2006

‘Gallery Artists,’ Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio.
‘Art and Artifice,’ Curated by Annegreth Nill (Chief Curator, Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale FL), Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio.

2005

‘Made in Ohio/Diverse Sources,’ The Riffe Gallery, Curated by Annegreth Nill, Columbus, Ohio.
‘The Elusive Landscape’,Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York, New York.

2004

‘Holiday Show 2004,’ Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio.
Ohio Art League Fall Juried Show, Juror: Elizabeth Thomas, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio.
‘Ohio Art League Spring Juried Show, Juror:Ingrid Shaffner, Senior Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, Ohio.
‘Springtime,’ Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio.

2003

‘Fresh Faces’ Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, Ohio.
Ohio Art League Spring Juried Show, Acock Building, Juror: Peter Madden, Columbus, Ohio.

2002

Art Access, Columbus, Ohio

2001

‘Rose I: Dresdner Sezession 89 und Gaeste,’ Galerie Drei, Dresden, Germany
The Object Considered: Contemporary Still Life in Ohio, Illinois, and Indiana’, traveling show originated by the Columbus College of Art & Design, traveled to the Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, Ohio; and the South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana. Curated by Anita Dawson (CCAD) and Nanette Maciejeunes (Columbus Museum of Art), Columbus, Ohio.

2000

Ohio Art League Fall Juried Show, Columbus Museum of Art, Juror: David Reed, Columbus, Ohio.
Ohio Art League Spring Juried Show, Roy G. Biv Gallery, Juror: Joel Leib,Columbus, Ohio.

1999

‘Small Works Many People,’ ACME Art Company, Columbus, Ohio.
‘Twice Touched,’ Roy G. Biv Gallery, Juror: Mary Gray, Columbus, Ohio.
Dresden-Columbus Artistic Partnerships 1994-1999,Upper Arlington Municipal Building Concourse Gallery, Upper Arlington, Ohio.

1998

Ohio Art League Spring Juried Show, Columbus Museum of Art, Juror: Klaus Kertess, Columbus, Ohio.
The Columbus Museum of Art Selects: Past Acquisitions from the Art League’,
Ohio Art League Gallery, Curated by Marian Mazzone, Columbus, Ohio.
‘Time, Place, Moment, Spirit,’ Denison University, Granville, Ohio.

1997

‘Splitting Picture,’ collaborative book project with 30 American and European artists. Printed and bound by Mary Jo Bole and Lambertus van Boekel at Knust Press in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Edition of 300.
Columbus Art League Fall Juried Show, Fort Hayes Visual Arts Gallery, Juror:
Murray Horne, Columbus, Ohio.
‘Minimalism,’ Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio.

1996

Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Ohio State Fair, Jurors: Kathryn Hixson, Annegreth Nill, and Dean Sobel, Columbus, Ohio.
Columbus Art League Spring Juried Show, Roy G. Biv Gallery, Juror: Stephanie Skestos, Columbus, Ohio.
‘Twice Touched,’ Roy G. Biv Gallery, Juror: Denny Griffith, Columbus, Ohio.

1994

1990

‘Gallery Artists,’ Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, North Carolina.
University Student Union Gallery, Bloomington, Indiana.

National Society of Arts and Letters Annual Scholarship Competition, Indiana

Gauriloff, Meghan. ‘Drawing in nature,’ The Columbus Dispatch, April 24, 2007, p. D3
Starr, Ann. ‘Hop, Skip, and Jump,’ Columbus Alive, 31 August-6 September 2006.
Kotwal, Kaizaad. ‘Park Scenes Provide Focus for Landscapes: Q&A with Laura Bidwa,’ The Columbus Dispatch, 20 November 2005.
Yalkut, Jud. ‘Expanding Repertoire: A Trip Through Art 'Made in Ohio,’ Dayton City Paper, 7-13 September 2005.
Hall, Jacqueline. ‘Variety Among Peers,’ The Columbus Dispatch, August 14,
2005, p.D4.
Davis, Nikki. ‘Desire’ AND Fresh Faces,’Alive, December 11, 2003, p. 20.
Fryer-Kohles, Jeanne. ‘Pieces offer intriguing peek into future,’ The Columbus Dispatch, December 7, 2003, p.D8.
Yates, Christopher. ‘Painter Displays Her Experimentation,’ The Columbus Dispatch, April 13, 2003.
Kokot, Sharon. ‘Galleries : Museums Spreading Their Wings’, The
Columbus Dispatch, December 26, 1999.
‘Laura Bidwa: minimalistischen dreidimensionalen Kreationen,’ Dresdner …… … Magazine Kunst/ Art & News column. December, 1998.
Talmadge, Elizabeth. ‘New Art Exhibit Stresses Simplicity,’ The Denisonian, March 2, 1998.
New Denison Exhibit Explores Place of Art, ’The Buckeye Lake Beacon,’ February
21,1998.
Ross, Clare. ‘Twice Touched,’ Dialogue Magazine, March/April, 1996.
Montvida-Kutkus, Kristina. ‘The Engaged Eye,’ Charleston Arts, March, 1993.

2007

Four paintings purchased by Greater Columbus Arts Council to be awarded as Business Art Partnership Award.

2001

Professional Development Assistance Award, Ohio Arts Council.

2000

Ohio Art League Associates Award for ‘ These are subwords, these are air,’ in the Ohio Art League Spring Juried Show.

1998

Mary Lou Chess Memorial Award for ‘ Utility,’ Ohio Art League Spring Show.

1996

Bevlyn and Theodore Simson Purchase Award for ‘ Pneuma’ work chosen from the Columbus Art League’s Spring Juried Show by the Columbus Museum of Art’s Curator of Twentieth Century and Contemporary Art to become a part of the museum’s permanent collection.

1995

Edith Fergus Gilmore Materials Grant; money granted through a competitive process to fund significant artistic projects at Ohio State University

1990

B.F.A. Senior Achievement Scholarship for final semester of study at Indiana University.

1987

Honors Division Independent Study Grant to pursue studies in Florence, Italy, from Indiana University.

2003

Weir Farm National Historic Site, Wilton, Connecticut.

2002

Tryon Farm, Michigan City, Indiana.

2001

Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont.

1998

Greater Columbus Arts Council Artists Exchange Residency, Dresden, Germany.