Lauren Ruiz
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Education:
2019     MFA     Stony Brook University, Stony Brook NY
2012     BS         Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY

Solo/Two Person Exhibitions:
2023    Sheol, Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX (upcoming)
               That Tomb That Knows No Sound, Marquee Projects. Bellport, NY
2019     Science Faction, LI MOCA. Patchogue, NY
2018     The Museum of the Last Fluidicists, Lawrence Alloway Gallery. Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
               Plasticization Clinic II, Figment NYC.  Governors Island, New York, NY
               Plasticization Clinic, Lawrence Alloway Gallery. Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
2012     Stuffing, Hofstra University. Hempstead, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions:
2023   
Viewfinders: Photographers Frame Nature, Heckscher Museum of Art. Huntington, NY
2022    
The Nature of the Future, Belmont University, Nashville, TN
2021    Suffolk County Community College Faculty Art Exhibition, Brentwood, NY
              Pathological Landscapes, Marquee Projects, Bellport, NY   
              NEW FUTURE,  Art Industra. Brno, Czech Republic
              eARTh- Artist/Activists, Southampton Arts Center. Southampton, New York 
              Home: Far and Near, Gallery North, Setauket, NY
              Winter Salon, Marquee Projects, Bellport, NY
2020     Long Island Biennial, Heckscher Art Museum. Huntington, NY
              Dyscorpia 2.1, Enterprise Square Galleries. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
              HUA QUAN 2019, Art League Student Gallery, LIU Post. Brookville, NY
               AWMAS Conference Exhibition, UC Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara, CA
              Feral, The Blockhouse, D’Nasco Studio. Havana, Cuba 
2019    Nature, Gallery Serendip, Kobe Design University. Hyogo, Japan
              Secondary Transformations: The Byproducts of Work, South Project Space, Stony Brook, NY
              Fold. Fragment. Forum. Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
2018     LI MFA, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
2017     Tremors, Point Green Studios, Greenpoint, New York
               Processed, Lawrence Alloway Gallery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook,
NY
2016     Bowie-ween, Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
              I Like Andy, Ripe Gallery, Huntington, NY
              Dog Days of Summer, Studio 5404, Massapequa, NY
2015     I See Me, Huntington Arts Council, Huntington, NY
2014    4th Annual Love and Passion Show, Karyn Mannix Contemporary, Watermill, NY

  
Grants and Awards:
​2021    
The Puffin Foundation Ltd. Creative Arts Grant
​              NYFA/NYSCA Decentralization Grant  
2020     Foundation for Contemporary Art- FCA Emergency Grant
               NYFA Tri-State Covid-19 Relief Grant
               Covid-19 Impact Relief Grant, Artist Relief Initiative
2019     Lawrence Alloway Award for Outstanding Achievement, Stony Brook University 
              Studio Art Department Travel Grant, Stony Brook University 
              Graduate Student Union Professional Development Fellowship, Stony Brook University 
2018     Miriam and Maurice Goldberger Fellowship, Stony Brook University
2016-2019   Teaching Assistant Fellowship, Stony Brook University 

Residencies:
2023     
Museum of the Southwest. Midland, TX
2022     
Santa Fe Art Institute: Revolution Residency, Santa Fe, NM
2021      I-Park International Artist in Residence Program. East Haddam, CT 
2019      Vermont Studio Center. Johnson, VT
               Hua Quan Art Village Artist Retreat and Cultural Exchange. Nanchang, China
2018      Art Ayatana Research Residency: Submerge. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
               ArtSci Residency, Guerrilla Science. New York, NY


Conferences/Talks:
2023     
“From Wasteland to Resource: Forcing Fertility in the Llano Estacado.” Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) and The Association for 
                           Environmental
 Studies and Sciences (AESS) Biennial Conference. Portland, OR  (upcoming)               “Invasive Engineers: Earthworm Labor and the American Landscape” 5th Biennial Living with Animals Conference. Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
2022    "The GLEI Inc. Projects: Progression to a Postnatural Body." Future Bodies New Media Caucus and Symposium. Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
           
    “God, Labor and Earthworms: Tracing Toil Through the Sounds of the Subterranean.” Association for Art History’s 48th Annual Conference.
                           
Goldsmiths University of  London, London, UK 
2021     "Our Watchmen are Blind: An Investigation of Subterranean Labor." POSTSENSORIUM:  RIXC Art Science Festival and Open Fields Conference, 
                           
Latvian National Museum of Art. Riga, Latvia
               
 PechaKucha Night Hamptons, Vol. 32, The Parrish Art Museum. Water Mill, NY 
               
"Our Watchmen are Blind." Grounding: Cultural and Educational Project. Dokuchaev Central Museum of Soil, St. Petersburg, Russia
             
  “Invaders Underfoot: Nightcrawlers and Nanoplastics.” CAA: College Arts Association Conference.  New York, NY 
2020     “The Plasticization of Privilege,” Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science, University of Applied Arts. Vienna, Austria 
             
   AWMAS Integration: Applying Art and Science, UC Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara, CA
2019     “Plastic Lifeworlds: An Investigation of Nonhuman Labor.” Open Fields 2019: UN/GREEN: Naturally Artificial Intelligences.   The 4th Open Fields conference on Artistic 
                          Research, Science and Technologies. The Latvian National Museum of Art. Riga, Latvia
2018    “The Practicality of Plasticization.” Future (Im)Perfect, UC Berkeley Comparative Literature Conference. Berkeley, CA

Collaborations/Partnerships:
2020      
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County. Riverhead, NY

​Publications:
2021     
"Science Meets Art in an Earth Day Exhibition at SAC," Sag Harbor Express. April 15
2020     "Feralʼ in Estudio DNasco: More Than an Exhibition, an Ecosystem," Rialta Magazine. 
2019      "A Class of Their Own," Newsday, LI Arts. March 29
2018      "Islip Art Museum Welcomes MFA Students," Islip Bulletin. June 7
​2017     "Greenpoint TREMORS: Political & Social Reactions," Greenpointers. August 17

Permanent Collections:

Heckscher Art Museum
LI MOCA
Parrish Art Museum
Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery
Watermill Center







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