Born 1981 in New York City. Lives in New York City.
Lauren Seiden’s work explores the essential elements of process and materiality through an intuitive and intimate layering of graphite that tests the conventions of drawing; breaking down the surface and transforming the paper into a physical, textural and structural form.
Lauren Seiden received her B.A. in Painting and Drawing from Bennington College in Vermont. Her recent exhibitions include “Colors” at Louis B. James, New York City, “Radiate” at Circle Culture Gallery, Berlin, “The Suspended Line” at Josée Bienvenu, New York City, “Action+Object+Exchange” at the Drawing Center in New York City, and solo exhibitions at the Mattatuck Museum, Connecticut, and Denny Gallery. Seiden received the AOL and Chuck Close “25 for 25” Grant Award in 2010, and in 2014 was selected to participate in The Drawing Center’s “Open Sessions” program.
Read in Artforum. By Tina Rivers Ryan, printed in the May 2016 issue.
5 Must-See NYC Art Exhibitions At Galerie Richard, Richard Taittinger, Denny Gallery And More By Meg Busacca, Mar 11, 2016 Read on Fashion Times. “I’ll Meet You There x William Bradley @ Galerie Richard “Rapaciously Yours” x Frances Goodman @ Richard Taittinger “Yesterday So Fast” x Lauren Seiden @ Denny Gallery Denny Gallery presents “Yesterday So Fast,” a solo exhibition featuring sculptural works by Lauren Seiden. The collection of pieces evokes an environment of suspended time, highlighting movements such as falling, collapsing…Read More
Beyond the Main Fair: 9 Things to See This Armory Week by Kate Messinger Read on Paper Magazine. Light your torches, the art world olympics are upon us again. The largest New York based art fair, the Armory Art Show in its 22nd year, brings us a giant warehouse filled with artwork you have probably seen before, a burning glow of neon lights, a $5 shot of espresso, and the possibility to be stabbed by a woman with art fair…Read More
This Week’s Must-See Art Events: Hacking Dystopias by Michael Anthony Farley on February 22, 2016 Read on Art F City. This weekend’s must-see events include a lot of AFC’s friends and favs, from Friday’s discussion on hacktivism as part of Joyce Yu-Jean Lee’s project FIREWALL Internet Cafe to fundraiser events featuring the work of AFC’s own Matthew Leifheit and F.A.G. Bar artist Macon Reed on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. But during the week, do check out solo shows from Leanne Shapton (Tuesday) and Sherrie Levine (Wednesday). Thursday’s all about dystopia, with…Read More
Precarious Weight A graphite-obsessed artist chases a new thread By Scott Indrisek Printed in February Issue 2016 View PDF of article.
Read on Blouin Artinfo December 3, 2014 Afros, Abstraction, and Photographic Experimentation at Untitled By Scott Indrisek MIAMI BEACH — Untitled pitches its tent on the South Beach sand from December 3 through 7, bringing a roster of galleries that, while admittedly a bit heavy on New York representation, also includes venues from Helsinki, Mexico City, Bogota, and beyond. Despite lacking the flash and big-dollar bluster of Art Basel Miami Beach — one of Untitled’s advertising partners during Tuesday morning’s…Read More
Exhibiting at UNTITLED. December 3-7, 2014 Ocean Drive & 12th Street, Miami Beach Booth A07 Artists on view: Lauren Seiden, Amanda Valdez
Read on Refinery29 By Emily Singer / October 22,2014 It’s officially art fair season, with the 12th edition of Frieze London taking place last week, and exhibitions rolling out in cities ranging from Toronto to Dubai over the next few months, culminating in the big art fest-slash-cultural who’s-who-slash-party that is Art Basel Miami Beach in December. That makes it a great time for emerging artists to get their work in front of new audiences — and for you to discover…Read More
View on NY Mag September 25, 2014 Tour a Newly Transformed West Village Townhouse By Wendy Goodman When I toured the forlorn Abingdon Guest House this summer mid-renovation with developers Ari Heckman and Will Cooper — who head up the team of young design talent at ASH NYC — I had no idea what a beauty it would become.
