EDUCATION
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2019 | MFA Painting and Drawing | UCLA | Los Angeles, CA
2016 | BFA Painting and Drawing | SAIC | Chicago, IL
2015 | Norfolk Summer School of Art, Yale University | Norfolk, CT
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RESIDENCIES
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2021 | Silver Arts Residency Social Justice & Activism | Manhattan, NY
2015 | Ox-Bow School of Art | Saugatuck, MI
2013 | Ox-Bow School of Art | Saugatuck, MI
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2024-2025 | When It Rains, I Pour at Ruscha & Co | Los Angeles, CA
2024 | Organic Dialogues: Art and the Human Connection at Maison Lune | Venice, CA
2023 | Holding Sweetness, LAUREN POWELL PROJECTS | Los Angeles, CA
2023 | Skins, Holes, and Hovels, Reisig and Taylor Contemporary | Los Angeles, CA
2023 | GARDEN, LADIES’ ROOM | Los Angeles, CA
2022 | NÉVÉS NEVER DIE, NÉVÉ | Los Angeles, CA
2022 | Glean New Deal, Flower Head | Los Angeles, CA
2021 | Tom of Finland Art & Culture Festival - Tom of Finland 101 | Los Angeles, CA
2021 | FEVER, LADIES’ ROOM | Los Angeles, CA
2021 | NOMAD, Torrance Art Museum | Torrance, CA
2021 | PERMAFROST, NÉVÉ | Los Angeles, CA
2021 | LTAC Fire Fundraiser Show, Durden and Ray | Los Angeles, CA
2021 | GARDEN, LADIES’ ROOM | Los Angeles, CA
2020 | Looking Forward // Queer Futures, SaveArtSpace Public Art Show | Los Angeles, CA
2019 | SLIPPERS, QUEENS LA Gallery | Los Angeles, CA
2019 | SoCal MFA Exhibition | Pomona, CA
2018 | Maiden L.A. x Vibrant Matter, Beacon Arts Building | Inglewood, CA
2018 | UCLA MFA Preview Show | Los Angeles, CA
2017 | Minds I, Dalton Warehouse | Los Angeles, CA
2017 | FAR Bazaar Group Exhibition Cerritos College | Cerritos, CA
2017 | Animal Farm, Dalton Warehouse | Los Angeles, CA
2016 | Spring Bachelor of Fine Arts Exhibition, SAIC Sullivan Galleries | Chicago, IL
2015 | Yale University Norfolk Group Exhibition | Norfolk, CT
2014 | Play, Red Hall Gallery | Chicago, IL
2013 | ARTBASH 2013: Contemporary Practices Exhibition, The LeRoy Neiman Center | Chicago, IL
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GUEST ARTIST LECTURES
Bennington College, UCLA, Pasadena City College, Chapman University
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COLLECTIONS & LIBRARIES
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Los Angeles Contemporary Archive (LACA) | Los Angeles, CA
UCLA Arts Library | Los Angeles, CA
John M. Flaxman Library | Chicago, IL
Heavy Manners Library | Los Angeles, CA
ROSA KWIR Archive | Mosta, Malta​
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SELECTED POETRY READINGS​
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2024 | Poetry Reading, With The Mystery at Known Studio | Los Angeles, CA
2024 | Rituals: Poetry Reading with Senon Williams Mandy Kahn, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA | Los Angeles, CA
2023 | A Kind of Present Nostalgia, LAUREN POWELL PROJECTS | Los Angeles, CA
2023 | Semblance, LAUREN POWELL PROJECTS | Los Angeles, CA
2023 | ECHO, LE MAXIMUM | Venice, CA
2022 | NÉVÉS NEVER DIE, NÉVÉ | Los Angeles, CA
2022 | GALLERY 5819, Casual Encountersz | Los Angeles, CA
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2023 | Semblance, LAUREN POWELL PROJECTS | Los Angeles, CA
2023 | It Stands to Reason, Joy Still Exists | Euclid Gallery | Santa Monica, CA
2022 | Half of You, Half of Me | Private Residence | Los Angeles, CA
2019 | UCLA Art MFA Exhibition #4 | Los Angeles, CA
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FAIRS
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2023 | LAUREN POWELL PROJECTS at Foundations
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PUBLICATIONS & FILM
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2023 | POETIC INTELLIGENCE: ARTS CALENDAR AUGUST 10-16, LA WEEKLY | Los Angeles, CA
2023 | 24 HOUR SUNSET, A Documentary about Art & Los Angeles directed by Charles Derenne & Eduard de Luze at American Documentary Film Festival | Palm Springs, CA
2023 | Studio Visit Magazine, Volumes 51 & 52
2023 | 24 HOUR SUNSET, A Documentary about Art & Los Angeles directed by Charles Derenne & Eduard de Luze at CinemArt Gstaad, Hauser & Wirth | Gstaad, Switzerland
2022 | 24 HOUR SUNSET, A Documentary about Art & Los Angeles directed by Charles Derenne & Eduard de Luze at Foundation Beyeler | Basel, Switzerland
2022 | Tom of Finland Foundation RAW ANATOMY Featured Artist | Los Angeles, CA
2021 | New American Paintings, No. 151, Pacific Coast Issue
2021 | 24 HOUR SUNSET, A Documentary about Art & Los Angeles directed by Charles Derenne & Eduard de Luze | Los Angeles, CA
2020 | Ari Salka Studio Feature in UCLA ranked top graduate school for fine arts by U.S. News & World Report Article for UCLA Newsroom
2017 | Ari Salka Studio Feature in The 15 Top Art Schools in the United States By Margaret Carrigan For Artsy.net
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GRANTS & AWARDS
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2016-2019 | UCLA Graduate Art Department Scholarship
2016-2019 | UC Regents Grant, UCLA Arts Council Stipend
2016-2019 | UCLA Regents Stipend Scholarship
2016 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago Commencement Student Leadership Honor, Class of 2016
2016 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago Advanced Painting Studio
2015 | Yale University, Norfolk Summer School of Art Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship
2013 | Ox-Bow School of Art Work Scholarship
2012-2016 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago Merit Scholarship
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PRIVATE INSTRUCTION & PORTFOLIO REVIEW
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2019-2023 | Teacher at LOUDER LA | Los Angeles, CA
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