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CV

Curriculum Vitae

LAUREN DANA ARI

Richmond, CA

Lauren Ari at Dreamforms exhibition.

Education

2015-2017

M.F.A

​University of California

Davis, CA

2011-2014

B.F.A

California College of Arts and Crafts

Oakland, CA

High Distinction

Studied with

Annabeth Rosen

Viola Frey

Arthur Gonzales

John Toki

Larry Bush

Racheal Rosenthal

Rhode Island School of Design

Providence, RI

2023

D.B.D.

Rachel Rosenthal Performance Workshop

Los Angeles

Institute of the Arts

San Miguel, Mexico

Residency

Vermont Studio Center

Pilchuck School of Glass

Vermont Studio Center

Penland School of Crafts

Representation

Current

Projects

Permanent

Collections

Legion of Honor - Achenbach Foundation

De Young Museum

Awards and Scholarships

2022

LABA East Bay Fellowship: A Laboratory

2020

Richmond Art Center - Artist grant

2019

Richmond Community Arts Grant

2016

The Sui Generis Foundation Achievement AwardRichmond City Mini Grant

2008

Artwork for the new General Plan

Richmond, CA

2005

Juror's Award

Walnut Creek, CA

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2001

Art Friends Grant

Davis, CA

2000

University of California, Davis

Scholarship

Best in Show

1999

Scholarship

Pilchuck Glass School

1997

Juror's Award 

Pro Arts Juried Annual

Exhibitions

2023

LABA Bay
JCC Traveling Art Exhibition

2022

LABA Bay / LABA Live Fellows Exhibition
Palo Alto, CA

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Dream Forms

Richmond Art Center

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Beds

Pamela Skinner Gallery

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Joy

Masse's

2016

Bird in the Hand - Palo Alto Art Center
Palo Alto, CA

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Permanent Collection
Martinez Health Center, Martinez, CA

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Art in the Windows
Floudi Projects, San Francisco, CA

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Group Show
Krowes Work, Oakland, CA

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Auction
Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA 

2015

For the Ride - Artbeat

Berkeley, CA

2014

Perfectly Imperfect (Solo Show)

Fm Gallery, Oakland, CA

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MUA - Oakland, CA

2008

40 Portraits

Galleryone, Ellenburg, WA

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All Fired Up

White Plains Public Library, White Plains, NY

2007

The Diane and Sandy Besser Collection

DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, CA

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Head Trip

Barbara Anderson Gallery, Berkeley, CA

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Zipp Gallery

Santa Fe, NM

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I am The Best Artist

Strange Weeds, Santa Fe , NM

2006

The Family of Clay

California College of Arts, Oakland, CA

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Clay and Ink 3

Kellogg University, Pomona, CA

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Tomorrow's Drawing Today

Turner Carroll Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

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Drawing Discoveries

The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL

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Clay?

Kirkland Arts Center, Seattle, WA

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Tell Me A Story

Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2005

Di Rosa Invitational Art Auction

Napa, CA

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Local Voice

Bedford Gallery Juror's Award

Walnut Creek, CA

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The Price is Right

David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN

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Correspondance

Link Gallery, San Francisco, CA

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Art, Health and Humor

Arts Change, Richmond, CA

2004

The Dictionary (two-person show)

Klaudia Marr Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

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Eve Aesthetic Contemporary

Figurative Clay: Sculpture

Memorial Union Art Gallery and Pence, Davis, CA

2003

Art of the Narrative

Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA

Publications

2016

Fourteen Hills

San Francisco State University Review 

2014

One Way to Ask

Poetry Book

 

Desire Zoo and Freral City

Alsion Luterman book covers

2004

Being Scene

GalleryWise, December

 

Art

The Sacramento Bee, December 12

 

The Eve Aesthetic

UC Davis Memorial Union Catalogue, April

2003

Artline

Commuter Times, November

2000

Featured Artist

Toya-Ceramic Art Monthly, Korea April

1995

Featured Artist

Sacramento News and Review, October 19

1994

Featured Artist

Town and Country Villager, October

ZYZZYVA - Fall, Vol: no3

1993

Featured Artist

Surface Design Journal

Collections

Fine Arts Museum

of San Francisco

Graphic Art Colllection

San Francisco, CA

Ceramic Research

Center

Arizona State University Museum, AZ

Sandy Besser

Santa Fe, NM

Victor Honig

San Francisco, CA

Nelson Art Gallery

University of California, Davis CA

UCLA

Medical Group

Los Angeles, CA

Paul Daver

Sacramento, CA

Rick & Barbara Tell

Los Angeles, CA

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