Currently lives and works in Memphis, TN
EDUCATION
2013
MFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University, Boston, MA
2009
BFA, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
AWARDS and HONORS
2023
Placement Award, Artist Honorarium through the deCordova Museum Art Loan Program, Install Location: Linde Gallery, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
2022
Placement Award, Artist Honorarium through the deCordova Museum Art Loan Program, Install Location: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA
2015
Exhibition Award, Nashville International Airport, Nashville, TN
2014
Artist in Residence, Gullkistan Artist Residency, Laugarvatn, Iceland
Artist in Residence with artist's grant, Horned Dorset Colony Artist Residency, Leonardsville, NY
2013
Post Graduate Teaching Fellowship Award, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Research Award, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2012
Teaching Assistantship Award in Painting and Technology, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Montague Travel Grant, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2011
Graduate Scholarship Award, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
ONE and TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2018
Underwater Worlds, Morton Museum of Collierville History, Collierville, TN (solo)
2017
Wild Card, Friday Studio Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (solo)
2015
A Force of Nature, Flying Solo Exhibition Series, Nashville International Airport, Nashville, TN
2012
Re:Mix, B.A.G. Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2011
Annette Fournet and Lauren Coulson, Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects, Memphis, TN, Curated by Ciara Neill
2010
Light and Creation, Germantown Community Theatre, Memphis, TN (solo)
Moments of Reverie, Playhouse on the Square, Jeniam Center for the Arts, Memphis, TN (solo)
Poetic Visions: It’s all Inside, Collaboration with Jason Miller, Material Art Space, Memphis, TN
Submerged Awakenings, Material Art Space, Memphis, TN (solo)
2009
The Selected Works of Lauren Coulson and Jason Miller, Jack Robinson Gallery of Photography, Memphis, TN
Phantasmagoria, Concept Gallery, Memphis, TN
2007
Mirroring of the Soul, Java Cabana, Memphis, TN (solo)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Fifty Years of Supporting deCordova's Mission 1973-2023, deCordova Corporate Art Loan Program, Linde Gallery, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA
2018
Retrospective, Morton Museum of Collierville History, Collierville, TN
2017
The Line Begins To Blur, Gallery Petite, Brooklyn, NY
Pop Up and Black Out, selected group garage exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Opið Hús, Gullkistan Art Gallery, Dalbraut 1, 840 Laugarvatn, Iceland
MFA National Competition, First Street Gallery, New York, NY, Juror: Asya Geisberg
8th Annual Master Pieces Exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Spring Group Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Proof of Purchase, Samsøn, South End, Boston, MA
2013
Boston Young Contemporaries, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA, Curated by Camilo Alvarez
SMFA Graduate Thesis Film & Video Exhibition, Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Sense of Gravity in a World of Chaos, MFA thesis exhibition, Fourth Wall Project Space, Boston, MA
2012
Pieces Apart: Quantifying Experience, Next Generation 5 Exhibition, Huret &Spector Gallery, Emerson College, Boston, MA
WATER, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, Juror: Connie Imboden
Annual Group Exhibition, House of Blues, Boston, MA
Proof of Purchase, Samsøn, South End, Boston, MA
Persistence of Vision: Annual Photography Exhibition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Painting Area Exhibition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2011
Occupy Metals, B.A.G. Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Price is Right, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
10 under 30, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN, Curated by Julie Pierotti
2010
Back in Line, Harrington Brown Gallery, Memphis TN
The Memphis Scene, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN, Curated by Carleen Gardner
Art Walk, Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, CA, Juror: Gary Leonard
