Lauren Warrington
Lauren Warrington is an interdisciplinary artist exploring the interplay of physical and virtual environments. Born and raised in Saskatoon, Lauren graduated in 2019 with her BFA from the University of Saskatchewan. Her workengages with mixed reality to explore societal conventions associated with her gender and race. Her current practice explores Chinese folklore and her experiences growing-up as a mixed-race Chinese-Canadian on the prairies. She places an emphasis on process, using a variety of traditional mediums in combination with digital programs; she often transports her work back and forth between the physical and digital. Lauren constructs virtual simulations of objects that are of personal and familial significance. These objects act as transcendent connectors to her ancestors and the identity she once repressed.
Education
2019 B.F.A in Studio Art with High Honours, University of Saskatchewan
2016 B.Sc. Physiology & Pharmacology with Great Distinction, University of Saskatchewan
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Somewhere in Mid-Hyperspace is Where She Left Her Rabbit, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2017 Simulacra, Flint Saloon, SK
Group Exhibitions
2020 Pending Install, Biofeedback Virtual Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2019 AKA Art Draw, AKA Artist Run Centre, Saskatoon, SK
2019 BODY, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2019 Never The Same, SCYAP Arts Centre, Saskatoon, SK
2019 Verso/Recto, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
2019 Ambiguous Mirror, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2018 Frame by Frame, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2018 SILENCE, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2018 affairs, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2018 Polymer & Bust!, Flint Saloon, SK
2018 Pffft … , Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
2018 Silence, Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, Saskatoon, SK
Awards
2020 SK Arts Micro-grant recipient (Biofeedback Collective)
2019 Judy Poole Award in Art and Art History, University of Saskatchewan
Collections
University of Saskatchewan Permanent Collection