LAUREN B. WARD
b. 1992 Santa Fe, New Mexico. Lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island
EDUCATION
2023 – Current
A.B. Visual Arts Honors | Brown University | Providence, RI
2021 – 2023
Psychology & Nursing | Santa Fe Community College | Santa Fe, NM
2012 – 2017
BFA (incomplete) | School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, IL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Blessed Mama | List Art Center | Brown University | Providence, RI
2015
What are you doing Wednesday | Red Kiva Gallery | Chicago, IL
Peace be with the spirits of the night | 1629 Kimball Ave | Chicago, IL
Tug of War | Eely’s Gallery | Chicago, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
The Art of Care | Planned Parenthood of Southern New England | Theaterworks | Hartford, CT
Rising Seniors Summer Exhibition | Brown University | List Art Center | Providence, RI
Jurassic Arts | New Urban Arts 29th Annual Birthday Bash | New Urban Arts | Providence, RI
Me, Myself, and I | East Manning Projects in collaboration with Angell Street Galleries | Ritual Space Gallery | Providence, RI
Impromptu Gallery | List Art Center | Brown University | Providence, RI
Brown University 46th Annual Student Exhibition | Granoff Center for the Creative Arts | Providence, RI
Monumental: Reimagining Memory and Storytelling | Rhode Island School of Design | Ewing House | Providence, RI
2025
Exalted Surface | Brown University | List Art Center | Providence, RI
Something Wicked | East Manning Projects | Providence, RI
Spirited Winds | Gallery X | New Bedford, MA
Touch Tank | Gallery X | New Bedford, MA
Second Stories: Barbara Grandis Artist in Residency Exhibition | Creative Reuse Center of Rhode Island | East Providence, RI
Here Always: A Queer Art Show | Outsider Collective | Pawtucket, RI
Boston-Wide Art Gallery | Harvard University | Boston, MA
Dear Survivor | Sexual Assault Awareness Month Art Exhibition | Sojourner House | Providence, RI
It’s Still Life | Brown University | List Art Center | Providence, RI
Brown University 45th Annual Student Exhibition | Granoff Center for the Creative Arts | Providence, RI
Psychic Smorgasbord | Brown University | List Art Center | Providence, RI
2024
(Re)Group | Brown University Spring Festival of Dance | Ashamu Dance Studio | Providence, RI
2016
Loves Lost | Flat Iron Gallery | Chicago, IL
2015
Do it yourself | Sass House | Chicago, IL
Hell House | Sass House | Chicago, IL
2014
Whore dialogue | The School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Summer Performance Festival | Chicago, IL
2013
Art Bash | School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Student Gallery | Chicago, IL
Chew on it | Defibrillator Gallery | Chicago, IL
AWARDS | RESIDENCIES
2026
Burren College of Art | Summer Artist Residency | Ballyvaughan Co. Clare, Ireland
Brown Arts Institute Student Grant | Summer 2026 Creative Project Funding | Brown University | Providence, RI
2025
Hugh Townley Travel Fellowship Award | Travel Grant |Brown University | Providence, RI
Wendy Edwards Fellowship Award | Painting Materials Grant | Brown University | Providence, RI
Barbara Grandis Artist Residency | Creative Reuse Center of Rhode Island | East Providence, RI
Second Place Winner | Brown University 45th Annual Student Exhibition | Curated by Abdu Ali & Falaks Vasa | Providence, RI
Marlene Malik Sculpture Award | Materials Grant | Brown University | Providence, RI
2021 – 2023
Presidential Scholar | Santa Fe Community College | Santa Fe, NM
2012 – 2017
Distinguished Merit Scholar | School of the Art Institute | Chicago, IL
2011
Presidential Scholar | Pacific Northwest College of Art | Portland, OR
PUBLISHED WORK
2025
Ward, Lauren | I really hope they don’t take away our Medicaid | The Vagabond’s Verse | Issue #1 | August 2025
PRESS
2025
Ward, Lauren | doubtless from the sea | The Vagabond’s Verse | Weekly Verse (June 2025)
Haruta, Devaney | Ward, Lauren | Circle of Life, Circle of Love | Piano (de)composition (March 2025)
Shi, Summer | 45th Annual Student Exhibition showcases bold, experimental works in Granoff Center| The Brown Daily Herald (March 2025)
2024
Nesmith, Naomi | I’m Not Going To Lower My Expectations | The Indy (October 2024)
2023
Everly, Laura | Empowering Single Mothers Through Education | Working Nation (September 2023)
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2026
Monumental: Reimagining Memory and Storytelling | Rhode Island School of Design | Ewing House | Providence, RI
2025
Vagabond’s Verse Issue #1 Launch | I really hope they don’t take away our medicaid | Village Works Bookstore | New York, NY
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2025 — 2026
Studio Monitor | Painting and Digital Media | Brown University | Providence, RI
Departmental Undergraduate Group Leader | Visual Arts | Brown University | Providence, RI
Sexual Assault Prevention Education Coordinator | Brown University | Providence, RI
Sexual Abuse Survivor Advocacy | Reflecting Pool | Braver Collective
2025
Teacher Assistant | Fall 2025 Sculpture Foundations | Professor Daniel Stupar | Brown University | Providence, RI
Student-Parent Advocate | SPAA 2024-25 Cohort | 15th Annual Generation Hope Conference | Washington, D.C.
2023 – 2025
Sexual Assault Prevention Education Facilitator | Brown University | Providence, RI
2015 – 2016
Art Teacher | Youth Service Project Summer Program | Chicago, IL
2007 – 2012
Tilesetting | Sean Ward Tile Work | Portland, OR