On Location: International Film Fest Art Auction, Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN
27th Annual Juried Student Exhibition: Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Juror: Robert Sanchez and Emiko Lewis-Sanchez
2009
A Show of Heads, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY, Juror: Tim Slowinski
XII, BFA Thesis Exhibition, Jones Hall Gallery, University of Memphis
26th Annual Juried Student Exhibition: Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Juror: Lois Renner
2008
Annual Group Exhibition, Lulalyn Gallery, Memphis, TN
25th Annual Juried Student Exhibition: Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Juror: Chakaia Booker
2007
III: Jason Miller, Christia Blankenship, and Lauren Coulson, Monty Shane Gallery, Memphis, TN
24th Annual Juried Student Exhibition: Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Juror: Gail Roberts
2006
23rd Annual Juried Student Exhibition: Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Juror: Beauvais Lyons
Graphic Design Student Exhibition, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021
The Studio Image Project, online studio exhibition, www.friendoftheartist.com/studios
2015
Manifest Exhibition Annual, Manifest Press, Cincinnati, OH
Tufts Magazine, Fall 2015, Medford, MA
2014
Fresh Paint Magazine, Issue III, April 2014, Wilmington, DE
2013
"30 Artists Under 30", Art Business News Magazine, Fall 2013, New York, NY
"Nature on Fire", by Steven Briggs, Quiet Lunch Magazine, July 16
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 22, Juror: Dina Deitsch, Curator of Contemporary Art at the deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA
2012
“Untitled”, HESA Inprint Magazine, Helsinki, Finland, July 31
Axis Memphis art magazine, Memphis, TN
“Pair of exhibits juxtapose contrasting styles of father-daughter painters”, by Fredric Koeppel, The Commercial Appeal, June 7
“Push and Pull”, HESA Inprint Magazine, Helsinki, Finland, April 9
3200K, online blog and printed quarterly, Boston, MA, January 25
“The Point Between”, HESA Inprint Magazine, Helsinki, Finland, January 21
2011
“Images by Lauren Coulson, Annette Fournet stir feelings familiar, strange” by Fredric Koeppel, Go Memphis, The Commercial Appeal, April 8
“Memory”, Bosphorus Art Project Quarterly, Volume 6, Issue 15
“Where There Is Hope” by Carol Knowles, The Memphis Flyer, February 17
“Young Artists in Spotlight at Dixon” by Jonathan Devin, Memphis Daily News, January 24
2010
“10 under 30” by Hannah Sayle, Exhibit M, The Memphis Flyer, December 29
Direct Art Magazine, Volume 17, SlowArt Productions, Hudson, NY, Inner back cover
“Around the Edges” by Hannah Sayle, Exhibit M, The Memphis Flyer, October 18
“Seen and Unseen” by Carol Knowles, The Memphis Flyer, August 26
2009
“Tough Times” by Carol Knowles, The Memphis Flyer, December 24
2008
“Big Ups”, WKNO, Gallery 10 Collection
2007
“Fact is, the music always stops” by Fredric Koeppel, The Commercial Appeal, June 15
ACTIVITIES, PROJECTS, INTERNSHIPS AND PRESENTATIONS
2017
Founder and Editor for Paint Pulse Magazine (2014-2017)
2014
Gallery Assistant, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA (2013-2014)
Gallery Assistant, Grossman Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (2011-2013)
Instructor, Alternative and Experimental Painting Techniques, Continuing Education, Spring 2014, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park Art Loan Program (current) http://www.decordova.org/Lauren-Coulson
2013
Instructor, Alternative and Experimental Painting Techniques, Continuing Education, Fall 2013, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park Art Loan Program http://www.decordova.org/Lauren-Coulson
2012
Collaboration with Sol LeWitt’s Drawing #118, Grossman Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Participant in exercises with Marina Abramović and the Summer School 2012 at MoMA PS1, NY
2011
Participant in the collaborative project, “Heavyweight”, with artist Nick Cave, director of the graduate fashion program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
“Munch and Learn” artist talk, guest speaker for the 10 under 30 Exhibition, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN
2010
Photographic Transfer Workshop Leader, Foundations 1 Art Studio course, University of Memphis
Internship at the Art Museum of the University of Memphis
Guest Critic, Digital Photography Portfolio Review, University of Memphis
