Nancy Staub Laughlin is an accomplished assemblage artist combining pastels and photography on paper. Nancy has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Moore College of Art, in Philadelphia, PA. She has exhibited at Newhouse Gallery, Noho Gallery, Carter Burden Gallery in New York City, and The View Museum in upstate New York. She has been recognized and honored in New Jersey where she had a one person exhibit at the New Jersey State Museum along with being included in the permanent collection. Nancy was also honored by Secretary of State, Nina Mitchell Wells (under Governor Corzine) with a solo exhibit at the State House of New Jersey.
Other prestigious accomplishments have been exhibits at the Noyes Museum, Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters, Bristol/Myers Squibb and Prudential, all in New Jersey. Her work was also honorably included in a select show, Six New Jersey Masters at the Kean University Burger Gallery where she subsequently had a one person exhibit.
Nancy has received critical acclaim and reviews from the New York Times, Titan Publishing, Manhattan Arts, Catamaran Literary and Arts Magazine, Vue Magazine, Sanctuary Magazine, and Gallery/Studio Magazine where she was reviewed by Mary F. Holahan, PHD, Curator of Collections and Exhibitions, Delaware Art Museum. A critical essay about her also apppeared in Artist Journey Magazine: “Illuminating Assemblage,” by Beatrice Cordaro, Italian art historian and curator.
Nancy is represented in many private and public collections and was honored to be chosen to be in the NAWA collection at the Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. She was honored to receive the Miriam Schorr Memorial Award: Works on Paper, National Association of Woman Artists in 2018. She received a Homiens Art Prize, Highly Commendable Award 2025.
Her most memorable highlight was being reviewed by Sam Hunter, Art Critic and Historian of Modern and Contemporary Art who found her work “refreshingly unique.”
Statement
I have created a new concept of assemblage art, working with pastels on paper and photography. These dynamic, layered assemblages transport the viewer to my mesmerizing world of color, light, dimension and beauty from a different perspective. The viewer is immersed in the sheer magnificence of the natural world. These works are the culmination of many carefully executed steps that define my distinctive creative process.