Lauren Ashleigh is an artist of many mediums who earned her BFA in Studio Art in 2015. Known for adding sculptural and natural elements to paintings. She uses things like glass, joint compound, acrylic mediums, and found objects to build her pieces up. In 2016 Lauren had to begin navigating through new mental illness diagnoses that altered her entire life. The emotions that came from that began pouring over into her work and a new passion was born. Her pieces can be about her identity, deconstruction, coping mechanisms, specific traumas, etc. All of this is in hopes to connect with her audience on a meaningful and vulnerable level. Today, Lauren attempts to be increasingly more innovative and unique in her use of texture, color, movement, and story telling as she creates out of her studio in 400 West Rich and out on the walls of Columbus, OH (+ beyond!)
Curriculum Vitae
Lauren Ashleigh Benjamin
(b. 1993, Columbus, OH)
Laurenashleighart@gmail.com | www.laurenashleighart.com | 859-322-3767
Education
Cedarville University | Bachelors of Fine Arts, 2015
Exhibitions
2013 Juried Art Show, Cedarville University, Cedarville OH
2014 Juried Art Show, Cedarville University, Cedarville, OH
2015 Lauren Ashleigh Senior Art Exhibition, Cedarville University, Cedarville, OH
2016 Night of Hope, Ohio History Connection, Columbus, OH
2017 Uniquely Ordinary Show, The Roosevelt Coffeehouse, Columbus, OH
2017 RAW Artist Show, Shadowbox Live, Columbus, OH
2017 Night of Jubilee, Veritas Community Church, Columbus, OH
2017 Artist of the Month, Blick Art Materials, Columbus, OH
2017 The Stuck Book Exhibition, Blockfort, Columbus, OH
2018 Through the Storm, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, OH
2018 Artist Inspiration for OSU Fashion Show, Columbus, OH
2018 Artist of the Month, Roaming Goat Coffee Shop, Columbus , OH
2018 Solo Show “Eye Feel”, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, OH
2018 Artist of the Month, Bexley Coffee Shop, Bexley, OH
2018 Unmasking the Madness, 934 Gallery, Columbus, OH
2018 WILD Art Show, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, OH
2018 Roaster Mural, Roosevelt Coffee Roaster, Franklinton, OH
2018 Sip n Shop, Polaris Mall, Columbus, OH
2018 CoHatch Mural, CoHatch, Columbus, OH
2018 Featured Artist, Drunch, Columbus, OH
2018 Uniquely Ordinary Charity Market, Seventh Son Brewing, Columbus, OH
2018 Artist of the Month, The Hart Room, Gahanna, OH
2018 COHatch Live Painting Event, Polaris Mall, Columbus, OH
2019 Featured Artist, Bottoms Up Coffeeshop, Franklinton, OH
2019 Pop Up Art Show, Elevator Brewing, Columbus, OH
2019 Galentine’s Day, Polaris Shopping Mall, Columbus, OH
2019 Columbus Makers Market, Staufs at The View, Columbus, OH
2019 Featured Artist, Chromedge Studio, Franklinton, OH
2019 German Village Makers Market, Thurman Ave, Columbus, OH
2019 Creekside Art Walk, Gahanna, OH
2019 Art on the Canal, Canal Winchester, OH
2019 Spring Market, 700 Bryden Studios, Columbus, OH
2019 The Columbus Arts Festival, E Main St Bridge, Columbus, OH
2019 Food Truck Alley Mural, Gravity, Franklinton, OH
2019 Beer & Wine Festival, Canal Winchester, OH
2019 Art at the Wagnalls, Wagnalls Memorial, Lithopolis, OH
2020 Galentine’s Day Event, 400 W Rich, Franklinton, OH
2020 ArtUnitesColumbus Mural Project, Huntington Tower, Columbus OH
2020 Friendship Flea, 400 Square, Franklinton, OH
2020 Featured Shoe Painter for DSW, DSW Headquarters, Columbus, OH
2021 Open Studios for Columbus Symphony, 400 W Rich, Franklinton, OH
2021 Be the Light Campaign Show, 400 W Rich, Columbus, OH
2021 Experience Columbus Art Influencer, Online, Columbus, OH
2021 WILD Art Show, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, OH
2022 What You Don’t Hear Podcast, 400 W Rich, Columbus, OH
2022 Columbus Arts Festival, 400 W Rich, Columbus, OH
2022 W.I.P. Show, 400 W Rich, Columbus, OH
2022 83 Gallery November Exhibition, 83 Gallery @ Brother’s Drake Meadery, Columbus, OH
2022 WILD Art Show, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, OH
2022 Community Arts Incubator Show, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, OH
2022 Tiny Arts Show, Wild Goose Creative, Columbus, OH
2022 George Bellows Grant, Franklinton Arts District, Columbus, OH
2023 I Love You, Say it Back Show, 400 West Rich in Promenade Gallery, Columbus, OH
2023 83 Gallery March Exhibition, 83 Gallery @ Brother’s Drake Meadery, Columbus, OH
2023 BLOOM Show, 400 West Rich in Promenade Gallery, Columbus, OH
2023 Artist Grant, Greater Columbus Arts Council, Columbus, OH
2023 New Beginnings Show, Daylight Arts Collective, Westerville, OH
2023 Cadmium Red Live Artist Feature, Columbus, OH
2023 Artist of the Month, The Plant Gays, Columbus, OH
2023 Gravity Mural Fest Muralist, Gravity II Apartments, Columbus, OH
2023 Ohio State Fail Professional Artist Show, Ohio Expo Center, Columbus, OH
2023 F-Art Show, Studio 18 Gallery, Columbus, OH
2023 Roaming Goat Artist on Display, Roaming Goat Coffeehouse, Columbus, OH
2023 Big Feelings, Wild Goose Creative, Franklinton, OH
2023 Penzone Texture Mural, Penzone Salons, Dublin, OH
2023 Featured Artist, Thunderwing Brewing, Columbus, OH
2023 WILD Art Show, Wild Goose Creative, Franklinton, OH
2023 C-Note Gallery Show, 400 West Rich, Franklinton, OH
2024 Solo Exhibition: “Cycle of Symptoms”, Wild Goose Creative, Franklinton, OH
Teaching Positions
2014 Private Art Teacher, Florence, KY
2016 Art Instructor, Art with Anna, Bexley, OH
2022 Private Art Teacher, Columbus, OH
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