Lauren Davies

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SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2019
Jack Fischer Gallery, Unravel, San Francisco, CA
2017
- University of Akron, Emily Davis Gallery, Altered States, Akron, OH
- sindikit, Brick by Brick, Baltimore, MD
2016
Seiberling Gallery, Walking and Looking, Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Peninsula, OH
2014
Dose Projects, the comfort of rocks, Brooklyn, NY
2011
ampersand international arts, Looking After, San Francisco, CA
2008
- Richard L. Nelson Gallery, Aggregate, University of California, Davis, CA
- California Academy of Sciences, The Butterfly and the Tsunami, San Francisco, CA
- Gallery 16, When Hell Freezes Over, San Francisco, CA
2007
ampersand international arts, Dominion, San Francisco, CA
2005
Gallery 16, as if…, San Francisco, CA
2002
The Lab, Ultra-marine: the workshop for alternative aquatic taxidermy, San Francisco, CA
2000
- Gallery 16, Practical Taxidermy, San Francisco, CA
- vitra, working like a beaver, San Francisco, CA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019
The Print Center, 93rd International Print Competition, semifinalist with online exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2018
- Denison University, Cleveland in Newark, Newark, OH
- Yards Project Space, Permanent Collection Exhibition, Worthington Yards, Cleveland, OH
2017
- The Sculpture Center, Objections and Connections: Fiber Artists Talk Back, Cleveland, OH
- North Seattle College, Artifact & Interpretation, Seattle, WA
- Ohio University Art Gallery, Where I Come From, Alternatives 2017 Photo Biennial, Athens, OH
2016
- Bay Arts, Pattern & Design, Bay Village, OH
- University City Science Center/Esther Klein Gallery, Methods of Collection, Philadelphia, PA
2015
- SPACES, The People's Museum of Revisionist Natural Itstory, Cleveland, OH
- Forum Art Space, It's All Been Done Before, Cleveland, OH
2014
- c2c project space, Abstraction Naturally, San Francisco, CA
- ampersand international arts, Shoebox Orchestra, San Francisco, CA
2012
Bedford Gallery, Captured: Specimens in Contemporary Art, Walnut Creek, CA
2011
La Porte Peinte Centre pour les Arts, CaliforNoyers, Noyers Sur Sureine, France
2010
- SFMOMA, ShadowShop Project, San Francisco, CA
- Soap Gallery, so many products, so little time, San Francisco, CA
2009
- Y2Y Gallery, non-mart, San Francisco, CA
- Gallery 16, Let’s leave it at that …, San Francisco, CA
- Nurture Art, Interface: Nature, Brooklyn, NY
- Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Urban Idiom, San Francisco, CA
- de Saisset Museum, Natural Blunders, Santa Clara, CA
- The Lab, Plan B, San Francisco, CA
2008
- Gallery 16, these are the people in your neighborhood, San Francisco, CA
- Bedford Gallery, Art of the Diorama, Walnut Creek, CA
- Oakland Museum at the Oakland International Airport, Artists as Collectors, Oakland, CA
2007
- Intersection for the Arts, Don’t Try This at Home: Obsessively Reshaping the Ordinary, San Francisco, CA
- David Cunningham Projects, Strange Weather, San Francisco, CA
- Blank Space Gallery, Work a Day, Oakland, CA
- Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Cultivating Creativity, San Francisco, CA
- The Headlands, Close Calls, Sausalito, CA
2006
- Islip Art Museum, Animal House, Long Island, NY
- Gallery 16, here’s the thing, San Francisco, CA
- The Headlands, Close Calls, Sausalito, CA
2005
- Gallery 16, Instant Messaging, San Francisco, CA
- Mission17, The Diorama Show, San Francisco, CA
- Mixed Use Gallery, Better than Real, San Francisco, CA
- Gallery 16, a group of mostly unrelated things, San Francisco, CA
- SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Thirty Something, San Francisco, CA
- Museum of Contemporary Art/Luther Burbank Center for the Arts, Cross Pollination, Santa Rosa, CA
2004
- Oakland Museum of California, Points of View: Selections from the Museum Collection, Oakland, CA
- Geek-tique Road Show, Build, San Francisco, CA
2003
- The Exploratorium, Animal Magnetism, San Francisco, CA
- Medical Research Symposium Exhibition, From Research to Action, presented by University of California Medical School, San Diego, CA
- Bedford Gallery, The Big Tree Project, Walnut Creek, CA
- The Lab, Q: Where are you at?/Q: Where is your drawing at?,San Francisco, CA
2000
Calumet Photographic Center, Polaroid Processes/Is It Photography?, San Francisco, CA
1999
Bedford Gallery, Bow Wow, Lesher Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA
1998
- The Carriage House, Project Space at the Islip Art Museum, Site Specifics ’98, Long Island, NY
- Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California Photography, CA Museum Purchase Award
1997
CEPA Photographic Gallery, Small Wonder, Buffalo, NY

