RESUME

LAUREN PAKRADOONI

BIO

Lauren Pakradooni lives in Media, PA. She received an MFA in Printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BA from Hampshire College. 

Lauren Pakradooni uses printmaking, sculpture, and sound to explore the tension between the natural and built worlds. 

Pakradooni has performed and exhibited work with many venues, including solo exhibitions at The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA;  Monaco, Saint Louis, MO; Peep Space, Tarrytown, NY; Skylab, Columbus, OH; IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, DC; the University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX; Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA and Cheymore Gallery Tuxedo, NY.  She has shown in many group exhibitions, including Transmitter Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Planthouse Gallery, New York, NY; and Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA. 

She has been awarded residencies by the Women’s Studio Workshop, Wassaic Project, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, and Virginia Commonwealth University Qatar. 

She considers teaching a part of her creative work and has taught courses in Printmaking, Drawing, Sculpture, and multidisciplinary practices. She is an Assistant Professor of Printmaking at West Chester University, West Chester, PA. Pakradooni is an active member of the community printshop Second State Press in Philadelphia and serves on their board. She is co-operator of Pressure Club, a print publishing project. 

EDUCATION

MFA Printmaking Rhode Island School of Design, Providence,  RI

BA Hampshire College (Art History and Interdisciplinary Art), Amherst, MA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

2024 Whirl, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

2023 Sprig, Hillyer Gallery, Washington, D.C. 

2022 Tilt Towards Return, Monaco Gallery, St Louis, MO

Cast VIne / Rock Float, Peep Space, Tarrytown, NY

2019 Describing a Sunset to a Robo Caller, Epsilon Spires, Brattleboro, VT

2018 Static Slip, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA. 

2017 Material Level, the University of Texas at  Austin, Austin, TX. 

These for Days, Space Lab, Columbus, OH. 2017

Dither that Dogs, Leisure Studio, Denver, CO. 

Bent on Some Kind of Wave, Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA. 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 Ulises: Assembly, Tufts University Art Galleries, Boston, MA

Lawn Monuments, Curated by Good Naked Gallery, The Clearing, Cragsmoor, NY 

A Trick of Light or Distance, Kniznick Gallery, Brandeis University,  Waltham, MA

Grow with Us, Lump Gallery, Raleigh, NC

Less is Bore, Blah Blah Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2023 Lawn Monuments,  The Clearing, Cragsmoor, NY 

Optical Bijou, Ice Box Project Space, Philadelphia, PA

The Hand is a Horological Device, Transmitter, Brooklyn, NY

2022 Vicarious Love Pop-up Show, Vicarious Love Market,  Philadelphia, PA

2021 AIR Exhibition, Practice Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2019 Relay Spaces (Three-person show) InLiquid, Philadelphia, PA

2018 /Still Rendering/ (two-person show with Adam Raymont, curated by Brad Ewing), Cheymore Gallery, Tuxedo,  NY. 

Window, DeKalb Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

2017 Graphic Mimicry, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Published by the Artist, International Print Center, New York, NY

Delta-Wave, Het Boss, Antwerp, Belgium

Excavation, Illusion + Artifact, PrattMWP Gallery in the Museum of Art, Utica, NY

2016 MDF Blog, Planthouse Gallery, New York, NY

Chewing the Scenery, Grey Space, Philadelphia, PA

2015 Press/Play, Pagus Gallery, Norristown, PA

Material Studies, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA

High Density, Oblique Function, Proxy Gallery, Providence, RI 

2015 Contemporary Impressions from the Printmaking Matrix, Evelyn E. Jorgenson Fine Arts Gallery, Moberly, MO. 

2014 ArtScape, Field Day, Baltimore, MD

Maspeth’s World of Wheels, Knockdown Center, Brooklyn, NY

Wassaic Summer Exhibition, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY

Brucennial, Bruce High-Quality Foundation, New York, NY

2013 Thanks Come Again, So What Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. 

  Personal Desire Propaganda, This Red Door, Brooklyn, NY and Berlin, Germany 2012 MICRO-UTOPIA, R.K. Projects, Providence, RI

