Curriculum vitae
B. 1977, Los Angeles, CA
Lives in Pittsburgh, PA
Education
2003 MFA Studio Art, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Boston, MA
1999 BFA cum laude, Art Photography, College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University
1995 (Attended) Otis College of Art and Design
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2024 Untangling Our Roots, Peggi Habets and Lauren Braun, Pittsburgh Botanic Garden, Oakdale, PA
2023 Palette/Palate, Laurel Lane Gallery, Nemacolin, Farmington, PA
2023 Pebbles & Shells, Mt. Lebanon Public Library, Mt Lebanon, PA
2022 Cascades, Carnegie Free Library of Swissvale, Pittsburgh, PA
2021 Window Display at 534 Smithfield St with Brian Ferrell, a project of PG&H, Pittsburgh, PA
2021 Record Theatre Window Project presented by Buffalo Obscura, Buffalo, NY
2019 Final Notice: Lauren Braun & Seth LeDonne, The Union Hall, Pittsburgh, PA
2019 Transit Wall Mural, Airside Terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport
2018 Tiny Architecture, Espresso A Mano, Pittsburgh, PA
2018 Art! Arriviste Coffee Bar, Pittsburgh, PA
2017 Lauren Braun and Lisa Bergant Koi: Points of View, The Union Hall, Pittsburgh, PA
2017 Patterns for Living, Creative Nonfiction Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA
2010 Color Songs, Buffalo Niagara Visitor’s Center Gallery, Buffalo, NY
2009 Art Party! Imagebox, Pittsburgh, PA
2005 The Law Offices of Siegel, Kelleher & Kahn, Buffalo, NY
1998 Schine Student Center Gallery, Syracuse University, NY
Group Exhibitions
2024 Featured Artists Exhibit, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, PA
2023 113 x 113, Winter Anniversary Exhibit, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, PA
Growth, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh x Creative Citizen Studios, Pittsburgh, PA
2022 The World at Our Feet, Boxheart Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
112 x 112, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Other, with Christine Lorenz and Travis Mitzel, Blankspace Wilkinsburg
Collage: Visual Stories, Pgh Collage Collective at Ketchup City Creative, Pittsburgh, PA
Pittsburgh Paints, City County Building, selected by First Lady Michelle Gainey
Working Our Way Home, Roswell Visual Arts Center, Roswell, GA
Dynamic Duos: Collaborative Works by AAP & CCS Artists, AAP Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2021 Drawn Together +, National Center for Contemporary Arts, Minsk, Belarus
Blended, Usak Museum of Archeology, Usak, Turkey
Drawn Together, Good News Arts, High Springs, FL
Abyss, Roswell City Hall, Roswell, GA
In Bloom, Pittsburgh Center for Arts and Media
Relics: stories from the past, Roswell Visual Arts Center, Roswell, GA
Live on Five, Buffalo Arts Studio exhibit and fundraiser
Living with Art, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (virtual exhibit)
2020 110 x 110 x 110, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (virtual exhibit)
Blended, Kyoto Shibori Museum, Kyoto, Japan
Lost in the Flood, Kipp Gallery, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Recall, Recollect, Reconstruct, Kyoto International Community House (Kokoka), Kyoto, Japan
2019 Idea Furnace Retrospective, Pittsburgh Glass Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Off the Wall, Gallery One Collective Works, Pittsburgh, PA
2018 Juried Visual Art Exhibit, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Trust Arts Education Center
2017 Dots Lines Shapes Patterns, Gallerie Chiz, Pittsburgh, PA
Now and Zen, Percolate Art Space, Wilkinsburg, PA
Electric Kool Aid, The Brewhouse, Pittsburgh, PA
Pop Up Pittsburgh Entrepreneurs Forum, The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 RawDraw, Neu Kirche Contemporary Art Center, Pittsburgh, PA
John Riegert, Space Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Pop up West Elm Bakery Square, Pittsburgh, PA
2015 Microcosm/MACROCOSM, Chatham University Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Raw Draw, Neu Kirche Contemporary Art Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Drawing on Drawing, Framehouse & Jask Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
No Vacancy, Mine Factory, Pittsburgh PA
Black and White, Framehouse & Jask Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Shaping New Worlds, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, PA
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh New Member exhibit, Trust Arts Education Center, Pittsburgh
2014 Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Framehouse & Jask Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Most Wanted Fine Art, Homestead, PA
Juried Visual Art Exhibition, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh 103rd Annual Exhibition, Westmoreland Museum of American Art @rt30, Greensburg, PA
This is Not a Dream, American Jewish Museum at the JCC, Pittsburgh, PA
2013 Collaborative exhibit with the Living Room Chamber Music Project, Pittsburgh and Sewickley, PA, July 26 and 27
2011 Love for Sale, Studio Hart, Buffalo, NY
2010 Love for Sale, Studio Hart, Buffalo, NY
2009 Renew Concert, IonSound Project, Bellefield Auditorium, Pittsburgh, PA, December 20
Free and Easy, Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh, PA
2007 Season 5: Music is Art LIVE @ the Center, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
2006 Embodiment, Virginia Weiss Gallery, Empire State College, Buffalo, NY
2005 Member’s Exhibit, Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Season 4: Music is Art LIVE @ the Center, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