RESIDENCIES/AWARDS

2018
The Print Center, 93rd Annual Exhibition, semifinalist
2017
- Peripheral Visions Fellowship awardee
- Visiting Curator Award, MOCA Cleveland
- Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award
2016
- Joan Mitchell Foundation Emerging Artist Award
2015
Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award
2014
Nesnadny + Schwartz Visiting Curator Award, MOCA Cleveland
2011
- Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM, Artist in Residence
- La Porte Peinte Centre pour les Arts, Noyers, France, Artist in Residence
2008
- California Academy of Sciences, Artist-in-Residence
2007
Djerassi Resident Artist Program, Irvine Foundation Fellowship
2006
Creative Capital/Headlands Professional Development Award
2004
SFMOMA SECA Finalist
2002
Artist-in-Residence with solo exhibition, The Lab, San Francisco
1998
Artist-in-Residence exhibition, The Carriage House, project space at the Islip Art Museum, Long Island, NY
1997
Museum Purchase Award, Triton Museum of Art
1993
Drawing Award, Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria, Austin, TX

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2018
Gilsdorf, Bean, “With Regard to Cleveland”, SFMOMA Open Space, September 27
2017
- Joan Mitchell Foundation, “Emerging Artists Grants” catalog with essays
- Turner, Anderson, "Art Review: Current events reflected in works at Emily Davis Gallery", Akron Beacon Journal, October 5
- Turner, Anderson, "Art Review: Fiber artists take on tough subjects from the news", Akron Beacon, September 28
- Nader, Brittany, "University of Akron Myers School of Art presents Heatsink and Altered States exhibitions", Cleveland.com, September 29
2016
Groynom, Rebecca, "The People's Museum of Revisionist Natural Itstory", ArtHopper.org, June 29
2015
- Litt, Steven, "SPACES Parodies Natural History Museums in Edgy Spoof Built for Laughs", Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 8
- Bouthillier, Rose, " It's All Been Done Before", ArtHopper.org, February 3
- Lynn, Christopher, "It's All Been Done Before at Forum Artspace", Temporary Art Review, February 18
2014
- Baker, Kenneth, “Two Galleries with New Tomorrows”, San Francisco Chronicle, October 3
- MAKE8ELIEVE, “Mountain”
2008
- Gannon, Victoria, “Art Review: Lauren Davies, Dog Models”, KQED Arts, November 8
- Cheng, DeWitt, “Artist Profile: Lauren Davies”, Art Ltd., September
- Harmanci, Reyhan, “Cool Globes challenge: Getting stuff to stick to a giant ball”, San Francisco Chronicle, August 4 with video on SFGate.com
- Harmanci, Reyhan, “Faux Taxidermy: When Hell Freezes Over”, San Francisco Chronicle, April 24
- Van Proyen, Mark, “Lauren Davies at Gallery 16”, ArtWeek, July/August
- Scholz, Zachary, “When Hell Freezes Over: Lauren Davies at Gallery 16”, Shotgun Review, April 27
- Wood, Sura “Art as Portal to Other Places, San Francisco Arts Monthly, May
- Cheng, DeWitt, “The Art of Diorama”, East Bay Express, April 23
2007
- Westbrook, Lindsey, “Don’t Try This at Home at Intersection for the Arts”, ArtWeek, December
- Van Proyen, Mark, “Lauren Davies at Ampersand”, Art in America, June/July
- Leaverton, Michael, “How Things Work”, SF Weekly, September 12
- Van Proyen, Mark, “Close Calls: 2007 at Headlands Center for the Arts”, ArtWeek, March
- Andrews, Brian, exhibition essay for Dominion at ampersand international arts
2006
Van Proyen, Mark, “Close Calls 2006 at Headlands Center for the Arts”, ArtWeek, April
2005
- Buckner, Clark, “Thirty Something”, SF Bay Guardian, July 6
- Whiteside, Amber, “Lauren Davies, As if at Gallery 16”, ArtWeek, June
2004
Buuck, David, “The Drawing Room at Kala Art Institute”, ArtWeek, April
2003
- Westbrook, Lindsey “Animal Magnetism at The Exploratorium”, ArtWeek, October
- Johnson, Leigh, “ Breeders Project: An artist finds her medium in fur”, Bark Magazine, Fall
- Ford, Dave, “Art exhibit gives new meaning to stuffed animals”, San Francisco Chronicle, July 25
- Westbrook, Lindsey, “Wood Should”, East Bay Express, June 25
- Koppman, Debra, Previews: “The Big Tree Project”, ArtWeek, July-August

Lauren Davies

Unravel

SOLO/TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

RESIDENCIES/AWARDS

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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