Lauren Hartman
Education
MFA San Francisco Art Institute, CA
BFA Columbus College of Art and Design, OH
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Transitions, Gavilan College, Gilroy, CA
2018 Hydrothermal, 826 Valencia, San Francisco, CA
2018 Northern Passages, Regional Museum of Local Lore, Murmansk, Russia
2018 Northern Passages, Historical and Regional Museum of Polyarny, Russia
2018 Northern Passages, State Darwin Museum, Moscow, Russia
2017 Northern Passages, Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2015 Traces of the Arctic, Duplex Collective, Portland, OR
2014 Piper Alpha, Shadow Projects, Oakland, CA
2012 Save Our Ship, Salon DeHon, San Francisco, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Living Things, SF Arts Ed, San Francisco, CA
2019 Ocean Scholars, California Maritime Academy, Vallejo, CA
2018 Kuryokhin center, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2018 Let Me Be a Witness, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2017 Living Oceans, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA
2016 My Ocean Gal, Farmstand, Bolinas, CA
2015 FiberSHED, Marin Community Center, Novato, CA
2015 Indigo Mind, StoreFrontLab, San Francisco, CA
2014 Bay Area Now, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2014 More than One Way, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2014 Kala Artists’ Annual Exhibition, Kala, Berkeley, CA
2012 Premiere, Artify It, San Francisco, CA
2010 Bivouac, Queens Nails, San Francisco, CA
2010 Sideshow Happening, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2010 iMAGine, Mamaroneck Artists Guild, Mamaroneck, NY
2010 Vernissage, Fort Hayes, San Francisco, CA
2009 Day of the Thread, Pueblo Nuevo Gallery, Berkeley, CA
2009 Wish You Were Here, AIR Gallery, New York, NY
2009 Locality, Mission Art Center, San Francisco, CA
2009 Dream a Little Dream, San Francisco, CA
2008 We’re All in This Together, McNish Gallery, Oxnard, CA
2006 Generations 4, AIR Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Gibson Theater, New York, NY
2005 The Square Foot Show, Art Gotham, New York, NY
2004 International Printmakers Exhibition, Galerie Pension Roskolnikoff, Dresden, Germany
2004 Together, Neo Gallery, Columbus, OH
2003 Fiber Group Show, Fuji Studio, Florence, Italy
2003 International Group Show, Studio Art Center International, Florence, Italy
Workshops, Lectures, and Installations
2023 Sequin and Embroidery Workshop, Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco, CA
2022 Artist Talk & embroidery workshop, Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga, CA
2022 Conference presentation, Mediated Arctic Geographies, Sámi Cultural Center, Inari Finland
2021 Faculty Panel, Creating Community and Connection in the Classroom, Cal Maritime
2020 Artist Talk (virtual), Hartwick College, NY,
2020 Sew a Message Workshop, If You Were Here Now (virtual workshop).
2019 Large-scale permanent art Installation, 826 Mission Bay, San Francisco, CA
2019 Artist talk, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
2018 Workshop, Summer Souvenirs, 826 Valencia, San Francisco, CA
2018 Workshop, Museum Dioramas, Regional Museum of Local Lore, Murmansk, Russia
2017 Workshop, Museum Dioramas, Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2017 Public lecture, Offshore Winds and On Shore Accounts, Maritime Museum, San Francisco, CA
2016 Workshop, Submerged Souvenirs, Art Night, San Francisco, CA
2015 Workshop, Make Your Own Artifact, StoreFrontLab, San Francisco, CA
2014 Managed, Textile Symposium, Textile Society of America, LA, CA
2012 Workshop, Dioramas (series of 4), Root Division, San Francisco, CA
2011 Storefront installation, 826 Valencia Pirate Store, San Francisco, CA
2010 Storefront installation, 826 Valencia Pirate Store, San Francisco, CA
2009 Interactive installation, Whispers of the Dead, Dia De Los Muertos, San Francisco, CA
Publications
2022 Hartman, Lauren and Sammler, Katherine. “Polar Magnetograms: Stitches in Space.” HAS Magazine (online), July 2022, p.19.
2019 Hartman, Lauren. Northern Passages. Colpa Press, San Francisco, CA, 2019.
2017 Wonsower, Lucy. “Interview with Lauren Hartman.” Venison Magazine, issue 4 p.10.
2015 Breedlove Latham, Jessica. “In the Studio with Lauren Hartman.” Duplex Exhibition Catalogue, Portland, OR, Aug 23, 2015.
2015 Hotchkiss, Sarah. “Bay Area Artists Dive into the Big Blue.” KQED Arts (online), San Francisco, CA, Aug 31.
Awards & Grants
2023 Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities Award, CSU Maritime Academy, CA
2022 Outstanding Faculty Scholar Award, CSU Maritime Academy, CA
2022 Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities Award, CSU Maritime Academy, CA
2019 Research, Scholarly and Creative Activities Award, CSU Maritime Academy, CA
2018 Grant US Consulate General Moscow, Russia
2018 Faculty Development Funds, Maritime Academy, CA
2017 Grant from the US Consulate General Saint Petersburg, Russia
2015 Residency at StoreFrontLab, San Francisco, CA
Teaching
2015-Present, California State University Maritime Academy, Vallejo, CA Courses: Introduction to Visual Arts, Maritime Arts, and Creativity
2019, San Francisco Art Institute, SF, CA
Course: Soft Sculpture, Materials, and Contexts, built on the foundations of textiles and conceptualism. Integrated technologies include laser cutting, weaving, machine sewing with indigo dying, and hand embroidery.
2012- 2018
Harvey Milk Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Courses: included beginning to advanced sewing, sculpture, drawing, painting, embroidery, digital storytelling, and fashion. Developed and taught over ten visual art and textile courses to students aged 4 to 83 years old.