EDUCATION
2013
MFA, School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University, Boston, MA
2009
BFA, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
AWARDS and HONORS
2023
Placement Award, Artist Honorarium through the deCordova Museum Art Loan Program, Install Location: Linde Gallery, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
2022
Placement Award, Artist Honorarium through the deCordova Museum Art Loan Program, Install Location: Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge, MA
2015
Exhibition Award, Nashville International Airport, Nashville, TN
2014
Artist in Residence, Gullkistan Artist Residency, Laugarvatn, Iceland
Artist in Residence with artist's grant, Horned Dorset Colony Artist Residency, Leonardsville, NY
2013
Post Graduate Teaching Fellowship Award, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Research Award, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2012
Teaching Assistantship Award in Painting and Technology, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Montague Travel Grant, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2011
Graduate Scholarship Award, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
ONE and TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2018
Underwater Worlds, Morton Museum of Collierville History, Collierville, TN (solo)
2017
Wild Card, Friday Studio Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (solo)
2015
A Force of Nature, Flying Solo Exhibition Series, Nashville International Airport, Nashville, TN
2012
Re:Mix, B.A.G. Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2011
Annette Fournet and Lauren Coulson, Askew Nixon Ferguson Architects, Memphis, TN, Curated by Ciara Neill
2010
Light and Creation, Germantown Community Theatre, Memphis, TN (solo)
Moments of Reverie, Playhouse on the Square, Jeniam Center for the Arts, Memphis, TN (solo)
Poetic Visions: It’s all Inside, Collaboration with Jason Miller, Material Art Space, Memphis, TN
Submerged Awakenings, Material Art Space, Memphis, TN (solo)
2009
The Selected Works of Lauren Coulson and Jason Miller, Jack Robinson Gallery of Photography, Memphis, TN
Phantasmagoria, Concept Gallery, Memphis, TN
2007
Mirroring of the Soul, Java Cabana, Memphis, TN (solo)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Fifty Years of Supporting deCordova's Mission 1973-2023, deCordova Corporate Art Loan Program, Linde Gallery, deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MA
2018
Retrospective, Morton Museum of Collierville History, Collierville, TN
2017
The Line Begins To Blur, Gallery Petite, Brooklyn, NY
Pop Up and Black Out, selected group garage exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Opið Hús, Gullkistan Art Gallery, Dalbraut 1, 840 Laugarvatn, Iceland
MFA National Competition, First Street Gallery, New York, NY, Juror: Asya Geisberg
8th Annual Master Pieces Exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Spring Group Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Proof of Purchase, Samsøn, South End, Boston, MA
2013
Boston Young Contemporaries, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA, Curated by Camilo Alvarez
SMFA Graduate Thesis Film & Video Exhibition, Remis Auditorium, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Sense of Gravity in a World of Chaos, MFA thesis exhibition, Fourth Wall Project Space, Boston, MA
2012
Pieces Apart: Quantifying Experience, Next Generation 5 Exhibition, Huret &Spector Gallery, Emerson College, Boston, MA
WATER, PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury, VT, Juror: Connie Imboden
Annual Group Exhibition, House of Blues, Boston, MA
Proof of Purchase, Samsøn, South End, Boston, MA
Persistence of Vision: Annual Photography Exhibition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Painting Area Exhibition, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2011
Occupy Metals, B.A.G. Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Price is Right, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
10 under 30, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN, Curated by Julie Pierotti
2010
Back in Line, Harrington Brown Gallery, Memphis TN
The Memphis Scene, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN, Curated by Carleen Gardner
Art Walk, Museum of Neon Art, Los Angeles, CA, Juror: Gary Leonard
