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:

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   
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Stuffing, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2021   
eARTh- Artist/Activists
, Southampton Arts Center. Southampton, New York (upcoming)
NEW FUTURE,  Industra Art. Brno, Czechia (upcoming)
Home: Far and Near, Gallery North, Setauket, NY
Winter Salon, Marquee Projects, Bellport, NY
2020   

Long Island Biennial, Hecksher Art Museum. Huntington, NY
Dyscorpia 2.1 Remote Exhibition, Enterprise Square Galleries. Edmonton, Alberta, CA
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, New York
2017   
Tremors, Point Green Studios, Greenpoint, New York
Processed, Lawrence Alloway Gallery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York
2016   
Bowie-ween, Islip Art Museum, Islip, New York 
I Like Andy, Ripe Gallery, Huntington, New York 
Dog Days of Summer, Studio 5404, Massapequa, New York 
2015    
I See Me
, Huntington Arts Council, Huntington, New York
2014    
4th Annual Love and Passion Show, Karyn Mannix Contemporary, Watermill, New York
  
Grants and Awards:
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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:

2020   
Santa Fe Art Institute Revolution Residency (2022)
I-Park International Artist in Residence Program, East Haddam, CT (postponed due to Covid-19)
2019   
Vermont Studio Center. Johnson, Vermont 
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, New York

Collaborations/Partnerships:

2020

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County. Riverhead, New York

​Publications:

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


Conferences/Talks:

2021    
"Our Watchmen are Blind." Grounding: Cultural and Educational Proje
ct. Dokuchaev Central Museum of Soil, St. Petersburg, Russia (upcoming)
“Inv
aders 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 
eARTh- Artist/Activists, Artist Talk. Southampton Arts Center. Southampton, New York (postponed due to Covid-19)
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    
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“The Practicality of Plasticization.” Future (Im)Perfect, UC Berkeley Comparative Literature Conference. Berkeley, CA



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