Artist's CV - Lauren Shapiro
2016 MFA University of Miami, Studio Arts, Ceramics, Graduate Teaching Assistant Scholarship Recipient
2009 BFA Florida Atlantic University, Studio Arts
Selected Exhibitions:
2019
Scope, Art N Folly, Miami Beach, FL.
Florida Wild, Warren Mackenzie Gallery, Miami, FL. Curated by Magnus Sodamin
Archeology of Memory, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL. Curated by Moral Doucet
Collabo Show, 777 International Mall (Pop-up exhibition), Miami, FL. Curated by Justin Long
Scope, Directed Art Modern, New York, New York.
Art Wynwood, Art N Folly, Miami, FL.
2018
Fragile Terrains, Galeria Vila Nova and Art Bastion, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Material, Alpha Gallery, Miami FL.
RAW, Moore building, Design District, Miami, FL.
Iterum Tensio, Lauren Shapiro and Ryan Roa curated by Ombretta Agro, Bakehouse Art Complex, Wynwood, Miami
LA Art Fair, Gallery 825, Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, CA.
2017
RAW, Young Artist Initiative, Downtown Historic Post Office, Miami, FL.
Ping Pong Miami, Alfred I Dupont Building, Miami, FL.
Projektraum54, Ping Pong Group Exhibition, Basel, Switzerland.
Art Wynwood Fair, Art Bastion Gallery, Miami, FL.
The Blue Edition, Art Bastion Gallery, Wynwood, FL.
8th All- Media Juried Biennial, Art and Culture Center, Hollywood, FL.
2016
New Dealers Art Association, Locust Projects, Miami Beach, FL
Scope, Miami Independent Thinkers, Miami Beach, FL
UM Faculty Exhibition, University of Miami Gallery, Miami, FL
Smash and Grab, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
Sacred Geometries, Art Bastion, Miami, FL
Design and its Dimensions, Young Artist Initiative, Moore Building, Miami, FL
Wax in Our Wings, Placeholder Gallery, Miami, FL
POLYGON; Master of Fine Arts Solo Thesis Exhibition, UM Wynwood Gallery, Miami, FL
Junior League of Miami Showhouse, The Kampong, Miami, FL
Outside of the Box, West Palm Beach, FL. Curated by Lisa Rockford
2015
New Art Dealers Association, Locust Projects, Art Basel Miami Beach, FL
Smash and Grab, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
[Place Art Here] Group Exhibition, Double Space, Miami, FL
Collabo Show, Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, FL
Masters of Fine Arts Candidates Exhibition, UM Gallery Wynwood Building, Miami, FL
2014
Happy Endings, Double Space, Miami, FL
Here to There, UM Gallery Wynwood Building, Miami, FL
Student Juried Exhibition, Lowe Art Museum at University of Miami, FL. Jean Ward Sculpture Award Winner
Debut, Studio 259, Deerfield Beach, FL
Water is Life, Coral Gables Museum, Miami, FL
2013
Hyperstition Nocturnes III Projects Space, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Savoir Relier, Locust Projects, Miami, FL
2012
Realm of the Phantoclasm by Psychevision Productions, PAX, Miami, FL
One-Thousand Paper Cranes, Arts Garage, Delray Beach, FL
2011
Boca Raton Art School Faculty Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art
The Sidecar Project Juried Exhibition, GAB Studio, Miami FL
Earth and Fire Ceramics Exhibition, Arts Garage, Delray Beach FL
Some Like it HOT, Juried Ceramics Exhibition, NCECA, Tampa FL.
Art Night Pompano, Pompano Citi Center, FL. Curated by Charlotte Sundquist
2010
Inferno, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Art Fallout, The Girls Club, Ft. Lauderdale FL
2009
Juried Student Exhibition, Ritter Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton FL. Curated by Deborah Aschheim
Heart Opening, Schmidt Center Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton FL.
2008
Bodies/ of/ Work, Schmidt Center Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton FL. Curated by Gene Moreno
Artist Residencies:
2018 Labverde, Manaus, Brazil. Art Immersion Program in the Amazon Rainforest
2017-2020 (current) Bakehouse Artist Complex, Miami, FL.