On Location: International Film Fest Art Auction, Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN
27th Annual Juried Student Exhibition: Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Juror: Robert Sanchez and Emiko Lewis-Sanchez
2009
A Show of Heads, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY, Juror: Tim Slowinski
XII, BFA Thesis Exhibition, Jones Hall Gallery, University of Memphis
26th Annual Juried Student Exhibition: Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Juror: Lois Renner
2008
Annual Group Exhibition, Lulalyn Gallery, Memphis, TN
25th Annual Juried Student Exhibition: Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Juror: Chakaia Booker
2007
III: Jason Miller, Christia Blankenship, and Lauren Coulson, Monty Shane Gallery, Memphis, TN
24th Annual Juried Student Exhibition: Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Juror: Gail Roberts
2006
23rd Annual Juried Student Exhibition: Art Museum of the University of Memphis, Juror: Beauvais Lyons
Graphic Design Student Exhibition, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021
The Studio Image Project, online studio exhibition, www.friendoftheartist.com/studios
2015
Manifest Exhibition Annual, Manifest Press, Cincinnati, OH
Tufts Magazine, Fall 2015, Medford, MA
2014
Fresh Paint Magazine, Issue III, April 2014, Wilmington, DE
2013
"30 Artists Under 30", Art Business News Magazine, Fall 2013, New York, NY
"Nature on Fire", by Steven Briggs, Quiet Lunch Magazine, July 16
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 22, Juror: Dina Deitsch, Curator of Contemporary Art at the deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA
2012
“Untitled”, HESA Inprint Magazine, Helsinki, Finland, July 31
Axis Memphis art magazine, Memphis, TN
“Pair of exhibits juxtapose contrasting styles of father-daughter painters”, by Fredric Koeppel, The Commercial Appeal, June 7
“Push and Pull”, HESA Inprint Magazine, Helsinki, Finland, April 9
3200K, online blog and printed quarterly, Boston, MA, January 25
“The Point Between”, HESA Inprint Magazine, Helsinki, Finland, January 21
2011
“Images by Lauren Coulson, Annette Fournet stir feelings familiar, strange” by Fredric Koeppel, Go Memphis, The Commercial Appeal, April 8
“Memory”, Bosphorus Art Project Quarterly, Volume 6, Issue 15
“Where There Is Hope” by Carol Knowles, The Memphis Flyer, February 17
“Young Artists in Spotlight at Dixon” by Jonathan Devin, Memphis Daily News, January 24
2010
“10 under 30” by Hannah Sayle, Exhibit M, The Memphis Flyer, December 29
Direct Art Magazine, Volume 17, SlowArt Productions, Hudson, NY, Inner back cover
“Around the Edges” by Hannah Sayle, Exhibit M, The Memphis Flyer, October 18
“Seen and Unseen” by Carol Knowles, The Memphis Flyer, August 26
2009
“Tough Times” by Carol Knowles, The Memphis Flyer, December 24
2008
“Big Ups”, WKNO, Gallery 10 Collection
2007
“Fact is, the music always stops” by Fredric Koeppel, The Commercial Appeal, June 15
ACTIVITIES, PROJECTS, INTERNSHIPS AND PRESENTATIONS
2017
Founder and Editor for Paint Pulse Magazine (2014-2017)
2014
Gallery Assistant, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA (2013-2014)
Gallery Assistant, Grossman Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (2011-2013)
Instructor, Alternative and Experimental Painting Techniques, Continuing Education, Spring 2014, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park Art Loan Program (current) http://www.decordova.org/Lauren-Coulson
2013
Instructor, Alternative and Experimental Painting Techniques, Continuing Education, Fall 2013, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park Art Loan Program http://www.decordova.org/Lauren-Coulson
2012
Collaboration with Sol LeWitt’s Drawing #118, Grossman Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Participant in exercises with Marina Abramović and the Summer School 2012 at MoMA PS1, NY
2011
Participant in the collaborative project, “Heavyweight”, with artist Nick Cave, director of the graduate fashion program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
“Munch and Learn” artist talk, guest speaker for the 10 under 30 Exhibition, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN
2010
Photographic Transfer Workshop Leader, Foundations 1 Art Studio course, University of Memphis
Internship at the Art Museum of the University of Memphis
Guest Critic, Digital Photography Portfolio Review, University of Memphis