Lauren Silberman is a photographic artist based in New York City. Through images and text, the evidence of beauty in disorder is present throughout much of her work. Images of the aftermath of raucous secret gatherings, portraits of life in unlikely places and images of everyday objects out of context bear unexpected messages, whether they be melancholy, joyful or sinister. It is the after and the in-between that interest her most and these notions of the everyday where she searches for meaning.

Lauren received her MFA from the International Center of Photography-Bard Program in Advanced Photographic Studies and her BA in Art History from Barnard College. Lauren has been awarded residencies with A-Z West (Joshua Tree, California), ArtGarda (Sirmione, Italy), Mana Contemporary (Newark, New Jersey), The Camera Club of New York (NYC), the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Workspace program (NYC) and was a Visiting Scholar at NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Lauren also devotes time to curating shows; her recent projects include A Rose is a Rose is A Rose, a one-night show in a garden in a Brooklyn hardware store, as well as projects at the Spring/Break Art Show. She has been featured in PDN’s photo annual and exhibited in New York and abroad. Some of Lauren’s clients include Adidas, The New Yorker, NYLON Magazine, Fortune Magazine, Vice, Details Magazine, Bust Magazine, Brooklyn Industries and her work has been featured in the New York Times Magazine, Vogue Italia and Elle Magazine.

Curriculum Vitae

Education, Exhibits, Performances, Residencies, Awards, Publications, Experience

Born 1976, Stamford, Connecticut

Lives in Brooklyn, New York

Education

Master of Fine Arts

International Center of Photography-Bard Program in Advanced Photographic Studies, 2008

New York, NY

Bachelor of Arts, Cum Laude

Barnard College, Columbia University 1998

New York, NY

Solo & Two-person Exhibitions

2022

Anonymous Architectures, Presented by the Monira Foundation at Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ

2018

The Opposite of Salt is Water, Calico, Brooklyn, NY

2013

Shoot! Brooklyn, Brooklyn Industries, Brooklyn, NY

2012

Gold Dust, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA

2011

Reliquary: The Recent History, AD Projects, New York, NY

2008

Busy as a Rainbow, ICP-Bard MFA Thesis Solo Show, LIC, NY

Group Exhibitions

2022

Pink Flamingo: Clubs in Flux, Presented by Flux Factory at The Cell Theater, New York, NY

2020

Celestial Opera, Human Cathedrals, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, NY

2019

Artfare with New Art Dealers Alliance, Miami, FL
Ruin, The Royal Society of American Art, Brooklyn, NY
Twist and Twine, Paradice Palase, LIC, NY
Cycling in the City, The Museum of the City of New York, New York, NY

2018

American Splendour, Ilon Art Gallery, New York, NY
Dressed, Paul Robeson Gallery, Newark, NJ

2017

Good Mourning 'Tis of Thee, Co-Lab Projects, Austin TX
Becoming, The Tremaine Gallery, Lakeville, CT
It Was a Pleasure To Burn, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY
Nasty Women, The Knockdown Center, Maspeth, NY

2016

Doppelnamer, Spring Break Art Show, New York, NY

2015

Calicornucopia, Calico Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
DocuMENtented, Vandervoort Studios, Brooklyn, NY
#foreverConey, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Greenhouse, One Mile Gallery, Kingston, NY
and i feel fine, Re Institute, Millerton, NY

2014

Calicornucopia 3, Calico Brooklyn, Brooklyn NY
The Last Brucennial, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, New York, NY
New Orleans Culture Exhibition of Photography, The Multi-Media Museum, Moscow, Russia

2013

Stories in the Social Landscape, The International Center of Photography, New York, NY
Calicornucopia 2, Calico Gallery, Brooklyn, N
#throwbackthursday /#flashbackfriday, Calico Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
New York Art Book Fair, PS1, Long Island City, NY
Ladies Represent!, Superchief Gallery at CultureFix, New York, NY

2012

Finding Family, The Icon, Los Angeles, CA
A Valuation, Alexander Clark & Friends, New York, NY

2010

Capture Brooklyn, The Powerhouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY
The Exquisite Landscape, Rita K. Hillman Education Gallery, International Center of Photography, NY, NY
The Lost Horizon Night Market, Brooklyn, NY
Housebroken, Flux Factory, LIC, NY

2009

Three Rooms Launch, Ramis Barquet, NY, NY
After Dark 78, 551 Gallery, NY, NY
Joyride, Anonymous Gallery, NY, NY
Anti-Oxidant Video Salon, Northeast Kingdom, Brooklyn, NY

2008

The Holidays are Complicated with Whoop Dee Woo, Deitch Projects, NY, NY
Puma I-Cycle, Vice Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Busy as a Rainbow Brigade, The Deitch Art Parade, Deitch Projects, NY, NY
Anti-Oxidant Video Salon, Northeast Kingdom, Brooklyn, NY
Joyride, Partners & Spade, NY, NY
Fourteen, The School at the International Center of Photography, NY, NY

2007

ICP Open Studios MFA Group Show, LIC, NY
Joyride: an art show inspired by the bicycle traveling show, Maverick Showroom, London, Colette, Paris and ArtSpace, New York, NY

2006