Education
2019 MFA with Distinction, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2012 BFA summa cum laude, Spatial Art, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Teaching Experience and Art Employment
2022 Lecturer, 3D Design 2, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2021 Lecturer, 3D Design 1(two sections), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 2020+ Sculpture Technician, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2020 Lecturer, 3D Design, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2020 Lecturer, Space and Spatial Context, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2020 Lecturer, Fundamentals of Sculpture, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2019-20 Production Assistant, Stalror Metalworks, Athens, GA
2019 Lecturer, 3D Design, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2019 Instructor of Record, Fundamentals of Sculpture, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 2016-18 Graduate Technician, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2018 Instructor of Record, 3D Design, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2016 Teaching Assistant, 3D Design, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2016-18 Thomas St. Gallery Coordinator, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2013-16 Assistant Gallery Coordinator, San Jose State University.
2014-16 Art Handler/Preparator, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA.
2013-15 Lead Preparator at Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, CA
Awards/Grants/Fellowships
2023 Sculpture Space Resident, Utica, NY
2020 Judge’s Prize, B20: Wiregrass Biennial, Wiregrass Museum, Dothan, AL, (judge Jackie Clay)
2020 Excellence in Research by Graduate Students Awards, Athens, GA
2019 International Sculpture Center's Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award 2018 Betty Cabin Scholarship, Athens, GA
2017 Wilson Center Graduate Research Award, Athens, GA
2017 Rachel Sharp Decosimo Scholarship, Athens, GA
2016-18 Whitehead Graduate Art Scholarship, Athens, GA
Exhibition Record
2022 Double Take, Trolley Barn Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY, (juror Rachel Seligman)
2020 B20: Wiregrass Biennial, Wiregrass Museum, Dothan, AL (jurors Angie L. Barry, Mario Gallardo, Dave Brown) 2020 All Together Now: UGA Dodd Faculty Show, Athens GA
2019 tenacity, Litman Gallery, Portland, OR
2019 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Deupree Gallery, Athens, GA, (catalogue)
2018 Lavish Revolt, 5 Bananas Gallery, Athens, GA
2018 Give them the Slip, bitform gallery, NY, (curator Wendy Vogel)
2017 Domestic Structures, Athica, Athens, GA, (curator Candice Greathouse)
2017 Blue in the Face, Gallery Protocol, Gainesville, FL, (curator Mike Calway Fagen)
2017 Trifecta, Ernest G. Welch Gallery, Atlanta, GA, (juror Ridley Howard)
2017 Raw Dill, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
2017 Raw Dill, Fluorescent Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2017 Clues & Scientific Method, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA, (curator Victoria Camblin) 2016 Locus, Bridge Gallery, Athens, GA, (curator Claire Dempster)
2016 A Spare Tire, the Mill, Athens, GA
2015 Sculpture Garden at Harvest Inn, St. Helena, CA, (curator Amanda Klimek)
2014 Repetitive Stress, Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, CA
2013 Endangered: Photography and Art, Rum Club Miami, Miami, FL
2013 Rites of Passage 9, MANIFEST Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, (catalogue)
2013 Powerful Images/Alluring Objects, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 BFA/MFA: An Exhibition of Student Work, New Coast Studios, Palo Alto, CA
2012 Golden Dream (Solo exhibition), Pickele Gallery, San Jose, CA
2012 The American Myth: Final BFA Show (Solo Exhibition), Belcher Gallery, San Jose, CA 2012 Material Culture: The Organic and Non-organic, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2012 The View (Solo exhibition), San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Lectures, Performances, Presentations, Workshops
2021 Artist Lecture/Presentation, 3D Design, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2021 Artist Lecture/Presentation, Art 135-Mold Making for Artist, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
2021 “Knocking on Heaven’s Door: Finding God on the Internet”, Fraught Thoughts with Thots, Virtual Lecture Series, May 6.
2019 MFA Speaks, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, April 25.
2018 Three Minute Thesis, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, March 20.
2017 HalloKween Havoc, presented by the South East Women Wrestlers, Spotlight on the Arts, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA, Nov 11.
2017 Line of Inquiry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, October 18.
2017 Fall BRAwl, presented by the South East Women Wrestlers, Chillith Fair, Jittery Joe’s Roastery, Athens, GA, October 14.
2017 SumHerslam, presented by the South East Women Wrestlers, the Mill, Athens, GA, August 26. 2016 Archive Fever, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, November 1.
