

Laura Kurtenbach is an American artist, photographer and educator. Laura has worked in the photography industry professionally for over 20 years and has over a decade of teaching experience in a variety of settings including a professor for the Academy of Art University. Laura is currently based in Portland, OR . “Femme Noir” is a reaction to how our culture represents women, both in my own experiences and especially in the media. This work cannibalizes ideas found in popular media/culture and refocuses them to address feminist issues and concerns. The end result is a photograph, utilizing mixed media- including collage, sculpture and light as a way to create images which can open the conversation about how women are represented and to help support and empower us all.