Lauren Frances Evans
b. 1989
laurenfrancesevans@gmail.com
Education
2014 MFA - Studio Art - University of Maryland - College Park, MD
2011 BA - Studio Art & BS - Business Administration - College of Charleston - Charleston, SC
Selected Exhibitions (* - solo, ** - two-person)
2023 Mother Nature, Mother Nurture - Samford Art Gallery - Samford University - Birmingham, AL - curated by Kariann Fuqua
MSA Select - Mid-South Sculpture Alliance juried exhibition - City Gallery - Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center - Lexington, KY - juried by Melissa Vandenberg
2022 Alabama Triennial - Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts - University of Alabama at Birmingham - Birmingham, AL - curated by John Fields & Tina Ruggeiri
Wax & Wane - Stay Home Gallery & Residency - Paris, TN - curated by Anna McKeown
Tide Pools - Ground Floor Contemporary - Birmingham, AL
The Sum of Our Parts: Samford Faculty Exhibition - Samford Art Gallery - Samford University - Birmingham, AL
2021 Intersections - Ground Floor Contemporary - Birmingham, AL - curated by Jason Tanner Young
Maternochronics: Maternal Exhaustion in the Time of the Pandemic - virtual exhibition curated by Emily Zarse
Nice Work If You Can Get It - Wiregrass Museum - Dothan, AL
First Position - Fill In The Blank - Decatur, AL - curated by Paul Barrett
Painting at Night - Artlink Contemporary - Fort Wayne, IN - juried by Melanie Cooper Pennington
***a deep well - with Sarah West and Ryan Meyer - Ground Floor Contemporary - Birmingham, AL
2020 **The Something - with Stephen W. Evans - Gallery VOX - Tarrant, AL
Visage de Femmes - East Village Arts - Birmingham, AL
She iS - Catapult Creative House - Cape Girardeau, MO - online
Holding On - Stay Home Gallery & Residency - Paris, TN - online
B20: Wiregrass Biennial - Wiregrass Museum - Dothan, AL - online
Everything is Different Now - Stay Home Gallery & Residency - Paris, TN
Home-works - Spilt Milk Members Show - Spilt Milk Gallery - Edinburgh, Scotland - online
*In the Beginning - Lowe Mill Arts - Huntsville, AL
***Vicissitudes - with Liza Butts and Elaine Farley Kinnaird Ground Floor Contemporary - Birmingham, AL
2019 *Wrapped Up, Tied Up, Tangled Up - Samford Art Gallery - Samford University - Birmingham, AL
ArtFields - The ROB - Lake City, SC - curated by Paul Barrett
Art|Mother - Unfinished Business - Los Angeles, CA
Past Times - The Times Club Gallery at Prairie Lights Bookstore - Iowa City, IA - curated by Hilary Nelson
Big Communications Showdown - Big Communications - Birmingham, AL - curated by Gregory Price
Are We There Yet? - CIVA Juried Exhibition - Johnson Gallery - Bethel University - St. Paul, MN
re:birth - Spilt Milk Members Show - Spilt Milk Gallery - St. Margaret’s House - Edinburgh, Scotland
Above the Radar - Redux Contemporary Art Center - Charleston, SC
[After] Birth - one-night event hosted by Bhm Born - Avon Theatre - Birmingham, AL
2018 Dear Future - Public Space One - Iowa City, IA
Em(body)ment - Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center Gallery - Tarleton State University - Stephenville, TX - curated by Molly V. Dierks
The Art & Design of Samford’s Faculty - Samford Art Gallery - Samford University - Birmingham, AL
Activating the Apparatus vol. 2 - Strange Matter ATL - The B-Complex - Atlanta, GA
2016 **Thin Places - with Stephen W. Evans - The Waldemar A. Schmidt Art Gallery at Wartburg College - Waverly, IA
20th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition - Franconia in the City @ Casket - Minneapolis, MN
*Within Reach, Beyond Grasp - The Commons Gallery at CSPS, Legion Arts - Cedar Rapids, IA
2015 *Other Oriented - The Constance Gallery at Graceland University - Lamoni, IA
