laura lawson
Curriculum vitae
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EDUCATION
2016 MFA, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 2010 BA, Austin College, Sherman, TX 2009 L’Institut Catholique de Paris, Paris, France SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2022 Venus and Mars: Climates in Dialogue, The MAC, Dallas, TX 2022 Lands Beyond Earth, Gallery 2960 at The Epic, Grand Prairie, TX 2021 Solar Siblings, Oak Lawn branch of the Dallas Public Library, Dallas, TX 2017 Elements of Place, Dennis Gallery, Austin College, Sherman, TX 2016 Dépaysement, The Martha and Robert Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 2015 Navigator, Box Gallery, The University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 2010 Somatic Erratic, Daniel Ross Gallery, Austin College, Sherman, TX SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2023 CHAOS 9, Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX Mark Making: Celebrating the Art of Storytelling, Pencil on Paper Gallery, Dallas, TX Valdosta National: Change of Weather, Dedo Maranville Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta, GA 7 from 707, 2508 Sylvan, Dallas, TX 2022 Fooling Ourselves, The MAC, Dallas, Tx CHAOS8!, Ro2 Art, Dallas, TX Refuge, The MAC, Dallas, TX To Infinity and Beyond, Friend of a Friend Gallery, Denver, CO Даллас, curated by Dr. Margarita Kuleva, Carillon Gallery, Fort Worth, TX Ecosystem X, MOZAIK Philanthropy, online exhibition 2021 AMoA Biennial 600, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo, TX Act Like You Like Each Other, Umbrella Gallery, Dallas, TX Whereabouts, Gallery S14, The Cedars Union, Dallas, TX Together, The MAC, Dallas, TX 2020 Online Faculty Exhibition, Tarrant County College Southeast, Arlington, TX Lone Star Art Show, Texas Discovery Gardens Gallery, Dallas, TX New Texas Talent XXVII, Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX Art Faculty Exhibition, Tarrant County College Southeast, Arlington, TX 2019 HYPERLOCAL, The MAC, Dallas, TX Power, CICA Museum, Gimpo, Korea Vignette Art Fair, juried by Leslie Moody Castro, The Women’s Museum, Fair Park, Dallas, TX COLOR, juried by Jennifer Klos, Maddrey PLLC, Dallas, TX 2018 Art and Digital Design Faculty Exhibition, Cedar Valley College Educational Gallery, Lancaster, TX Discovery/Invention, Gilliam Collegiate High School, Dallas, TX Blue, The Gallery 8680, Frisco, TX Florescence, Blue House Too, Allen, TX 2017 Paper Works, Fort Works Art, Fort Worth, TX Ghost Town Arts Collective 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Sherman, TX The 34th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, juried by Umar Rashid, The Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Memphis, TN HONORS AND AWARDS 2021 The Other Art Fair New Futures Award 2017 President’s Purchase Award, The University of Memphis 2016 Merit Award, 33rd Juried Student Exhibition, The University of Memphis 2015 The Maude and Thomas Littlejohn Memorial Scholarship 2014 Committee’s Choice Award, Best of Memphis 2nd Annual Juried Exhibition PUBLICATIONS, WORK, & ARTIST TALKS 2023 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2023, Art + Science workshop 2022 Mozaik E-Zine No 2: Ecosystem X, July 22 Don’t Drink the Paint Water Podcast, Episode 12 2021 TEDx Austin College speaker, Time and Space: Arts’ Most Valuable Resources 2019 Cedars Sessions artist talk with Riley Holloway and Kristina Smith, Cedars, Union, Finding Your Comfort Zone as an Artist panel discussion, Cedars Union 2017 Austin College, A Night of Fine Art and Fine Wine artist talk Austin College, panel discussion with Classical and Modern Languages alumni GRANTS 2022 Ecosystem X Special Mention Artist, MOZAIK Philanthropy Residencies and Juried Programs 2018 The Cedars Union studio artist, Dallas, TX 2016 Centre d’Art Marnay Art Center (CAMAC) artist in residence, Marnay-sur- Seine, France PRESS Canvas Blog, New Futures Class of 2021, Dallas, October 2021 Glasstire, Demons and Barbeque: July 2021 Shows in North Texas, Dallas, July 2021 Glasstire, Plan C: The Cedars Union Art Auction, Dallas, November 2020 Glasstire, Five-Minute Tours: Three Current Exhibitions at Craighead Green, Dallas, June 2020 l'Est Clair, Des artistes cosmopolites au Camac de Marnay-sur-Seine, Aube, France, January 2016 COLLECTIONS The University of Memphis Office of the President The Art Museum of the University of Memphis PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2019 Adjunct faculty, Austin College Adjunct faculty, Tarrant County College 2018 Adjunct faculty, Cedar Valley College 2017 Visiting artist and workshop instructor, Austin College 2016 Chair, Box Gallery, The University of Memphis Art editor, The Pinch Literary Journal Exhibition support, The Art Museum of the University of Memphis Instructor, Drawing II, The University of Memphis 2015 Mural painter for A Genealogy of Kindness, The University of Memphis |
