About the Artist
Baltimore, Maryland
Lauren Frances Adams is a painter and installation artist whose work has been widely exhibited in public venues, such as artist-run spaces, historic houses, university galleries, and museums, including at the North Carolina Museum of Art, the Warhol Museum, Baltimore Museum of Art, and the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. She holds degrees from UNC-Chapel Hill and Carnegie Mellon University and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. She is the recipient of awards from the Joan Mitchell Foundation, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, and the Trawick Prize. She has participated in residencies at the Joan Mitchell Center and Sacatar Foundation in Brazil. Lauren lives in Baltimore and teaches at Maryland Institute College of Art.
Website: LFAdams.com
Social Media: @LaurenFrancesAdams
Artist Statement
My work explores political and social histories through iconic images and domestic ornament, rooted in my experiences growing up on a farm in the American South and inspired by my belief in the need for reckoning with the past to understand the present and shape the future.