b. 1985:
Memphis, TN
Lives and
works in Boston, MA
EDUCATION
2013
M.F.A.
Candidate: School of the Museum of Fine Arts and Tufts University, Boston, MA
(Experimental and Interdisciplinary Art: Video and Light Installations,
Painting and Photography)
2009
B.F.A., (cum
laude), University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
1 & 2
PERSON EXHIBITIONS
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
Moments of
Reverie, Playhouse on
the Square, Jeniam Center for the Arts, Memphis, TN
Poetic
Visions: It’s all Inside,
Collaboration with Jason Miller, Material Art Space, Memphis, TN
Submerged
Awakenings, Material
Art Space, Memphis, TN
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
GROUP
EXHIBITIONS
2012
Proof of
Purchase, Samsøn
Projects, South End, Boston, MA
Garden to
City, Harbor of Hope
gallery space, Lowell, MA, Curated by Bradford Russick
Bricolage, 535 Albany, 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
Fly Over
the City presents: Winter Group Exhibition, The Western Front, Boston, MA
New Talent:
2012, Gallery 56,
Memphis, TN
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
Art For
Hope, Memphis Botanic
Gardens, Memphis, TN
Back in
Line, Harrington Brown
Gallery, Memphis TN
The Memphis
Scene, Memphis Brooks
Museum of Art, Memphis, TN, Curated by Carleen Gardner
The Spring
Show, 6250 Poplar
Avenue, Memphis, TN, Juror: Greg Belz
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
Winter Arts, 5477 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, TN,
Juror: Greg Belz
A Show of
Heads, Limner Gallery,
Hudson, NY, Juror: Tim Slowinski
XII, BFA Thesis Exhibition, Jones Hall
Gallery, University of Memphis
Doctor
Elixer, Concept
Gallery, Memphis, TN
26th
Annual Juried Student Exhibition: Art Museum of the University of Memphis,
Juror: Lois Renner
2008
WKNO Donation
Exhibition and acceptance into the Gallery 10 Collection
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
PUBLICATIONS
2012
“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” for
Lauren Coulson from WKNO. “This year’s piece by Lauren Coulson was chosen to be
part of the Gallery 10 Collection for WKNO
2007
“Fact is, the
music always stops” by Fredric Koeppel, The Commercial Appeal, June 15
“Revealing
Reflections”, The
International Library of Photography, p. 158
WORKSHOPS,
INTERNSHIPS, PRESENTATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
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, University of Memphis
Internship at
the Art Museum of the University of Memphis
Guest Critic,
Digital Photography Portfolio Review, University of Memphis
AWARDS
2012
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