VISUAL AND CRITICAL STUDIES

is an artist and writer.  she's interested in the connections between ritual, unveiling, and ethical space/practice.  here is a link to her incomplete and out-of-date website: http://cargocollective.com/laurenaross/

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EDUCATION

The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, M.A., Visual Critical Studies, 2010-2011 (forthcoming)
The San Francisco Art Institute, Post Baccalaureate, Sculpture, 2008-2009
Scripps College, B.A., Studio Art, 2004-2007
Grinnell College, 2003-2004

SOLO EXHIBITIONS of VISUAL WORK

The Parlor, The Pistils at Adobe Projects, San Francisco, CA, Sept- October 2009
Solitude, Terrapin, Coralville, IA, July -October 2006

GROUP EXHIBITIONS of VISUAL WORK

A Matter of Course, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA, September 2009
Liminal, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA, April 2009
Geography of Conflict, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA, December 2008
Apophasis, Williamson Gallery, Claremont, CA, April 2007
The Soul Ajar, Motley, Claremont, CA, November 2006

PUBLIC PROJECTS

Sandbag Project, Iowa City Public Library and Johnson County Historical Society, Summer 2010

TEACHING

Instructor/Teaching Assistant, Contemporary Art History, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Fall 2010


PROFESSIONAL ARTS EXPERIENCE

Studio Assistant to Joyce Campbell, Los Angeles, CA, Spring 2008
     
Senior Art Exhibition Chair of Fundraising, Scripps College, Claremont, CA Fall and Spring 2006-2007

Gallery Intern, Studio Art Center International (SACI), Florence, Italy, Spring 2006
     
Collection Assistant Williamson Gallery, Claremont, CA, Fall 2005


AWARDS, HONORS

Studio Art Senior Honors Thesis: “Meditation on Sanctity”
Scripps College Faculty Award: Lucia Suffel Crafts Award
Scripps College Fine Arts Foundation Scholarship 2005-2006, 2006-2007
Grinnell College, Bowen Scholarship, 2003-2004