Lauren Braun [email protected]

Education 2003 MFA, Studio Art, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 1999 BFA cum laude, Art Photography, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 1995 Attended, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions 2017 Lauren Braun and Lisa Bergant Koi: Points of View, The Union Hall, Pittsburgh, PA Creative Nonfiction Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA 2010 Buffalo Niagara Visitor’s Center Gallery, Buffalo, NY 2009 Imagebox, Pittsburgh, PA 2005 The Law Offices of Siegel, Kelleher & Kahn, Buffalo, NY 1998 Schine Student Center Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Group Exhibitions 2017 Dots Lines Shapes Patterns, Gallerie Chiz, Pittsburgh, PA Now and Zen, Percolate Art Space, Wilkinsburg, PA

2016 RawDraw, Neu Kirche Contemporary Art Center, Pittsburgh, PA John Riegert, Space Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA echo Art Fair, Buffalo, NY

2015 Microcosm/MACROCOSM, Chatham University Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA Raw Draw, Neu Kirche Contemporary Art Center, Pittsburgh, PA Drawing on Drawing, Framehouse & Jask Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA No Vacancy, Mine Factory, Pittsburgh PA Black and White, Framehouse & Jask Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA Shaping New Worlds, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, PA Associated Artists of Pittsburgh New Member group exhibit, Trust Arts Education Center, Pittsburgh, PA

2014 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Framehouse & Jask Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA echo Art Fair, Buffalo, NY Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Most Wanted Fine Art, Homestead, PA Juried Visual Art Exhibition, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 103rd Annual Exhibition, Westmoreland Museum of American Art @rt30, Greensburg, PA This is Not a Dream, American Jewish Museum, Pittsburgh, PA

2013 Collaborative exhibit with the Living Room Chamber Music Project, Pittsburgh and Sewickley, PA, July 26 and 27

2011 Love for Sale, Studio Hart, Buffalo, NY

2010 Love for Sale, Studio Hart, Buffalo, NY

2009 Collaboration with IonSound Project, Renew Concert, Bellefield Auditorium, Pittsburgh, PA, December 20 Free and Easy, Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA

2007 Season 5: Music is Art LIVE @ the Center, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY

2006 Embodiment, Virginia Weiss Gallery, Empire State College, Buffalo, NY

2005 Member’s Exhibit, Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, NY Season 4: Music is Art LIVE @ the Center, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY Trimania Open Studios, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY

2004 Music is Art Festival, Chameleon West Studios, Buffalo, NY

2003 Sensation, Aidekman Gallery, Tufts University, Medford, MA September Prequel, Aidekman Gallery, Tufts University, Medford, MA

1999 Fine Print, College of Visual & Performing Arts, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY The Full Out Media Blitz, Lowe Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

1998 Blue Light Special, Lightwork Gallery, Syracuse, NY

Illustration 2017 Creative Nonfiction, Issue 62 Joy, featured artist 2013 Living Room Chamber Music Project, featured artist 2011 Miscellany: A Performing Arts Montage, Winchester Thurston School, Pittsburgh, PA,

Pop Ups 2017 Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh Entrepreneurs Forum, Pittsburgh Spaces Bakery Square, Pittsburgh 2016 West Elm Bakery Square, Pittsburgh

Residencies & Awards 2017 Tending Space Fellowship for Artists, Hemera Foundation, in support of attending a LovingKindness weekend retreat with Sharon Salzberg 2016 Idea Furnace, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA 2006 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT Artist Support Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT Special Opportunity Stipend, Buffalo Arts Council, Buffalo, NY 2000 School of the Museum of Fine Arts Grant, Boston, MA 1996 - 1999 Buffalo Alumni Scholarship, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY Syracuse University Dean’s Scholarship, Syracuse University, NY

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Teaching & Artist Talks 2015 Artist Talk, Photography Senior Seminar, Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA 2011 Teaching Artist, Agency for Jewish Learning, Pittsburgh PA 2010 Presentation, “Activism in Art,” Agency for Jewish Learning, Pittsburgh, PA 2003 Artist Talk, Photography Seminar, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA 2002 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Art as Process, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Television 2007 Interview, Season 5: Music is Art LIVE @ the Center, Thinkbright WNED-TV, Buffalo, NY

Affiliations 2014 – present Associated Artists of Pittsburgh Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council

Press Burrell, Rodney. “Points of View” Gleams at Bar Marco, LocalArtsPGH.com, Feb. 2017 Tabachnick, Toby. Artist Lauren Braun shares ‘Points of View,’ The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, Feb. 2017 Burrell, Rodney. “Now and Zen” at Percolate Draws Big Crowd on Opening Night, LocalArtsPgh.com, Feb. 2017 Hiller, Melissa. This is Not a Dream, American Jewish Museum publication, 2014 Janicki, Emma. ART, Art, Art, art fills downtown Buffalo library, The Spectrum, 9/7/14 Thomas, Mary. Associated Artists Annual at Westmoreland is a respectable reflection of regional art, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 7/30/14

Collections PA Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA PNC Corporate Offices, Pittsburgh, PA The Tower at PNC Plaza, Pittsburgh, PA

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