Our First Time in the Gulf, Student Center Gallery, Doha, Qatar

Hub-Bub Invitational, Showroom Gallery, Spartanburg, SC

2011 New Contemporaries, Gelman Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI

RISD Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI

Unearthed, The Amy H. Carberry Fine Arts Gallery, Springfield, MA

Paperworks, Paper City Gallery, Holyoke, MA

Body, Gelman Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, RI

Anxious Days, Twist Gallery Nashville, TN

2010 Be Your Own Placebo, North Adams, MA

Fresh Prints, Open Space, Baltimore, MD

2009 Call and Response. Central Gallery, University of Massachusetts. Amherst, MA

Release the River, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA

Drawn, Stairwell Gallery, Providence, RI

2008 Helbaard Hallow, Den Haag, NL

Noise//Art, Kerry Schuss, New York, NY

PERFORMANCE 

2021 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Virtual Performance, July 2021

2007-24 

Performances Under the Monikers “Tether” and “PAK” Live electronic music performance in a variety of venues from informal spaces of basements to galleries, including Vox Populi, Remote Viewing, Pageant: Soloveev; Philadelphia, PA; Wilfred Yang, Los Angeles, CA; and Nightlight, NC. The experimental music project is based on live and loop tape manipulation and has been recorded and released in Vinyl records, cassette tape, and digital formats.  

GRANTS, AWARDS, + RESIDENCIES 

2023 Michael Lasuchin Memorial Award, American Color Print Society, Philadelphia, PA. 

Nomination for Pew Fellowship. Pew Foundation, Philadelphia, PA

2021 319 Galleries Artist-in-Residence, Practice Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2019 Professional Development Grant, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA

2018 Nomination for Pew Fellowship. Pew Foundation, Philadelphia, PA

2015 Artist in Residence, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE

Artist in Residence, Beisinghoff Residency of Women’s Studio Workshop, Rhoden, Germany

2014 Artist in Residence, AS220, Providence, RI

2013 Fob Holder Fellow, Second State Press, Philadelphia, PA. 

Education Fellowship and Artist in Residence, Wassaic Project, Wassaic, NY

2011 Artist in Residence, Department of Painting and Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth University, Doha, Qatar. 

2009 Artist in Residence, Helbaard, Den Haag, NL. 

VISITING ARTIST + LECTURES 

2021       Visiting Artist Lecturer and Guest Presenter, Presentation of professional work and print demonstration. 

                Art Department,  Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 

2020       Visiting Artist Lecturer and Guest Presenter, Presentation of professional work and print demonstration. 

                Printmaking Department,  Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2018 Artist Talk, Print Center, Philadelphia, PA

Artist Talk, Cheymore Gallery, Tuxedo Park, NY, 

Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Presentations on professional work, and studio visits with Graduate students. Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA. 

Visiting Artist Lecturer, Presentation on professional work and research. Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA

2017 Visiting Artist Lecturer, Public lecture on professional work and research. University of Texas, Austin, TX

Visiting Artist Lecturer, Presentation on professional work and research. Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA

2015 Guest Artist, High School Sketchbook Club, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA. 2015

Guest Artist, Tyler School of Art, Professional Development course studio visit

Artist Talk,  Atelierhaus Beisinghoff, Diemelstadt-Rhoden, GE.  

2013 Artist Talk, Spudnik Press, Chicago, IL. 

PUBLICATIONS + BIBLIOGRAPHY

“ Recommended Exhibitions + Events: Upstate Art Weekend, July 18-21, 2024” Two Coats of Paint, July 2024

“NYC Selected Gallery Guide: June 2023” Two Coats of Paint, June 2023

“Exploring a sense of place in a shifting world,” Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, March 17th, 2023

“Best Experimental Music 2020”, Marc Masters published on Bandcamp in December  2020 

“Art of Lauren Pakradooni on display at Epsilon Spires“ Brattleboro Commons, October 2019

White Columns Artists Registry,  White Columns, New York, NY  2020

“Darkness Gets a Place to Shine - Chewing the Scenery at Crane Arts” ArtBlog, 2016

“This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Hacking Dystopias”,  Michael Anthony Farley, ArtFCity, 2016

Lighthouse No. 2 (wood engraving). Published by Ali Osborn. New York, NY. 2016

“Album Covers of the Year” 2015, Redefine Mag, 2015

Happiness, issue no. 4, published by Leah Wishnia, New York, NY. 2014

“Lauren Pakradooni: Geluid en Beeld als complementaire werelden” Gonzo (Circus) 112,  Antwerp, BE. December, 2012

Christian Name by Lawrence Giffin, Ugly Duckling Presse, Illustrations, edition of 1200. 2012