Lauren G Venable


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Lauren Venable was born in Pleasant Prairie, WI in 2001. She received her BFA in Studio Art: Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking from Loyola University Chicago in May 2024. She has participated in group exhibitions at the Ralph Arnold Gallery in Chicago, IL and at the Dubuque Museum of Art in Dubuque, IA. In 2023, she won the second place prize in the Dubuque Museum of Art’s 2023 Biennial. She currently works at Easel Art Studio in Chicago, IL where she teaches art to kids ages 2 to 12. In her art practice, she enjoys using charcoal and oil pastels as well as more unconventional materials like window screening to capture intimate moments through color and texture. Lauren currently lives and works in Chicago, IL with her fiancee and cat. 
Photo by Aislinn Kincaid Nolan

Exhibitions


2024
Art from the Heartland, Kyle Herrington, Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN

This Can’t Be It, Loyola University Museum of Art, Chicago, IL

Student Juried Exhibition, Allison Lacher, Ralph Arnold Gallery, Loyola University, Chicago, IL

2023
DuMA Biennial Exhibition, Pamela Caserta Hugdahl, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA

I’m Turning Alizarin Crimson, Mundelein Greenhouse, Loyola University, Chicago, IL

2021
DuMA Biennial Exhibition, Laura Burkhalter, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA

Student Juried Exhibition, Ruby T., Ralph Arnold Gallery, Loyola University, Chicago, IL

Education


Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art: Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking, Loyola University, Chicago, IL

Awards


2023
Second-Place Prize at the DuMA Biennial, Dubuque, IA




Work Experience


May 2023 to Present
Teacher, Easel Art Studio, Chicago, IL

June 2022 to July 2022
Arts and Crafts Counselor, Camp Webb, Knoxville, TN