Lauren F. Adams

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current and forthcoming projects and events
		Mattress Factory Meet the Made: Robot 250 July 11, 2008 — September 1, 2008 Opening July 11 Sampsonia Way, Pittsburgh, PA www.mattressfactory.org

		Jentel Artist Residency Program June 13, 2008 — July 13, 2008 Banner, Wyoming www.jentelarts.org

		CUE Art Joan Mitchell Foundation: 2007 MFA Grant Recipients show June 12, 2008 — August 2, 2008 opening June 12 511 West 25th Street, Ground Floor

		Artspace Looking Back: Regional Emerging Artists in Residence 2000-2004 March 7 - April 11, 2008 Reception: First Friday, March 7, 6-10pm Established in January 2000, the Regional Emerging Artist program provides emerging visual artists with time and space to explore their work in a supportive, thriving, artistic environment. Artspace grants two 6-month residencies per year, twice a year selecting an artist in his or her early professional career from a regional pool of applicants. From 2000-2004, eleven artists took part in the residency program; nine were able to participate in this exhibition: Lauren F. Adams, Laura Hatcher Allen, Luke Miller Buchanan, Tisha Edwards, André Leon Gray, Stacey Kirby, Huong Ngo, Anna Podris, and Meredith Sutton.

		Regina Gouger Miller Gallery Findings MFA 2007 Thesis Exhibition April 13 - May 4, 2007 Featuring the work of Lauren F. Adams, David Halsell, Ian Ingram, David Tinapple, Jan Descartes, and Gunhildur Jonsdottir

		Skinny Building You Wouldn't Know Until You Ask Them, These Are the Things They Hold Dear to Their Hearts February 24 - May 1, 2007 Students from my Carnegie Mellon Pre-College Collaborative Installation course conceived, planned, and installed an exhibit in downtown Pittsburgh's Skinny Building. The project involved interviewing elderly people about their memories and loss, which resulted in large-scale photographic and hand-drawn posters.

		Petersen Automotive Museum Rat Fink's Revenge: Custom Monster Collection October 28, 2006 - June 2007 opening reception October 28 6060 Wilshire Blvd (at Fairfax) Los Angeles CA Lauren Adams collaborates with Jake Peterson to participate in this show that honors the legacy of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth and his many curious car and comics inventions. A catalogue will be published and the show will travel to New York and Japan. http://www.petersen.org/

		University of Maryland at College Park Union Gallery Fly-Over State Perspectives August 10 - September 14, 2006 Three-person exhibit with Zoe Charlton and Steve Jones A cross-section of ideas about life in areas of the country that are often overlooked by urban elites. Curated by University of Maryland Masters of Fine Arts candidate, Brian Sykes, the show hopes to demonstrate the humorous, self-critical and reflective qualities of culture that exist in geographies between the northeast and west coasts. An artists panel, entitled "Identities: Personal Perspectives", will be held on Tuesday, September 5 th from 5-7 p.m. The panel will by hosted by Jeffry Cudlin, adjunct professor of Art and Art Theory in the University of Maryland's Department of Art and Art Critic for the Washington City Paper.

		Ex-Turkish Bath Hair Piece June 2006 A performance in Belgrade, Serbia, on the occasion of the residency Outside Project, led by Michelle Illuminato and featuring the work of over thirty artists from the United States, Italy, and Serbia.

		Kresge Theatre Metamusical November 29, 2006, 7:30 pm Carnegie Mellon University, College of Fine Arts The graduate students in the School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University have collaborated to bring you META-MUSE-ICAL!

		Fraction Workspace Jungle Tender April 21 - May 26, 2006 opening April 21 7-10pm On the 100th anniversary of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, Stacey Kirby and Lauren Adams present their installations Jungle Tender in Chicago, IL. A Fraction Workspace Workshop will be held on April 22 at 2pm, with informal conversations with the artists.

		Future Tenant Showing Signs of Life April 8 - 29, 2006 2nd year MFA show: Lauren Adams, Gunhildur Jonsdottir, David Halsell, Jan Descartes, David Tinapple, and Ian Ingram

		Mint Museum of Craft and Design Crosscurrents: Art, Craft, and Design in North Carolina January - August, 2006 Charlotte, NC Crosscurrents, presented in collaboration with The Mint Museums in Charlotte, N.C., is a juried exhibition of works by North Carolina artists workingin various media. Crosscurrents includes a broad range of works by 28 artists. The works address political and cultural issues of worldwide significance and present-day urgency; they give attention to the human body, the specific individual and ultimately aesthetic matters such as beauty and perception. The exhibition includes much work that has never been shown before as well as several pieces created especially for the show. Curators: Huston Paschal, curator of modern art at NCMA; Linda Johnson Dougherty, curator of contemporary art, NCMA; Carla M. Hanzal, curator of contemporary art at the Mint Museum of Art; Melissa G. Post, curator of craft and design at the Mint Museum of Craft + Design

		Raleigh Municipal Building Municipal Building Art Exhibition September 21 - November 17, 2005 opening Friday, September 23, 2005 from 5-7 pm Featuring the work of Lauren Adams and Clare Britt, Sarah Blackmon, Luke Miller Buchanan, David Connell, Trick Pollock Creta, Greg GIles, Shonna Greenwell, Gayle Scott Lowry and David Simonton Curator: Lee Moore

		North Carolina Museum of Art Crosscurrents: Art, Craft, and Design in North Carolina September 25, 2005 - January 8, 2006 opening Saturday September 24, 2005 Raleigh, North Carolina

		Future Tenant Vaguely Positive April - May 2005 Featuring the work of first-year Carnegie Mellon School of Art MFA students Lauren Frances Adams, David Tinapple, Jan Descartes, Ian Ingram, Gunhildur Jonsdottir, and David Halsell. www. futuretenant.org

		The Warhol Museum Seeing Double: Encounters with Warhol February 20 - May 1, 2005 opening reception February 20, 7-10 pm Pittsburgh, Pennsylvnia Featuring the work of Lauren Frances Adams, Antony and the Johnsons, Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Kota Ezawa, Rob Pruitt, Tracey Moffat, Collier Schorr, Takehito Etani, Jeremy Scott, John Bankston, and more.

		Dollars for Drivers March 2005 Pittsburgh, PA A collaborative performance with David Halsell on the occasion of the 2nd anniversary of the Iraq war.

		Rebus Works Gallery Photo-A-Go-Go July 3 through August 27, 2005 Opening reception: Sunday July 3, 2pm Gallery talk: Saturday, August 27 4pm Photo-a-Go-Go: installation and works by Clare Britt and Lauren Adams exploring Raleigh using Dave Justus' van as a Camera Obscura. Office Walls Gallery: Prints by Jen Coon and Carrie Knowles; Paintings by David Connell www.rebusworks.us

last update february 2008