About Laurie
Laurie Peek, Artist
Laurie Peek is a visual artist committed to transforming loss into beauty through images that speak to the heart and help people heal. She holds an MFA in Photography and has worked as a photo librarian, educator and photojournalist. In recent years she’s returned to her fine-art roots to find meaning in the mundane and to memorialize lost loved ones.
Peek’s personal journey has brought her along an artistic path that began with visually intriguing water and car reflections and, due to the loss of her son, has evolved into a botanical exploration of love, loss and impermanence.
Peek resides with her husband in Tappan, New York where she relishes her garden and the beauty of the Lower Hudson Valley.
Upcoming Exhibitions:
Beyond the Bloom: Botanical Photographs by Hank Gans and Laurie Peek
Mihail Zakin Gallery, The Art School at Old Church, Demarest, NY
Reception: Thursday, Feb. 20, 6-8pm
Peek with “Car Parts,” Opening, Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers, NY
RECENT RECOGNITION:
• Dek Unu Magazine Feature - Feb. 2025 Issue
• “2023 Finalist,” Photolucida’s Critical Mass Top 200
• ”International Garden Photographer of the Year” (#17) for “Portfolio” and “Third Place: Abstract Views,” Cambridge Univ. Botanic Garden, UK
• ”Honorable Mention,Open, Praxis Gallery, Juror: Aline Smithson, Minneapolis, MN
• “Special Recognition” 44th Annual Photography Show, Carriage Barn Art Center, Juror: Marina Chao, New Canaan, CT
• “Visual Artist” Finalist, 2023, Arts Council of Rockland County, NY
• “First Place,” 18th National Photography Competition, Fotofoto Gallery, Juror: Alex Ferrone, Huntington, NY. 2023
• “Curator’s Choice” for “The Artist Intervenes,” Praxis Gallery, Juror Aline Smithson, 2.2023
• Fraction Magazine 12.13.22
• A Photo Editor blog by Jonathan Blaustein 4.22.2022
• LENSCRATCH Profile of “In Lieu of Flowers” by Linda Alterwitz 3.2.2022
• 3rd Place, International Garden Photographer of the Year 2022, Abstract Views, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, UK
• L. A. Photo Curator Top 40 Images for 2020
• Winner of the 2014 Julia Margaret Cameron Awards for Women Photographers for “Cell Phone” and “Nature”
• “Best in Show,” Ridgefield Guild of Artists’ Camera Works 2017
• “Martha Rivers Ingram Excellence in the Arts Award 2017”
Peek varnishing the backs of her In Lieu of Flowers gilded photographs.
Ready for a final coating of varnish.
Video close-up of For Bert
Video Credit: Avenue Custom Framing, Westwood, NJ