Lauren Shapiro

Lauren has been a resident artist at the Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute in Jingdezhen, China, where she observed and learned about post-production processes of industrial mold making and porcelain slip casting. She has exhibited during Art Basel Miami at Scope Art fair, the New Art Dealer’s Alliance (NADA) and she has showcased her work internationally during Art Basel Switzerland at Projektraum M54, and a solo exhibition in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Recently, she completed a residency in the Amazon Rainforest of Brazil, collecting textures for her ecologically driven sculptures and installations. This year, she was awarded the Wavemaker Grant through Locust Projects and the Andy Warhol Foundation for a site-specific project which will culminate at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Miami. Lauren is a current artist in residence at the Bakehouse Art Complex in Miami in addition to serving as Head of the Ceramics Studio.