International Sculpture Center’s Outstanding Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award Show - Step Gallery at Arizona State University - Phoenix, AZ
Fiber Fusion - The West End Art Depot Gallery - Las Cruces, NM
Pulse 15 - Hillyer Art Space - Washington, DC
*Omphalos - The Alexander Brest Gallery at Jacksonville University - Jacksonville, FL
2014 International Sculpture Center’s Outstanding Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award Show - Grounds For Sculpture - Hamilton, NJ
MASTER PIECES 8 - Manifest Gallery - Cincinnati, OH
**METAXU: an MFA Thesis Exhibition - with Lauren Shea Little - The Art Gallery - College Park, MD
2013 *WHOLEISM: parts & holes - Hillyer Art Space - Washington, DC
Material Matters - 10 Storehouse Row - North Charleston, SC
Midpoint - The Stamp Gallery - College Park, MD
2012 Call Collect - Hamiltonian Gallery - Washington, DC
31st Annual Invitational Sculpture Show - Montpelier Arts Center - Laurel, MD
2011 Prologue - The Herman Maril Gallery - University of Maryland - College Park, MD
Contemporary Charleston: Under the Radar - The City Gallery at Waterfront Park - Charleston, SC
Collaborations: A Dance Concert - Emmett Robinson Theatre - Charleston, SC
Young Contemporaries - Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art - Charleston, SC
2010 *Situation Destination - Saul Alexander Gallery - Charleston County Public Library - Charleston, SC
1 x 1 - Redux Contemporary Art Center - Charleston, SC
Young Contemporaries - Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art - Charleston, SC
Residencies, Fellowships, & Awards
2022 Faculty Development Grant for Lactogenesis - Samford University - Birmingham, AL
2020 Artist in Residence - Stay Home Gallery & Residency - Paris, TN
2018 ThinkTank 10 Emerging Educator Fellowship - Integrative Teaching International Conference - Wilmington, DE
2015-2016 Artist Project Grant - Iowa Arts Council - Des Moines, IA
2014-2015 M.C. Ginsberg Artist in Residence - Iowa City Community School District - Iowa City, IA
2014 Outstanding Student Achievement In Contemporary Sculpture Award - International Sculpture Center
2011-2014 Teaching Assistantship, Department of Art - University of MD - College Park, MD
2013 Daniel Nicholson Ohlke Memorial Fund Award - University of MD - College Park, MD
2012 Artist in Residence - Artist’s Grant - Vermont Studio Center - Johnson, VT
Artist in Residence - Elsewhere Living Museum - Greensboro, NC
John Dorsey Prize for Outstanding Curatorial Practice - University of MD - College Park, MD
2011-2012 School of Arts & Humanities Fellowship - University of MD - College Park, MD
2011 MAYS (Major Academic Year Support) Grant - College of Charleston - Charleston, SC
2010 Summer Intern Artist Fellowship - Franconia Sculpture Park - Schafer, MN
Summer Undergraduate Research with Faculty Grant - College of Charleston - Charleston, SC
Best in Show - Young Contemporaries - Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art - Charleston, SC
Presentations, Workshops, & Curatorial Work
2022 “To Have and To Hold” - paper presentation - SECAC Conference - Maryland Institute College of Art - Baltimore, MD
2021 “To Have and To Hold” - paper presentation - SECAC Conference - University of Kentucky - Lexington, KY (conference cancelled due to pandemic)
2020 All in the Family: Raising Kids Together, as Artists, in Academia - session chair - SECAC Conference - Virginia Commonwealth University - Richmond, VA (online)
“Aims and Odds of the Artist Parent Academic Couple” - paper presentation - SECAC Conference - Virginia Commonwealth University - Richmond, VA (online)