Trimania Open Studios, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, NY
2003 Sensation, Aidekman Gallery, Tufts University, Medford, MA
September Prequel, Aidekman Gallery, Tufts University, Medford, MA
1999 Fine Print, College of Visual & Performing Arts, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
The Full Out Media Blitz, Lowe Gallery, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
NYS Regional Exhibition, Impact Artists Gallery, Buffalo, NY (First Place Award)
1998 Blue Light Special, Lightwork Gallery, Syracuse, NY
Residencies/Awards
2023
First Leap, Creative Business Accelerator
2022
Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator Grant, Pittsburgh Arts Council
2021
Tough Art @ Home Project Residency Program, Children’s Museum PGH
Nemacolin Artist in Residence (May)
2018
Emerging Artist Scholarship, Three Rivers Arts Festival
2017
Tending Space Fellowship for Artists, Hemera Foundation
2016
Idea Furnace Residency, Pittsburgh Glass Center
2006
Vermont Studio Center
Artist Support Grant, Vermont Studio Center
Strategic Opportunity Stipend (SOS), Buffalo Arts Council, NYFA
2000
School of the Museum of Fine Arts Grant
1996 - 99
Buffalo Alumni Scholarship, Syracuse University
Syracuse University Dean’s Scholarship
Fairs/Festivals
2018 Emerging Artist, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 echo Art Fair, OSC Manufacturing, Buffalo, NY
2014 echo Art Fair, Central Library, Buffalo, NY
2004 Music is Art Festival, Chameleon West Studios, Buffalo, NY
Teaching & Related Experience
2024
Volunteer, Creative Citizen Studios
Mobile Teaching Artist, Fine Art Miracles
2023
Mobile Teaching Artist, Fine Art Miracles
Workshop: Meditation and Craft in the Gallery at Contemporary Craft (January/February)
2022
Mentor, Distillery Artist Residency at the Brewhouse Association
Mentor, 2022 Mindfulness Facilitator Certification program, Copper Beech Institute
Workshop: Art & Music co-facilitated with Douglas Levine for Creative Citizens Studio
2021
Mentorship program: Associated Artists of Pittsburgh x Creative Citizens Studio
Workshop: Creativity: Go! co-facilitated with Joanna Abel for Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, 10/25/21
2020
(Virtual) Artist Talk, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, September 15
(Virtual) Artist Talk, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, November 3
2018
Presentation: SIX x ATE: Trompe l’oeil at Artist Image Resource, Pittsburgh, PA, September 27
Panelist: Entrepreneurship in the Arts, Pittsburgh Entrepreneurs Forum, Burns White Center, Pittsburgh, PA, June 26.
2015
Artist Talk, Photography Senior Seminar, Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA
2011
Teaching Artist: The Jewish Lens, Agency for Jewish Learning, Pittsburgh PA
2010
Presentation: Activism in Art, Agency for Jewish Learning, Pittsburgh, PA
2003
Artist Talk, Photography Seminar, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Boston, MA
2002
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Art as Process, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Selected Professional Experience
2018 - 2019
Administrative Assistant, Jewish Residential Services, Pittsburgh
2014
EY Entrepreneur of the Year Program Coordinator, Pittsburgh
2009 – 2013
Programmer/Assistant to the Director, Film Pittsburgh
2009 – 2010
Assistant to the Artistic Director/Office Manager, Dreams of Hope, Pittsburgh
2006 – 2007
Art Program Coordinator, Light Research, Buffalo, NY
Television
2007 Interview, Season 5: Music is Art LIVE @ the Center, Thinkbright WNED-TV, Buffalo, NY
Print Media
Divittorio, Michael. Exposure Sewickley Moves in Rodeo Lounge, March 2, 2023.
Reinherz, Adam. In a Field hit hard by the pandemic, these Pittsburgh artists still keeping busy, Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, December 7, 2020
A View from the Easel, Hyperallergic, 2019
Burrell, Rodney. “Points of View” Gleams at Bar Marco, LocalArtsPGH.com, February 2017
Tabachnick, Toby. Artist Lauren Braun shares ‘Points of View,’ Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, February 2017
Burrell, Rodney. “Now and Zen” at Percolate Draws Big Crowd on Opening Night, LocalArtsPgh.com, February 2017
Hiller, Melissa. This is Not a Dream, American Jewish Museum publication, 2014
Janicki, Emma. ART, Art, Art, art fills downtown Buffalo library, The Spectrum, September 7, 2014
Thomas, Mary. Associated Artists Annual at Westmoreland is a respectable reflection of regional art, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, September 30, 2014
Features
2023 Meet the Library Artists, Mt Lebanon Magazine Online
2023 March Featured Artist, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
2022 Interview, Meditation and Craft, Contemporary Craft Blog
Collage Art Feature, The TASC Journal by The Art Supply Co.
2021 The Geode, Issue 8, a newsletter that explores art, design, and storytelling through the lens of a love for rocks and minerals by Canadian artist Anne Ehrlich
2020 The Fourth River, A Journal of Nature and Place-Based Writing by Chatham University MFA program. Summer Issue
2017 Creative Nonfiction Magazine, Issue 62 Joy
2013 Living Room Chamber Music Project, featured artist for the program cover
2011 Miscellany: A Performing Arts Montage, featured artist for the program cover, Winchester Thurston School, Pittsburgh, PA, curated by Zoe Silverblatt
Collections
CBRE Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
PNC Corporate Offices, Pittsburgh, PA
The Tower at PNC Plaza, Pittsburgh, PA