LAURA SOTO
FIXATION : PROCESS : RITUAL
FEBRUARY 8 - MARCH 29, 2025
WEDNESDAY - SATURDAY, 11-6 PM.
OPENING RECEPTION: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8. 5PM-8PM.
silence in the mess
I said yes, dig, destroy,
emerged after time.
I will be back, Earth garden
a way to climb from darkness into this being
we are an essential impulse
persistence planted there
bodies of that humid Eve.
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take the surface with sleep
home needs naming
muses to bring through the barrier of sense
where was spring and moon and dirt
distance found dreams kneeled, listening
taste again some sweat or heat
realm of yearning between time.
remember:
transforming is a sign
Ritual can be re-made
the need to pull ends
~ Laura Soto
This is Laura Soto’s first solo exhibition with The Box, presenting works born of regenerative ecosystems, made between 2016 to 2024.
Working with layered paper, resin, oils, acrylics, plaster and detritus, the various wall shells, tomes, and freestanding subjects absorb pieces of each other lost in their respective techniques of creation. Her process begins from potentially self-destructive anxious habits that have been reformulated into rituals of remembrance and transformation, which she herself thinks of as alchemically transcendent.
Laura Soto’s home and studio is three thousand feet from the Eaton Fire burn zone. We are collectively grateful it was spared from the fires, however it is in a zone of concern for toxic debris. Many members of The Box family and community have been directly affected by the Eaton Fires, losing their homes and possessions.
This exhibition will be a moment of repose to respect our rituals of regeneration.
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Laura Soto (b.1991, San Diego, CA) is a mixed media sculptor living and working in Los Angeles. She has shown at Leiminspace in Chinatown, Los Angeles (This Never Happened, 2015 & Few and Far Between, 2016) and contributed to MAS Attack at the Torrance Art Museum, as well as Through a Glass Darkly at FRIENDS ARTSPACE (Arlington, VA) 2021, and SUBTERRANEA at la Beast gallery in 2024 (Los Angeles). In 2017, Laura exhibited at Galleria Salvatore Lanteri in Milan, Italy (Extra Terrestrial) and, in 2018, her solo exhibition, Flesh and Flood, exhibited with Museum as Retail Space (MaRS) in Los Angeles. Her practice centers mainly on large forms built of fiber that transform under the weight of media amassed. In 2024, The Box presented Laura’s work at Frieze LA.