Lauren Kalman

In 2007, Lauren Kalman showed new work in both galleries at The Sculpture Center with A Pretty Little Trick as part of our annual W2S (Window to Sculpture Emerging Artist) series. In the years since, Kalman has gone on to show her work internationally, and it is featured in a number of permanent collections. She is currently an Associate Professor at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Kalman is actively involved with The Sculpture Center as a member of our Exhibition Committee since 2012 and wrote a critical essay in our catalog W2S 2018. What follows is a sampling of her recent achievements:

Featured exhibitions
But if the Crime is Beautiful… , Museum of Arts and Design, NY, 2016
Strangers to the Garden. Commissioned installation. The Mattress Factory Museum. Pittsburgh, PA, 2016
Beijing International Contemporary Metal & Jewelry Art Exhibition 2015. World Art Museum, Beijing, China, 2015
Body Embellishment. Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC, 2015
Coveted Objects. Cranbrook Museum of Art. Bloomfield Hills, MI, 2014
3 Spectacular. Exhibition/Performance. Redux Contemporary Art Center. Charleston, SC, 2013
Daphne and Peter Farago Gallery. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 2013
Tributaries. The National Ornamental Metals Museum. Memphis, TN, 2012
Hand+Made: The Performative Impulse in Art, Design and Craft, Contemporary Art Museum Houston. Houston, TX , 2010
Elusive Matter, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR, 2009

Featured residencies
ANU School of Art Residency. Canberra, Australia, 2018
The Mattress Factory. Pittsburgh, PA , 2016
Vermont Studio Center. Johnson, VT, 2015
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts. Omaha, NE, 2015
International Interdisciplinary Artist in Residency, Australian National University. Canberra, Australia, 2014
Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts.. Saratoga, WY, 2014
Open Studio Residency, Haystack.. Deer Isle, ME, 2014
The Corporation of Yaddo. Knight Foundation Fellowship Residency. Saratoga Springs, NY, 2013
VCCA. Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Fully funded fellowship. Amherst, VA , 2013
ISE Program for Emerging Curators Award. ISE Cultural Foundation. New York, NY, 2013
Santa Fe Art Institute. Santa Fe, NM, 2011

Featured awards
Ruth and Harold Chenven Foundation. New York, NY, 2018
Get Ready Grant. CERF+. Montpelier, VT, 2017
Puffin Foundation Grant. Teaneck, NJ, 2017
PAMMPicks. Perez Art Museum Miami. Pulse Miami, Miami, FL, 2016
First Place. ENJOIA’T Contemporary Jewellery Award. A-FAD, Associació d’Artistes i Artesans del FAD. Barcelona, Spain, 2015
ISE Program for Emerging Curators Award. ISE Cultural Foundation. New York, NY, 2013

Featured publications
New York Times Style Magazine Singapore, Surface Design Journal, Wall Street International, Artnet, American Craft Magazine, The Pittsburgh Tribune, Boston Globe, The New York Times, Metalsmith Magazine, Sculpture Magazine, Hyperallergic

Featured collections
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Smithsonian Museum of American Art
Detroit Institute of Art.

More information on Lauren and her artwork is at her website, http://www.laurenkalman.com