Laurie Reid's work has received unusual early recognition. In 1998, she was the recipient of the prestigious Society for the Encouragement of Contemporary Arts (SECA) Award from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and in 1999 was selected to appear in the 2000 Biennial Exhibition at the Whitney Museum in New York. Reid's art has been exhibited at The Drawing Center, The Berkeley Art Museum, and the M.H. de Young Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.