Lauren Mabry

Lauren Mabry is recognized internationally for her bold, dynamic glazes, and inventive use of material, color, and form. Her ceramic vessels, objects, and dimensional paintings embrace experimentation in questioning the boundary between abstract painting, minimalist sculpture, and process art.

Mabry has received grants from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, the Independence Foundation, and the National Council on Education in the Ceramic Arts Emerging Artist Award. She has worked at the Jingdezhen International Studio in China and the Gaya Ceramic Art Center in Bali, Indonesia. Mabry has shown work at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Nebraska; Fuller Craft Museum, Massachusetts; and Milwaukee Art Museum. Her work is included in the collections of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Missouri, among others.

Mabry received her BFA from Kansas City Art Institute and her MFA from University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She is represented by Pentimenti and by Ferrin Contemporary.