2015 Artist Talk, Harvest Inn, St. Helena, CA
Exhibitions Curated
2018 The Thomas Street Classic, the Kitchen, Athens, GA
2017 Surface Tension, the Finishing School, Athens, GA
2017 Raw Dill, Gallery 1010 and Fluorescent Gallery, Knoxville TN
2016 (up)Start, Thomas St. Art Gallery, Athens, GA
2015 Gathering Glass, San Jose City Hall, San Jose, CA
2014 Repetitive Stress, Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, CA
Publications
“Alum Lauren O’Connor-Korb Awarded in 2020 Wiregrass Biennial”, Lamar Dodd School of Art Alumni News, October 23 2020.
“Wiregrass Museum of Art Announces Winning ‘B20’ Artists, The Dothan Eagle, October 11 2020. “Wiregrass Museum of Art announces prizewinners from B20: Wiregrass Biennial”, Burnaway, October 6 2020. “WMA announces prize winners for ‘B20: Wiregrass Biennial’”, Wiregrass Museum of Art, September 30 2020.
“The School of Art is Pleased to Welcome Our New Sculpture Technician Lauren O’Connor-Korb”, CMU School of Art News, September 4 2020.
“Recent Accolades of Instructors and Graduate Students”, Lamar Dodd School of Art Alumni News, April 9 2020.
“Lauren O’Connor-Korb (MFA ’19) Receives International Sculpture Center Award”, Lamar Dodd School of Art Alumni News, June 10 2019.
“The International Sculpture Center 2019 Outstanding Student Achievements in Contemporary Sculpture Awards”, Sculpture Magazine, September / October 2019.
“ISC Announces 2019 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture”, International Sculpture Center News, June 24 2019.
Felicia Feaster, “Art Review: Female Artists Examine Notion of Home in Athens Show”, Atlanta Journal Constitution, May 23 2017.
Rebecca Brantley, “Review: Camblin’s ‘Clues & Scientific Method’ Takes a Detective’s Eye to Art” ARTS ATL, March 3 2017.
“9th Annual Rites of Passage Catalogue”, Manifest Gallery, 72, June 2013.
Rebecca Henderson, “Guild Creates Festive Ornaments, Money Raised Will Aid the Arts”, Spartan Daily, October 13 2010.
2019 MFA with Distinction, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2012 BFA summa cum laude, Spatial Art, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Teaching Experience and Art Employment
2022 Lecturer, 3D Design 2, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2021 Lecturer, 3D Design 1(two sections), Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 2020+ Sculpture Technician, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2020 Lecturer, 3D Design, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2020 Lecturer, Space and Spatial Context, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2020 Lecturer, Fundamentals of Sculpture, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2019-20 Production Assistant, Stalror Metalworks, Athens, GA
2019 Lecturer, 3D Design, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2019 Instructor of Record, Fundamentals of Sculpture, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 2016-18 Graduate Technician, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2018 Instructor of Record, 3D Design, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2016 Teaching Assistant, 3D Design, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2016-18 Thomas St. Gallery Coordinator, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2013-16 Assistant Gallery Coordinator, San Jose State University.
2014-16 Art Handler/Preparator, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA.
2013-15 Lead Preparator at Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, CA
Awards/Grants/Fellowships
2023 Sculpture Space Resident, Utica, NY
2020 Judge’s Prize, B20: Wiregrass Biennial, Wiregrass Museum, Dothan, AL, (judge Jackie Clay)
2020 Excellence in Research by Graduate Students Awards, Athens, GA
2019 International Sculpture Center's Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award 2018 Betty Cabin Scholarship, Athens, GA
2017 Wilson Center Graduate Research Award, Athens, GA
2017 Rachel Sharp Decosimo Scholarship, Athens, GA
2016-18 Whitehead Graduate Art Scholarship, Athens, GA
Exhibition Record
2022 Double Take, Trolley Barn Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY, (juror Rachel Seligman)
2020 B20: Wiregrass Biennial, Wiregrass Museum, Dothan, AL (jurors Angie L. Barry, Mario Gallardo, Dave Brown) 2020 All Together Now: UGA Dodd Faculty Show, Athens GA
2019 tenacity, Litman Gallery, Portland, OR
2019 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Deupree Gallery, Athens, GA, (catalogue)
2018 Lavish Revolt, 5 Bananas Gallery, Athens, GA
