Lauren Bon
Biography
Born
1963 Los Angeles
Education
1989
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Masters of Architecture
Master Class in Sculpture with Michael Singer
1985
Architectural Association, London
Master Class with Rem Koolhaus
1984
Princeton University, Bachelor of Arts
Assistant to Isamu Noguchi, Sculptor at Martha Graham Dance Company New York
Solo Exhibitions
2005
Not A Cornfield – 32-acre living sculpture on plot of land between Chinatown and Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles
2003
Santa Monica Museum of Art, “Project Room: Hand Held Objects”
2001
Robert Berman Gallery, LA, CA, “Invisible and Free: Conjuring Worlds in the Mind’s Eye”
Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA, “Invisible and Free, Conjuring Worlds in the Mind’s Eye”
2000
Museum of Modern Art, Belfast, “Releasing Fear Project”
1999
Hereford Salon, Notting Hill, London
1998
Sculpture, Hereford Salon, Noting Hill, London
1997
Freud Museum, London, "From a Distance"
Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London "Built on Silence"
1996
Maidestone Library Gallery, Maidestone, Kent, "The Presence of Absence"
1995
Hereford Salon, London "Studies From My Pregnancy
1994
American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, MA. "Beckett Pieces"
1993
Hereford Salon, London, "Totems"
1991
Forest School, Winnersh, Berkshire, "Artist in Residency Exhibition"
Group Exhibitions
2005
UCLA Hammer Art Museum, “Thing: New Sculptures From Los Angeles”
2002
Work in Progress
2000
Hereford Salon, London, “Bringing Down the House”
1998
Salon De Fleurus
1997
Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art, London, "Gallery Artists Drawings"
Hereford Salon, “Sculpture and the Nomadic Aesthetic”
1996
Hereford Salon, London "Nomadic Echoes"
1995
Hereford Salon, London, “New Sculpture, photographs, and Paintings”
1994
“The Language of Making,” and “Geoffrey Powis, Recent Architectural Projects”
1985
City Gallery, Los Angeles, CA., "PRO-Peace Exhibition
Commissions
1998
Contemporary Art Boston, MA., Installation at American Repertory Theatre
1997
The Old Museum, Belfast, "Haze Sole Certitude"
1991
Forest School, Berkshire, UK, "Totem"
1988
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA., "Passages"
Urban and Public Projects
2005
“Not A Cornfield,” 32-acre living sculpture on plot of land between Chinatown and Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles
1999
“Releasing Fear”, Belfast, Northern Ireland
1993
Hong Kong and Los Angeles, "That Mighty Sculptor Time"
1992
Edinburgh Percent for Art Project, "Environmentally Responsive Bridge"
1990
Hong Kong, "Feng Shui" collaboration with Tao Ho Architects
Berkeley, "Berkeley Hyperboard" Finalist in Public Art Competition
1989
Belgrade, Serbia, "Urban Excavations"
Charlestown Navy Yard, MA., "Offering", Installation
Across the United States, "PRO-Peace Design"
Symposia
1997
“First Hereford Salon Symposium, Illusion of Freedom,” Speakers: Ranko Bon, Goran Djordjevic, Judith Schoneveld, and Giuseppe Mastruzzo; Participants: Selcuk Avci, Lutz Becker, Lauren and Marko Bon, Sue Malvern, George Perendia, Geoffrey Powis, Giles Prince, Simon Rae-Scott, Paul Rhys, and Helen Wilks. June 27-28, 1997
Recorded Conversations
1996
“First Conversation on the Spiritual in Art in the Context of Lutz Becker’s Work,” Lutz Becker, Lauren and Ranko Bon, Giles Prince, Simon Rae-Scot, Yolanda Sonnabend
“Los Angeles Conversation on Art Institutions and Their Future,” Lauren and Ranko Bon, Rhona Edelbaum, Joanne and Bob Hertz, Linda Janger
1995
“Third Conversation on Art Institutions and Their Future,” Selcuk Avci, Lutz Becker, Lauren and Ranko Bon, Richard Gott, Lucy Le Feuvre, Sanja Jurga-Avci
“Second Conversation on Art Institutions and Their Future,” Selcuk Avci, Vivian Askley, Lauren and Ranko Bon, Maya and Stuart Brisley
“First Conversation on Art Institutions and Their Future,” Salcuk Avci, Lutz Becker, Lauren and Ranko Bon, Richard Gott and Sanja Jurca-Avci |