LAUREN PACKARD
B. 1978, California Currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
website: www.laurenpackardart.com Instagram: @laurenpackardart
email: lauren@laurenpackardart.com phone: 917.318.7207
Lauren Packard is a mixed media abstract artist living in Brooklyn, NY. After undergoing brain surgery in 2014, she turned to paint to express what words couldn’t. Lauren considers her work an extension of her inner thoughts and dialogue, as she both explores and abstracts ideas of queer identity, domesticity, and memory.
EDUCATION
2019- Present NYC Crit Club
2019 European Cultural Academy: Contemporary Art, Venice, Italy
2003 M.E., Pace University, New York, NY
2000 B.A., Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY
RESIDENCIES
2021 ChaNorth, Chashama North Residency, Pine Plains, NY
2021 Dear Artists with Anxiety, Finalist
2020 Starry Night Residency, Truth or Consequences, NM
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2023
Create Magazine, Fresh Paint Show
Collar Works, Eat Me
Birdhouse Brooklyn, A Light Exists In Spring
Uprise Art x Paradice Palase, Lullabies for a daydream
2022
Monrovian University, Manifold Global, Reflected Existence
Housing Works Auction Gala
One Brooklyn Bridge Park, Chashama, Re-imaging Rural
Norfolk Library, Lightning is my Girl, Solo Show
Studio 9D, Group Show
Bailey House Auction and Gala
2021
Paradice Palase, Flux
5-50 Gallery, Material X
Queer Art Collective, When the Colors Fade: A Queer Riot Against Corporate Pride
Milcon Gallery, Mending, Solo Show
2020
Wedge Studio Gallery, Inaugural Catalog
2019
Local Gallery, West Elm Chelsea
La Bodega Gallery, RE:RE:RE:patterns
Venice Biennale Lithuanian Pavilion, Sun and Sea, performance artist
LIC Arts Open, Spring Pop-Up Show
2018
Plaxall Gallery, LIC Fall Arts Open
2015
Williamsburg Historical Society, Queer WAH
Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Really Affordable Art Show
EISELE GALLERY OF FINE ART, Cincinnati Art Club’s ViewPoint 47 Art Show
Greenpoint Gallery, Spring Double Decker Salon Show
Williamsburg Historical Society, Bridges Self
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2022 I Like Your Work, Winter Edition
2021 Lesbians Are Miracles, Issue #11, “Nostalgia”
2021 Milcon Gallery, Artist Interview, May 21, 2021
2017 Makers Magazine, Issue 3: The Blues Issue, https://makersmovement.ca/shop/products/issue-3-the-blues
2017 Houseweaving, Woven Paint Collection #2, www.houseweaving.com
2016 DIY and Craft, Interview, August 31, 2016 http://diy.myfeed.info/brain surgery- and-equallove-inspired
2015 Fresh Paint Magazine, International Issue #10, curated by Danielle Kyrsa, www.freshpaintmagazine.com
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2021 Abstraction Artist Talk, Manifold Global
2021 Wassaic Project, Block Party Volunteer
2021-Present Paradice Palase, Artist/Member
2021-Present Satellite Art Club, Artist/Member
2020- Present Art She Says, Artist/Member
2000- Present NYC Department of Education, Art Educator
2017 Minted x WorkOf Launch Party + Artist Panel