2018 Give them the Slip, bitform gallery, NY, (curator Wendy Vogel)
2017 Domestic Structures, Athica, Athens, GA, (curator Candice Greathouse)
2017 Blue in the Face, Gallery Protocol, Gainesville, FL, (curator Mike Calway Fagen)
2017 Trifecta, Ernest G. Welch Gallery, Atlanta, GA, (juror Ridley Howard)
2017 Raw Dill, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
2017 Raw Dill, Fluorescent Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2017 Clues & Scientific Method, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA, (curator Victoria Camblin) 2016 Locus, Bridge Gallery, Athens, GA, (curator Claire Dempster)
2016 A Spare Tire, the Mill, Athens, GA
2015 Sculpture Garden at Harvest Inn, St. Helena, CA, (curator Amanda Klimek)
2014 Repetitive Stress, Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, CA
2013 Endangered: Photography and Art, Rum Club Miami, Miami, FL
2013 Rites of Passage 9, MANIFEST Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, (catalogue)
2013 Powerful Images/Alluring Objects, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 BFA/MFA: An Exhibition of Student Work, New Coast Studios, Palo Alto, CA
2012 Golden Dream (Solo exhibition), Pickele Gallery, San Jose, CA
2012 The American Myth: Final BFA Show (Solo Exhibition), Belcher Gallery, San Jose, CA 2012 Material Culture: The Organic and Non-organic, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2012 The View (Solo exhibition), San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Lectures, Performances, Presentations, Workshops
2021 Artist Lecture/Presentation, 3D Design, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
2021 Artist Lecture/Presentation, Art 135-Mold Making for Artist, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
2021 “Knocking on Heaven’s Door: Finding God on the Internet”, Fraught Thoughts with Thots, Virtual Lecture Series, May 6.
2019 MFA Speaks, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, April 25.
2018 Three Minute Thesis, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, March 20.
2017 HalloKween Havoc, presented by the South East Women Wrestlers, Spotlight on the Arts, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Athens, GA, Nov 11.
2017 Line of Inquiry, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, October 18.
2017 Fall BRAwl, presented by the South East Women Wrestlers, Chillith Fair, Jittery Joe’s Roastery, Athens, GA, October 14.
2017 SumHerslam, presented by the South East Women Wrestlers, the Mill, Athens, GA, August 26. 2016 Archive Fever, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, November 1.
2015 Artist Talk, Harvest Inn, St. Helena, CA
Exhibitions Curated
2018 The Thomas Street Classic, the Kitchen, Athens, GA
2017 Surface Tension, the Finishing School, Athens, GA
2017 Raw Dill, Gallery 1010 and Fluorescent Gallery, Knoxville TN
2016 (up)Start, Thomas St. Art Gallery, Athens, GA
2015 Gathering Glass, San Jose City Hall, San Jose, CA
2014 Repetitive Stress, Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, CA
Publications
“Alum Lauren O’Connor-Korb Awarded in 2020 Wiregrass Biennial”, Lamar Dodd School of Art Alumni News, October 23 2020.
“Wiregrass Museum of Art Announces Winning ‘B20’ Artists, The Dothan Eagle, October 11 2020. “Wiregrass Museum of Art announces prizewinners from B20: Wiregrass Biennial”, Burnaway, October 6 2020. “WMA announces prize winners for ‘B20: Wiregrass Biennial’”, Wiregrass Museum of Art, September 30 2020.
“The School of Art is Pleased to Welcome Our New Sculpture Technician Lauren O’Connor-Korb”, CMU School of Art News, September 4 2020.
“Recent Accolades of Instructors and Graduate Students”, Lamar Dodd School of Art Alumni News, April 9 2020.
“Lauren O’Connor-Korb (MFA ’19) Receives International Sculpture Center Award”, Lamar Dodd School of Art Alumni News, June 10 2019.
“The International Sculpture Center 2019 Outstanding Student Achievements in Contemporary Sculpture Awards”, Sculpture Magazine, September / October 2019.
“ISC Announces 2019 Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture”, International Sculpture Center News, June 24 2019.
Felicia Feaster, “Art Review: Female Artists Examine Notion of Home in Athens Show”, Atlanta Journal Constitution, May 23 2017.
Rebecca Brantley, “Review: Camblin’s ‘Clues & Scientific Method’ Takes a Detective’s Eye to Art” ARTS ATL, March 3 2017.
“9th Annual Rites of Passage Catalogue”, Manifest Gallery, 72, June 2013.
Rebecca Henderson, “Guild Creates Festive Ornaments, Money Raised Will Aid the Arts”, Spartan Daily, October 13 2010.