ARTIST
BIO
Laura Mochales is a multidisciplinary artist and furniture maker working across wood, metal, glass, and enamel. Raised in Santiago, Chile, she creates visual narratives inspired by her Latin American background and Magical Realism. Her practice explores material interplay and the translation of techniques across craft disciplines, creating objects that sit between fine art, design, and functional furniture.
With a background in painting, color remains central to her work. She investigates ways to integrate color into furniture beyond surface application, incorporating stained glass, ceramic elements, and enameled metal inlays into wood and metal bodies.
Mochales holds a BFA from Parsons School of Design and has participated in residencies at Penland, Haystack, Pocosin Arts, Touchstone, and the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship. She has also been invited to teach at Haystack, Peters Valley, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, and Touchstone Center for Crafts.
She currently works between Chile and the United States, exploring material interconnection and contemporary craft.
RESIDENCIES
ARROWMONT SCHOOL OF ARTS
AND CRAFTS
SPRING PENTACULUM 2026HAYSTACK MOUNTAIN SCHOOL
OF CRAFTS
OPEN STUDIO RESIDENCY 2025CENTER FOR FURNITURE
CRAFTSMANSHIP
ENDOWED STUDIO FELLOWSHIP 2025PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFT
WINTER RESIDENCY 2025 Awarded both SessionsTOUCHSTONE CENTER FOR CRAFTS
FALL RESIDENCY 2025POCOSIN ARTS SCHOOL OF CRAFT
SUMMER RESIDENCY 2025EXHIBITIONS
ROMANIAN JEWELRY WEEK
PLUS ONE COLLECTIVEBucharest, Romania 2026
SPIRITUAL NOIR EXHIBITION
EUROPEAN CULTURAL CENTERParis, France 2026
MAKING MATTERS EXHIBITION
PETERS VALLEY SCHOOL OF CRAFTNew Jersey, United States 2026
AWARDS
PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN
DEPARTMENTAL HONORS FOR THE SCHOOL OF CONSTRUCTEDENVIRONMENTS 2023
Awarded to one person from the graduating class.
FUSION ART
INTO THE WILD EXHIBITION 20255th place in the three-dimensional category.