Selected Exhibitions
2017
UPCOMING: Solo Show, Bay Sotheby's
2016
Winter Open Studios, Norton Factory Studios, Oakland, CA
FIGURE, Gray Loft Gallery, Oakland, CA
East Bay Open Studios, Norton Factory Studios, Oakland, CA
2015
Making a Meal of It, Oakland, CA
Winter Open Studios, Norton Factory Studios, Oakland, CA
Black and White, NTROPIC, San Francisco, CA
East Bay Open Studios, Norton Factory Studios, Oakland, CA
2014
PLUS or MINUS, Oakland, CA
Winter Open Studios, Norton Factory Studios, Oakland, CA
50|50, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
BAYcentric, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
East Bay Open Studios, Norton Factory Studios, Oakland, CA
2013
Winter 2013 Open Studios, Norton Factory Studios, Oakland, CA
Structure, Arc Gallery , San Francisco, CA
From this Angle, San Pablo Art Gallery, San Pablo, CA
Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
East Bay Open Studios, Norton Factory Studios, Oakland, CA
BayVAN 2013 Artist Registry
2012
Faces, Berkeley, CA
Fall National Juried Exhibition, Marin MOCA, Novato, CA
Sketch Tuesdays Featured Artist, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Figures & Faces, Figurehead Gallery, Livermore, CA
East Bay Open Studios, Oakland, CA
INTRODUCTIONS 2012 | California Realists Juried Exhibition, ArtZone 461, San Francisco, CA
BayVAN 2012 Artist Registry
2011
East Bay Open Studios, Oakland, CA
BayVAN 2011 Artist Registry
2010
Realism, Artist-Xchange Gallery, San Francisco, CA
East Bay Open Studios, Oakland, CA
2009
Marginalia: Le Roman Du Lievre, Anchorage, AK
East Bay Open Studios, "Art Bus" selection, Oakland, CA
2008
Seed Corn Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2006
Lara Hoke: Recent Paintings, BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange, Brooklyn, NY
Pittsburgh Alumni: Twenty Artists From Beyond the Rivers, Digging Pitt Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Night of 1000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
Madarts' Fall Show, Brooklyn, NY
Pins and Needles, ASUC Gallery, Berkeley, CA
BWAC Park Slope Open Studio Tour, Brooklyn, NY
2005
Lara Hoke/Dave Mitri, Madarts Studios, Brooklyn, NY
BWAC Park Slope Open Studio Tour, Brooklyn, NY
Lara Hoke, Spoke the Hub, Brooklyn, NY
Madarts' Group Show, Brooklyn, NY
2004
Madarts' Group Show, Brooklyn, NY
2003
Rockefeller University Faculty/Staff Show, New York, NY
Ross Christy/Lara Hoke, The Frame, Pittsburgh, PA
2002
Your Art Now (curator), The Frame, Pittsburgh, PA
Spring Show, Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy
Painting on Paper (curator), Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy
2001
From Art School with Love, The Frame, Pittsburgh, PA
Works on Paper, Ox-Bow Gallery, Saugatuck, MI
Selected Commissions
Illinois Institute of Technology
Carnegie Mellon University
Collections
Illinois Institute of Technology
Carnegie Mellon University
Titia de Lange, Leon Hess Professor, Rockefeller University
Regina Gouger Miller
The Mellon Family
George Shea, Chairman, International Federation of Competitive Eating
Tim Stanard, Senior Associate, The Corcoran Group
Amanda Kavanagh, Founder, Ark Design Studio
Doris Schwartz, Former Assistant Head, Carnegie Mellon School of Art
Mary Krueger and Andres Saavedra, Carmona Design and Events
Howard Gotfryd and Vivian Epstein
Awards and Honors
Samuel Rosenberg Senior Award, Carnegie Mellon (2003)
Fellowship, Ox-Bow Artist Colony (summer 2001)
Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, member
Press and Reviews
Rachel Youens, “Double Visions”, OffOffOff: The Guide to Alternative New York, Winter 2005/2006
Kurt Shaw, "Gallery Rounds Up Pittsburgh Alumni", Pittsburgh Tribune, September 17, 2006
Go NYC Magazine, Editor's Pick, December 2006
Brooklyn Heights Press, November 23, 2006
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, November 23, 2006
Education
Carnegie Mellon University, School of Art, BFA
Carnegie Mellon University Honors
College of Fine Art Honors
Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy
Study Abroad