Lauren Fensterstock
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Curriculum Vitae:
 
EDUCATION
SUNY NEW PALTZ, New Paltz, NY, MFA, 2000
PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN, New York, NY, BFA, 1997 
PENLAND MOUNTAIN SCHOOL OF CRAFTS, Penland North Carolina, Summer 1996
THE SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS, New York, NY, Fall 1993 
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, Providence, RI, Summer 1992

 
 
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 OF GROVES, LABYRINTHS, DEDALS, CABINETS…, Walker Contemporary, Boston, MA
2009 NEW PROJECTS, Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT
2008 PARTERRE, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
UNEARTHED, Sienna Gallery, Lennox, MA
2007 A THIRD NATURE, Aucocisco Galleries, Portland, ME
2006 LAUREN FENSTERSTOCK, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, ME
2005 DEAREST, Aucocisco Galleries, Portland, ME
2004 CASTLES IN SPAIN, The Hay Gallery, Portland, ME 
2003  PRECARIOUS HEIRLOOMS, Center For Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
2001 OTHERWISE PORTRAITS, Edward Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
  LAUREN FENSTERSTOCK, The Hay Gallery, Portland, ME 
2000 SMALL VIEWS, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY    

 
 
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008

THE THINKING BODY,  Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco, CA

THE THINKING BODY, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
LAUREN FENSTERSTOCK, DYLAN MCMANUS, JUSTIN NOVAK, Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY

NEW NATURAL HISTORY, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME

2007

IN SITU,  Sandra and David Bakalar Gallery, Mass Art, Boston, MA

SOFA NEW YORK, Sienna Gallery, New York, NY
LACED IN HISTORY, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
  MARRIAGE OF TRUE MINDS, University of New England Art Gallery, Portland, ME
2006 SOFA CHICAGO, Sienna Gallery, New York, NY
  LANDESCAPES 2006, Beach Hill Farm, College of the Atlantic, Mount Desert, ME
  SOFA NEW YORK, Sienna Gallery, New York, NY
  MAINE BIENNIAL, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
2005 EVERYTHING BUT PAPER PRAYERS, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
  PRECIOUS LITTLE, Albany International Airport, Albany, NY
  TOUCHSTONES, Blum Gallery, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME
  PORTLAND BIENNIAL, The Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
2004 EXPOSING SCARLET, The Mills Gallery, Boston Center For the Arts, Boston, MA
  EXQUISITE CORPSE, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
  HOME a  Group show curated by Bruce Brown, DUMBO Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
  HOME a  Group show curated by Bruce Brown, University of New England, Portland, ME
2003  NEW PALTZ METALSMITHS, Andora Gallery, Carefree, AZ
  TREATS, The Hay Gallery, Portland, ME
  COMPOSITION 101, Center For Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
  CURIOSITY, Center For Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
2002

DECISIONS & REVISIONS: LAUREN FENSTERSTOCK & AARON T STEPHAN, Hay Gallery, Portland, ME

  THE SACRED AND PROFANE: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT, The Battery Steele, Peaks Island, ME
2001 SPOT: THE SACRED AND PROFANE, The Battery Steele, Peaks Island, ME
  PORTLAND REGIONAL 50, Selected as Juror’s Pick, Danforth Gallery, Portland, ME
  SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER, The Deep Listening Space, Kingston, NY
  21st CENTURY METALSMITHS: INDIVIDUAL AND COLLABORATIVE WORKS, New Art Center in Newton, Newtonville, MA
2000

FAIRY TALE: ROY KORTIK, RACHEL SEKELMAN, LAUREN FENSTERSTOCK, curated by Jonathan Wahl, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, New York, NY

  REMERGENCE, Filament Gallery, Portland, ME
  CAA N.Y. STATE AREA MFA EXHIBITION, Hunter College Gallery, New York, NY

 
 
AWARDS AND HONORS

INDIVIDUAL ARTIST FELLOWSHIP, Maine Arts Commission, 2009

LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY FOUNDATION, grant nominee, 2005, 2009
GOOD IDEA GRANT, Maine Arts Commission, 2004, 2006, 2008
CREATIVE PROJECTS AWARD, Grant Recipient, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY, 1999
GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP SUNY New Paltz, Fall  1999, Spring 1999
PEARL SCHARF SCHOLARSHIP, The Northern Westchester Council of Jewish Women, 1993

 
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Anchors, Zach, Environmental and Stylistic, The Blue Room, April/May 2007
Andresen, Kristen Jack Montgomery: New Work; One-of-a-kind jewelry by Lauren Fensterstock, Bangor Daily News,  Jan. 18, 2001 
Andresen, Kristen, Sense of Discovery: Portland Artist Translates Life into Tangible Forms, Bangor Daily News, May 8, 2001
Beem, Edgar Allen, 3 Mortal Women Possessed, The Portland Forecaster, April 13, 2005
Beem, Edgar Allen, Fantasy and Fetish on Campus, Yankee, November 2008
Boulanger, Susan, Tempted By a Dream, Art New England, December / January 2004
Brickman, David, Small Wonder, metroland.com, April 2005
Carlock, Marty, 21st Century Metalsmiths: Individual and Collaborative Works, Sculpture Magazine, January 2002
Gannon, Victoria, Books and Bumbershoots, Casco Bay Weekly, February 21, 2002
Graves, Laurie Meunier, Three to See, Wolf Moon Press, 2008
Greenleaf, Ken, A Shadow World, Portland Phoenix, October 9, 2008
Gold, Donna,  The Art of Maine: Where Tradition Meets the Cutting Edge, ARTnews, September 2005
Exhibition in Print, Metalsmith Magazine, 2006
Ferris, Alison, Parterre: An Installation, exhibition catalog, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 2008
Ho, Dan, Discerning I, Rescue Magazine, March / April 2005
Howard, Violet, Exposing Scarlet, Some Other Magazine, October 2004
Ingraham, Katherine, View: Metals Installations, Metalsmith Magazine, volume 27 no 2, 2007
Irvine, Alex, Artifactual: Dumbo Goes ‘Home, The Portland Phoenix, February 24, 2004
Isaacson, Phil, Art Review, Portland Press Herald, Maine Sunday Telegram, August 17, 2003
Keyes, Bob Talent Times 2  Portland Press Herald, Maine Sunday Telegram, February 9, 2003
Keyes, Bob New York’s Home Show is Where the Maine Art is, Portland Press Herald, Maine Sunday Telegram, January 18, 2004
Little, Carl, Lauren Fensterstock, Art New England, June/July 2006
McQuaid, Cate, Red-letter Days at BCA Reveal Society’s Secrets, Boston Globe, October 10, 2004
McQuaid, Cate, Gardens Dark and Foreboding, Boston Globe, April 14, 2010
Pollack, Lindsay, Piece by Piece, Art and Auction. May 2008
Paige, Ian, Nature Times Three, Portland Phoenix, September 21, 2007
Paige, Ian, Outside Inside, Portland Phoenix, April 23, 2008
Russell, Jenna, Art Fresh and Local, The Portland Phoenix, May 25, 2001 
Thompson, Chris, Becoming Queen, Portland Phoenix, cover story, April 1, 2005
Thompson, Chris, Fearless Form, Portland Magazine, September 2004
Tyler, David, Icon Overload, The Casco Bay Weekly, August 2000
Weisgall, Deborah, SEE: Lauren Fensterstock, Maine, Nov/Dec 2009

 

 

 

 

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