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Lauren Mabry
Born1985 (1985)
Cincinnati, Ohio
Known forArt, Ceramics, Sculpture
Websitelaurenmabry.com

Lauren Mabry (b. 1985, Cincinnati, Ohio)[1] is an American ceramic artist recognized for her innovative approach to glazed ceramic forms. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio and raised in Madison, Wisconsin,[2] she received her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute[3] and her MFA from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.[4][5]

She is the recipient of a grant from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.[6] She was awarded the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Emerging Artist award in 2014.[7][8][9]

Her work is in the collection of the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art[10] and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.[11] Her exhibits include the solo exhibit, "Cylinders" at the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art[3] in 2012, the group exhibit, "Form Over Function," at the Pentimenti Gallery in 2019,[12][13] and the group exhibit, "Reminiscing the Now: Directions in Contemporary Clay" at the Gallery at University of Texas, Austin in 2022.[14][15]

Her work, Glazescape (Green Shade), was acquired by the Smithsonian American Art Museum as part of the Renwick Gallery's 50th Anniversary Campaign,This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World.[16][17][18]

Mabry writes, "By merging the gestural mark-making of Abstract Expressionism with Postminimalism's focus on material agency, my work reclaims visibility for women artists historically excluded from these movements and marginalized for working in ceramics—a medium long dismissed as craft. I engage with a gendered approach to abstraction by embracing material fluidity, process-driven unpredictability, and the collapse of boundaries between painting, sculpture, and printmaking—challenging the separation of craft and fine art. Like Lynda Benglis's poured forms, my vibrant ceramic surfaces assert a sensual, bodily presence that celebrates transformation as a feminist gesture."

She has worked to uplift voices of other women artists in her article, The Context of Technique[19]

References

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  1. ^ "Lauren Mabry". LUX Center for the Arts. Archived from the original on 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Lauren Mabry". The Clay Studio. Archived from the original on 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Exhibitions – Cylinders – Lauren Mabry". Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art. 2012. Archived from the original on 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Lauren Mabry". Studio Potter. Archived from the original on 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  5. ^ "UNL grad student wins first-place ceramics award". Lincoln Journal Star. 11 July 2011. pp. D.8.
  6. ^ "Lauren Mabry – 2015 Pew Fellow". The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage. 30 November 2016. Archived from the original on 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  7. ^ "2014 Awards and Awardees" (PDF). National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts. February 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2016.
  8. ^ Bracker, Cindy (14 February 2014). "2014 NCECA Emerging Artists". National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCSCA) Blog. Archived from the original on 14 February 2014.
  9. ^ Barr, Amanda (15 February 2015). "Emerging Artists, Featured: Goal Oriented". National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA) Blog. Archived from the original on 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  10. ^ "Mabry, Lauren (American, b. 1985)". Daum Museum of Contemporary Art (Collection Record). Archived from the original on 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  11. ^ "Works of Lauren Mabry". The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Archived from the original on 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Form over Function". Pentimenti Gallery. 2019. Archived from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  13. ^ Newhall, Edith (26 December 2019). "A tiny, terrific Horace Pippin exhibit at the Art Museum and more to see in Philly galleries now". TCA Regional News. ].
  14. ^ "'Reminiscing the Now: Directions in Contemporary Clay' comes to The Gallery at UTA". University Wire. 15 September 2022.
  15. ^ "Reminiscing the Now: Directions in Contemporary Clay". UTA Events Calendar. 2022. Archived from the original on 2 October 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  16. ^ Savig, Mary; Atkinson, Nora; Montiel, Anya (2022). This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World. Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum. pp. 228–238. ISBN 9781913875268.
  17. ^ "Glazescape (Green Shade)". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Archived from the original on 12 December 2022. Retrieved 12 December 2022.
  18. ^ "Smithsonian American Art Museum: 'This Present Moment – Crafting a Better World' Examines the State of Contemporary Craft in America Today". Targeted News Service. 11 May 2022.
  19. ^ "The Context of Technique | Studio Potter". test.studiopotter.org. Retrieved 2025-04-21.
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