Lauren Halsey
Lauren Halsey, Untitled, 2021, Hand carved gypsum on wood, 241.3 x 181.6 x 7 cm
Longlati Foundation Collection
b. 1987 in Los Angeles, CA, US
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA, US
EDUCATION
2014
MFA, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2012
BFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
SELECTED SOLO / TWO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Serpentine Galleries, London, England
Swiss Institute, New York, NY
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2021
The Underground Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Banner Project, curated by Akili Tommasino, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA
2020
David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Open Space #5: Too Blessed 2 be Stressed!, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
2018
we still here, there, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Thesis Exhibition, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2012
Thesis Exhibition, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
The Beatitudes of Malibu, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Social Works, curated by Antwaun Sargent, Gagosian, New York, NY
Otherwise/Revival, curated by Jasmine McNeal and Cara Lewis, Bridge Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Feedback, organized by Helen Molesworth, Jack Shainman Gallery, Kinderhook, NY
Pushing the Margins: A Survey of LA Artists, curated by Charles Gaines, Galleri Opdahl, Stavanger, Norway
Shattered Glass, curated by Melahn Frierson and AJ Girard, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, CA
Social Works, Gagosian, New York, NY
ALL THE LONELY PEOPLE, curated by Nana Bahlmann, organized by Villa Aurora, Silent Green, Berlin, Germany; LAXART, Los Angeles, CA
Present Generations, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
The Earth, That is Sufficient, Nicola Vassell Gallery, New York, NY
Our House: Selections from MOCA’s Collection, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Untitled, 2020, Pinault Collection, curated by Caroline Bourgeois, Muna Elfituri, and Thomas Houseago, Punta della Dogana, Venice, Italy
Semblance | Sunshine, curated by Joshua Hashemzadeh and Torrance Art Museum, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
It’s Urgent!, Luma Arles at the Parc des Ateliers, Arles, France
100 Drawings from Now, curated by Claire Gilman, Laura Hoptman and Rosario Guiraldes, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Dial World, Part II: Stars of Everything, David Lewis Gallery, New York, NY
Visions in Light: Windows on the Wallis, created by Torie Zalben and Liana Weston, Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, Beverly Hills, CA
2019
It’s Urgent!, curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Punch, curated by Nina Chanel Abney, Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018
*Made In L.A. 2018, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip-Hop Architecture, curated by Sekou Cooke, Center for Architecture, New York, NY
Greater Than LA, Desert Center, Los Angeles, CA
Sidelined, Galerie Lelong, New York, NY
2017
California Contemporary Art Collection Exhibition, curated by Senator Holly J. Mitchell, Sacramento, CA
Black Is A Color, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Fire Season, Mauve-Vienna, Vienna, Austria
WE: Visual Reflections on the American Experiment, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA
1992: An Examination of the Iconography from the ‘92 Rebellion, Residency Art, Inglewood, CA
Re-Imagine Justice, Community Coalition South L.A., Los Angeles, CA
2016
PopRally Ten, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
*Radio Imagination: Artists in the Archive of Octavia E. Butler, The Armory, Pasadena, CA
And Who is My Neighbor: Stories From the Margins, Biola University, La Mirada, CA
Intro (The Writings on the Wall), Slide Space 123, Oakland, CA
SouthLand, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Imitation of Life: Melodrama and Race in the 21st Century, HOME, Manchester, UK
Diaspora Calling!, curated by Ms. Lauryn Hill and Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, King’s Theatre, Brooklyn, NY
What A Time To Be Alive, Sunday, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Everything, Everyday: Artists in Residence 2014 - 2015, The Studio Museum in Harlem, Harlem, NY
Coney Island Art Walls, curated by Jeffrey Deitch, Coney Island, NY
2014
Yale Sculpture 2014, Storefront Ten Eyck, Brooklyn, NY
13 Artists, 24/6 Gallery, Yale University
2013
MFA 2014, 1156 Chapel Street Gallery, Yale University
2012
Harlem Postcards, The Studio Museum in Harlem, Harlem, NY
Authenticity?, Untitled Art Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Drawing: A Verb, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Woman House, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Sloppy Seconds, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2010
1st Year BFA Show, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
2009
Advanced Printmaking, El Camino Community College, Torrance, CA
Sculpture: Bronzecasting, El Camino Community College, Torrance, CA
Digital Art, El Camino Community College, Torrance, CA
2008
Digital Art, El Camino Community College, Torrance, CA
2006
Printmaking, El Camino Community College, Torrance, CA
GRANTS/AWARDS/RESIDENCIES
2021
Seattle Art Museum’s Gwendolyn Knight | Jacob Lawrence Prize, Seattle, WA
Jacob Lawrence Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
2020
Harvard University Committee on the Arts Award, Cambridge, MA
2019
Painters and Sculptors Grant, Joan Mitchell Foundation, New York, NY
Frieze 2019 Artist Award, Frieze, New York, NY
2018
The Mohn Award
Los Angeles Athletic Club, artist-in-residence, Los Angeles, CA
Art Matters fellowship grant
2017
The Main Museum Residency, Los Angeles, CA
The William H. Johnson Prize
Los Angeles Design Festival, Edge Award
2016
The Fountainhead Residency, Miami, FL
Recess Art Residency, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Los Angeles Emerging Artist Grant
2013
Alice Kimball English Travelling Fellowship, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2014 The Studio Museum in Harlem Artist-In-Residency Program, Harlem, NY
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Residency, Madison, ME
2011
The Beutner Family Award for Excellence in the Arts, California Institute of the Arts