2015 Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute, Jingdezhen, China, Cultural Exchange Fellowship Recipient
Grants and Fellowships:
2020-2021 National Science Foundation, Standard Grant in Biological Oceanography, California State University Northridge, Project of Artist-in-Residence (upcoming)
2020 Home and Away, Residency Fellowship with Oolite Arts, Anderson Ranch, Colorado.
2019-2020 Knight Arts Challenge Award, “Molding the Future” at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Knight Arts Foundation, Miami, FL.
2019 Artist Access Grant, Miami Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and FUNDarte, Anderson Ranch Workshop
2019 Wavemaker Grant, Locust Projects and Andy Warhol Foundation, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami, FL.
2019 Presidential Fellowship, Digitally Fabricated Molds, Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, Colorado.
2015 Penland School of Crafts, Spruce Pine, North Carolina, Work Study and Scholarship Recipient
2014 Watershed for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, Maine, Work-Study and Scholarship Recipient
Teaching Experience:
New World School of the Arts, Adjunct Professor, Ceramics (Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019) 3D Comprehensive/Sculpture (Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019)
University of Miami, Adjunct Professor, Department of Art and Art History, Hand building ceramics (Fall 2016, Spring 2018, Fall 2019), Wheel Throwing ceramics (Fall 2017, Spring 2018)
New York Film Academy South Beach, Adjunct Professor, BFA Filmmakers, Drawing Foundations (Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Summer 2017), History of Art Seminar (Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019)
Arts For Learning, Youth Arts in the Parks “All Kids Included” (Fall 2016, Spring 2017)
Miami Dade College (Kendall Campus), Department of Continuing Education, (Summer 2016, 2017)
Bass Museum of Art, Art Instructor, Miami, FL (Summer 2015, Summer 2018)
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, FL, Art Instructor (Summer 2015)
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Artist in Residence and Outreach programming, (2008-2013)
Boca Raton Art School, Ceramics Instructor, (2010-2013)
Lighthouse Center for the Arts, Tequesta, FL, Art Instructor (Summer 2011, 2012, 2014)
Guest Lecturer:
San Francisco Art Institute, Origami Installations Intensive, Continuing Education, San Francisco, CA (2019)
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Artists in Action, Boca Raton, FL (2015)
Pottery Workshop, Featured Artist Jingdezhen, China (2015)
Publications and Press
Jolt Radio, “305 Creative Stories with Lauren Shapiro”, Mixcloud. January 2020, Podcast
Miami Herald, “Knight Foundation names South Florida Arts Champions and Arts Challenge grant winners”, Andres Viglucci, December 2019, online article
Art Forum, “Knight Foundation Announces Miami Arts Challenge Winners,” December 2019, online article
The Culture Trip, “Miami Artists Combating Climate Change Through Art,” Nicole Martinez, June 2019, online article
Miami Indulge: South Florida’s luxury lifestyle magazine, Nicole Martinez, “Four Miami Artists whose work expresses who they are and where they live”, November 2018, magazine and online article
Luxe. Interiors + Design Miami, Mary Ore, “Shape Shifter”, September/October 2018, magazine
Arteinformado, Fragile Terrains, Exposición en São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brasil, August 2018, online article
Voyage MIA, Miami’s Most Inspiring Stories, “Meet Lauren Shapiro Visual Artist Specializing in ceramics in Wynwood”, July 12th, 2018, Local Stories, online article
Miami New Times, “Iterum Tensio” at Bakehouse Contemplates Tension as an Agent of Change, January 2018, Arts and Culture, Article
Fresh Art International, Miami Art Week + Art Basel 2017 Edition Preview, Jolt Radio+ 19 Nov 2017, Podcast
Rocking Chair Sessions, RCS: Volume 22 Lauren Shapiro, 2017, Podcast
The New Age Of Ceramics, Hannah Stoufer, November 2016, Published by Gingko Press Inc., 224 pages, Hardcover
Strangeways Magazine, No. 5 (iii Points Special Edition 3) Vol. 3 October 2016