Read on Refinery29.com Lauren Seiden (American, born 1981) New York-based artist Lauren Seiden wraps canvas with paper and works over the paper to blacken it with charcoal — sometimes only coloring edges and gulfs, sometimes darkening the entire crinkled surface. From a distance, they could be sculptures of fabric, marble, or wood, but knowing they are paper creates a pleasure in seeing how they’ve been utterly transformed into a reimagining of canvas, painting, and sculpture. (CK)
Read on LVL3 Media. Artist of the Week: Lauren Sieden Lauren Seiden (born 1981, lives in New York City) received her B.A. in Painting and Drawing from Bennington College in Vermont. Her recent exhibitions include Querencia at Denny Gallery in New York City, Action+Object+Exchange at the Drawing Center in New York City,The Last Brucennial curated by Vito Schnabel and the Bruce High Quality Foundation in New York City, SP-Arte in Sao Paolo, Brazil,Works Off Canvas at Denny Gallery, ORGANIX: Contemporary Art From The USA, curated by Diego Cortez at the Luciano…Read More
Read on Blouin Artinfo “5 Must-See Gallery Shows: Lauren Seiden, Michael Berryhill, and More” By Scott Indrisek Lauren Seiden at Denny Gallery, through June 8 Crumpled, graphite-laden masses of paper assume the appearance of marble or stone in Seiden’s debut solo show in New York. They’re simultaneously delicate and imposing, practically begging the viewer to poke them, simply to see if they’ll yield or resist. (But yeah, don’t do that. Really.) As abstract objects — part drawing, part sculpture — they’re…Read More
Read on Blouin Artinfo “The Line Ventures into Art Wolrd with Artsy Collab” by Michelle Tay TheLine.com, an online fashion, home, and beauty retailer, is venturing into the art world. It has, via a partnership with Artsy.net, launched an exhibition and sale of art by contemporary artists such as Lauren Seiden, Sanda Iliescu, Jeffrey Hoone, Werner Bischof, Nicholas Alan Cope, Chip Hooper, Do Ho Suh and Tony Scherman. The works range from photography to mixed media collage pieces sourced from…Read More
Read on style.com “Exclusive: The Line Makes a Bid for the Art World” by Kristin Anderson Having barely marked its six-month anniversary, The Line just got one step closer to offering a 360-degree curated life. Vanessa Traina Snow and Morgan Wendelborn’s immaculately edited concept shop has partnered with online database Artsy (which counts Larry Gagosian and John Elderfield among its advisers) to venture into the world of art dealing. Beginning today, The Line will offer a selection of artworks by the…Read More
Round up of a couple of press mentions for Denny Gallery while exhibiting in UNTITLED. Miami Beach, December 2 – 8, 2013 BOMBlog. Denny Gallery mentioned by Omar Lopez-Chahoud in an interview by Tabitha Piseno. Read. The Art Newspaper. Elizabeth Denny quoted in “Untitled Stakes its Claim on Miami Beach” by Rachel Corbett. Read. Eyes Towards the Dove. Denny Gallery booth included in the lineup “Top Picks for Art Untitled Miami, 2013” by Katy Diamond Hamer. Read.
Exhibiting at UNTITLED. December 4 – 8, 2013 Ocean Drive & 12th Street, Miami Beach Booth B20 Artists on view: Jason Gringler, Nikolai Ishchuk, Ole Martin Lund Bø, Lauren Seiden, Jordan Tate Work available by: Michael Rudokas, Amanda Valdez, Nadja Frank
Art in America “Works Off Canvas” at Denny Gallery, through Sep. 8 A concise and surprising group show at one of the Lower East Side’s newer galleries (it opened in early 2013 with a solo show by Amanda Valdez, one of the four artists in “Works Off Canvas). In addition to Valdez’s abstract assemblages incorporating embroidery thread and fabric, the exhibition includes Michael Rudokas’s compositions of layered semitransparent materials like tulle and chiffon, and Wayne Adams’s tactile faux fur pieces. Lauren Seiden’s…Read More
Lauren Seiden’s work will be exhibited in “Imago Mundi,” curated by Diego Cortez, works from the Luciano Benetton Collection. The exhibition coincides with the 55th Venice Biennale in Venice, Italy. Opening on August 27 at 7 p.m. Running from August 28 – October 27, 2013. Read more.
