You Only Get One Body - Laura Shabott

October 9 , 2025 - January 25, 2026

Curated by David Henry Perry

"You Only Get One Body is a bold and gestural celebration of Provincetown artist Laura Shabott’s relationship to making large-scale figurative expressive works. Laura creates ever-evolving paintings, works on paper, and collages sparked by nature with a deep resonance for the creative life force. Laura's first solo exhibition at the Cape Cod Museum of Art stands out with its innovative use of materials, and facility with monumentality. Sculptures designed for the space hang from the cathedral ceiling and burst from the paintings themselves.”

-Benton Jones Director of Art

Title Sponsor

Jeremiah Kaplan Foundation

in Memory of Ann Kaplan

Additional Support Provided By

Community Equity Grant for Individuals for the Theatrical Performance of

Lee and Tennessee, awarded by the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.​

Read about You Only Get One Body in the Provincetown Independent

Read about You Only Get One Body in Artscope Magazine 

(Nov/Dec 2025 issue)

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Laura Shabott is a graduate of School of Museum of Fine Arts at TUFTS, Boston, with

Photo by Julia Cumes, courtesy of the Fine Arts Work Center

multiple self-directed Returning Residencies at the Fine Arts Work Center (FAWC), Provincetown. She is known for working directly from life using sweeping gestural forms, vibrant color and bold brushwork. In addition to her studio practice, Shabott teaches painting, drawing and collage and lectures about the Cape Cod's and Provincetown's artists at CCMoA, FAWC, and online. 

Represented by Berta Walker Gallery (BWG), her work has been exhibited regionally with solo, juried or invitational shows at Berta Walker Gallery, Provincetown; Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA; Ely Center for Contemporary Arts, New Haven, CT; Four Eleven Gallery, Provincetown; Provincetown Art Association and Museum, (PAAM); Provincetown Monument and Museum (PMPM); Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro.

ABOUT THE CURATOR

Curator/Collector David Henry Perry is an architect who worked for thirty-two years at Cambridge Seven specializing in exhibition installation and design. He says, "Curating is a more personal thing with me. I have to love the art and I have to love the person. The collaboration doesn’t work if those two things aren’t there."

Tulips, 2025, Acrylic, Flashe, Oil on Canvas, 54.50" x 115"

Courtesy of Berta Walker Gallery. Photo by James Zimmerman © Laura Shabott