top of page

EDUCATION

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

 

RESIDENCIES

2021 | Silver Arts Residency Social Justice & Activism | (Remote) Manhattan, NY

2015 | Ox-Bow School of Art | Saugatuck, MI

2013 | Ox-Bow School of Art | Saugatuck, MI

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

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

FAIRS

2023 | LAUREN POWELL PROJECTS at Foundations

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 | Holding Sweetness, LAUREN POWELL PROJECTS | 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

 

SELECTED POETRY READINGS

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

 

PUBLICATIONS & FILM

2023 |  POETIC INTELLIGENCE: ARTS CALENDAR AUGUST 10-16, LA WEEKLY | Los Angeles, CA

2023 | LVL3 Gallery Artist of the Week

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 | Julie Schulte "Ari Salka: On Bodies (Be)held Trans Rights are Under Siege; This Artist Resists" Artillery Magazine DEMOCRACY ISSUE, September / October | 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

 

GRANTS & AWARDS

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

COLLECTIONS & LIBRARIES

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

GUEST ARTIST LECTURES

Bennington College, UCLA, Pasadena City College 

PRIVATE INSTRUCTION & PORTFOLIO REVIEW

2019-2023 | Teacher at LOUDER LA | Los Angeles, CA

bottom of page