2019 “Simultaneous Letdown” - presentation - Artist/Mother Podcast Retreat - Kingston Springs, TN
Artist as Parent as Professor - session chair - SECAC Conference - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - Chattanooga, TN
“Simultaneous Letdown: On Mary, the Maternal, and the Creative Act” - paper presentation - CIVA Conference - Bethel University - St. Paul, MN
“How We Are Fed: Artist Mothers and the Online Community” - Maternal Subjectivity and Contemporary Art session at CAA - New York, NY
“Image-Making Through Casting” - Animate workshop leader - Center for Worship and the Arts - Samford University - Birmingham, AL
Alumni Speaker Series - Greater Atlanta Christian School - Norcross, GA
2018 “The Procreative Professor and the Creative Process” - Think Y'all: ITI panel at SECAC - University of Alabama Birmingham - Birmingham, AL
Think Tank 10: Compass Points: Navigating the Landscapes of Art, Design, Mind and Body - Integrative Teaching International - workshop participant - University of Delaware
2017 “Simultaneity: On Urges and Origins” - paper presentation - CIVA Conference - Azusa Pacific University - Azusa, CA
2016 “Connecting Distance” - body casting in the Art Lounge- Iowa Arts Summit - Iowa Arts Council - Des Moines, IA
“Connecting Distance” - body casting workshop - FAIR PLAY Conference - St. Ambrose University - Davenport, IA
Visiting Artist - lecture and studio visits - University of Northern Iowa - Cedar Falls, IA
Visiting Artist - lecture and studio visits - Knox College - Galesburg, IL
2015 “Connecting Distance” - body casting workshop - Rurally Good Festival - Grin City Collective - Grinnell, IA
Mix Tape: Pecha Kucha - presenter - University of Iowa School of Art & Art History - Iowa City, IA
Visiting Artist - lecture, body casting workshops, and studio visits - Jacksonville University - Jacksonville, FL
Wholeism: Parts and Holes - gallery talk - Hillyer Art Space - Washington, DC
2014 Curator - Do You Belong Here? - Public Space One - Iowa City, IA
2012 Curator - COUNTERCONSTRUCTS: Modes of Painting - Herman Maril Gallery - College Park, MD
Publications
2020 Prompt 8 - featured artist - Prompt Press - Iowa City, IA
Lauren Frances Evans - interview by Synthetic Meatball - online
2019 Becoming Two: Sculpture, Faith, Breastfeeding and More with Lauren Frances Evans - Episode 22 - The Artist/Mother Podcast - hosted by Kaylan Buteyn
2018 Becoming Two - The Other Journal: Health - The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology - Seattle, WA
Simultaneity: On Urges & Origins - SEEN Journal XVII: Hope - Christians in the Visual Arts - Madison, WI
Teaching & Relevant Experience
2019-present Gallery Director - Samford Art Gallery - Samford University - Birmingham, AL
2018-present Assistant Professor of Art - Samford University - Birmingham, AL
2018 Visiting Assistant Professor - Introduction to the Studio - Grinnell College - Grinnell, IA
2014-2017 Adjunct Assistant Professor - Sculpture & Intermedia - University of Iowa - Iowa City, IA
2016-2017 Gallery Curator - The Times Club - Prairie Lights Bookstore - Iowa City, IA
2014-2017 Visual Arts Coordinator - Project Art - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics- Iowa City, IA
2011-2014 University of Maryland - College Park, MD
Instructor of Record: 3D Fundamentals - Drawing 1 - Drawing 2 - Advanced Drawing
Teaching Assistant: Art Theory - 2D Design - Drawing 1 - Metal Casting
2011 Youth Sculpture Instructor - Redux Contemporary Art Center - Charleston, SC
Special Projects Associate - Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art - Charleston, SC
Gallery Coordinator - Student-Run Gallery - College of Charleston Visual Arts Club - Charleston SC