b. Baltimore, MD 1984
EDUCATION
2012Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
MFA Hoffberger School of Painting (forthcoming)
2006Brown University, Providence, RI
BA with honors in Visual Arts, BA History of Art & Architecture; Magna cum laude
RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS
2006Fulbright Scholar in Painting, Barcelona, Spain
2005Yale Norfolk Summer Residency, Norfolk, CT
Trinity College, Trinity-in-Barcelona Visual Arts Program, Barcelona, Spain
2004, 07Odd Nerdrum Summer Painting Residency, Stavern, Norway
2001Marie Walsh Sharpe Summer Seminar, Colorado Springs, CO
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2010Space and Its Companions, Warner Gallery, O'Brien Arts Center, St. Andrews School, Middleton, DE
2009Barcelona and Other Doorways, Mason Hall Atrium Gallery, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
2006Intimate Instances, List Art Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
2003Laini Nemett: Recent Paintings, List Art Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
2002Barry and Laini Nemett: Related Works of Father and Daughter, Chung-Cheng Art Gallery, Sun Yat Sen Hall,
St. John's University, Jamaica, NY
2000Parallel and Crooked Tracks, University of Maryland, University College Art Gallery, College Park, MD
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
20116ª Bienal de São Tomé e Principe, Casa das Artes Criaçao Ambiente Utopias (CACAU), São Tomé, Africa
A Jaca dos Americanos, Casa das Artes Criaçao Ambiente Utopias (CACAU), São Tomé, Africa
Fourth National Juried Exhibition, juried by William Bailey, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY
Adam´s Crayons: A Tale of A Few Stories, Stevenson University Gallery, Stevenson, MD
2008Corazón Loco, Espai B, Barcelona, Spain
2004-08Annual Alumni Exhibition, Carver Center for Arts & Technology, Baltimore, MD
2006From Zeros to Heroes, Sarah Doyle Women´s Center, Providence, RI
2006, 04Juried Art Exhibition, Bell Gallery, Providence, RI
2005Honors Art Exhibition, List Art Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
Group Exhibition, Yale Norfolk Art Gallery, Norfolk, CT
2004Laini Nemett, Nisa Zwagel, & Rachel Levinson, Gordon Center for Performing Arts, Owings Mills, MD
MAEF Alumni Exhibition, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
Juried Student Art Exhibition, Hillel Art Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
Summer Show, Galerie Francois et Ses Freres, Baltimore, MD
2003-05Conversations, Traveling Exhibition: Evergreen House, Baltimore, MD, Delaware Center for Contemporary
Art (DCCA), Wilmington, DE, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
2001Marie Walsh Sharpe Summer Exhibition, Packard Hall Gallery Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO
SELECTED HONORS
2007Nominated for Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant
2006Ann Moranis Belsky Prize (top achievement in Visual Arts), Brown Visual Arts Department
2006, 04Minnie Helen Hicks Premium Award for Painting
2005Conway Travel Grant, Brown University; To paint in Rochefort-en-Terre, France
20021st Place in the Coca-Cola Art of Harmony Contest
1st Place Scholarship, Maryland Artist Equity Foundation
National Presidential Scholar in the Arts Semi-Finalist
NFAA ARTS (Arts Recognition and Talent Search) Level 1 winner in Visual Arts: Painting
2001Maryland Distinguished Scholar, Talent in the Arts
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2011-12Program Assistant, Hoffberger School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2011Teaching Assistant, Painting 1, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2011Teaching Assistant, Contemporary Concepts in Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2011Assistant Professor & Program Assistant, Unspoiled Africa: Illustration and Painting in Sao Tome, Africa
2010Teaching Assistant, Painting I, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2009Teaching Assistant, Drawing II, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
LECTURES & VISITING ARTIST ENGAGEMENTS
2011Casa das Artes Criaçao Ambiente e Utopias (CACAU), São Tomé, Africa
2010Brown University, Providence, RI
2009,10Carver Center for Arts & Technology, Baltimore, MD
2007-09Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2008George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
2007-09International School of Painting, Drawing, & Sculpture, Montecastello di Vibio, Umbria, Italy
1st Annual Fulbright Fellow’s Research Symposium, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
2002St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY
2000University of Maryland, College Park, MD
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011Cara Ober, Family Practice, Urbanite, Arts and Culture, March
2010Jenny Glick, Five Up-And-Comers Making Their Mark, The Jewish Times, Arts and Life, March
2009Figures in Space, Painting Exhibition by Laini Nemett, The Mason Gazette, February
2002Sandy Alexander, Students hoping to be one of 20, The Baltimore Sun, February
2001Joseph L. Adolphe, The Ordinary Begets the Mysterious, The Chronicle of Higher Education, December
2000Jared Featherstone, “Color, Media, and Family Mix in Father-Daughter Exhibit.” Gazette (feature article), April
Deborah Walike, “Two’s Company” Jewish Times (feature article), April