CV
Bio:
Born 1988 in Santa Barbara, CA
Lives and works in Seattle , WA
Education:
MAT Art Education, Tufts University and School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (2011-2012)
BA Visual Art and History (Double Concentration), Brown University, Providence, RI (2007-2011)
Universita' di Bolognia/ Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (2010)
Recognition:
LCC Grant Recipient, Somerville Arts Council, Somerville, MA (2019)
Weston Fine Arts Award, Brown University, Providence, RI (2011)
Press:
Vanessa Baird, “Artist of the Month Interview,” Gallery Baird, 2021, https://www.gallerybaird.com/lauren-kent .
Ruthie V., “The Most Unusual Art Class; Lauren Kent,” V. Notes, Seattle Artist League, 2019, https://seattleartistleague.com/2019/12/03/the-most-unusual-art-class-lauren-kent/ .
Janet Cormier, “Art at SCATV Episode, Featured Artist: Lauren Kent,” Somerville Community Access Television, 2015, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S-e58JAi9c .
Related Experience:
Museum Educator for School Programs and Partnerships at the Seattle Art Museum.
Founder and painting instructor at Lauren Kent Painting School, a small business centered on adult art education.
Art educator at The Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts, Revere Public Schools, and RAW Art Works.
Creates commissioned artwork for individuals and businesses.
Solo Exhibitions:
2021
Artist of the Month (online), Gallery Baird, Seattle, WA and New York, NY
2019
Featured Artist, Inside-Out Gallery, Somerville, MA
Featured Artist, Urban Hearth, Cambridge, MA
2018
IN PUBLIC, Bow Market, Somerville, MA
2015
Somerville Community Access Television: Featured Artist, Somerville Media Center, Somerville, MA
2011
Hung Up, List Art Building, Brown University, Providence, RI
2011
Everywhichaways, List Art Building, Brown University, Providence, RI
Group Exhibitions:
2021
Holiday Art Mart, Side Rail Collective, Seattle, WA
Anniversary Show (online), Seattle Artist League, Seattle, WA
2020
Make Art For Mutual Aid (online), Crush/Repeat, Seattle, WA
2019
Juried Art Auction, Fenway Health Alliance, Boston, MA
2018
Featured Artists, 1369 Coffeehouse, Cambridge, MA
Somerville Open Studios, Joy Street Studios, Somerville, MA
ArtWeek Exhibition, Cambridge Innovation Center, Cambridge, MA
2017
Brickbottom and Joy Street Open Studios, Joy Street Studios, Somerville, MA
Somerville Open Studios, Central Street Studios, Somerville, MA
2016
Abstract Art Collective, Diesel Cafe, Somerville, MA
Somerville Arts Council Show, Inside-Out Gallery, Davis Square, Somerville, MA
Somerville Open Studios, Central Street Studios, Somerville, MA
2015
Somerville Open Studios, Central Street Studios, Somerville, MA
2014
Somerville Open Studios, Central Street Studios, Somerville, MA
2011
Five: Select Senior Group Exhibition, Sarah Doyle Gallery, Providence, RI
31st Annual Juried Student Exhibition, David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, RI
Visual Art Senior Show, Cohen Gallery, Granoff Center, Providence, RI
Senior Show, Brown University Hillel, Providence, RI
2009
Nonsense, List Art Building, Brown University, Providence, RI