hi, i’m lauren
I’m a visual artist based in Houston, TX.
I once created realistic portraits in colored pencil and expressive, colorful portraits in acrylic. After a hiatus lasting several years, I returned to art with new intentions. My work has since transformed to primarily creating gestural, textured paintings with acrylic and thread, but I also enjoy photography, ceramics, and collage. My practice references both of my grandmothers — one who paints, and one who sews — with introspection and abstraction in the process. Their joy in creating their own work and getting to explore color provided me with a spark to keep going when I struggled to have pride in my own.
When working with paint, its diverse dilutions, transparencies, viscosities and often unruly movement, I explore the push-pull of control and letting go. Learning to focus on the process, while honoring the product, has been a healing journey for me to work through intense self-doubt and learn to trust my intuition.
Outside of my creative practice, I’m a sign language interpreter. My wife and daughter mean the world to me, as do our pets: dogs, chickens, and a cat. They all get along and look out for each other, and it makes my heart happy.
Exhibitions & Events
- Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, “11th Annual Abstract Sanctuary,” Portland, OR, 2024
- Paradigm Gallery, “Wild & Art Queens Wall,” Philadelphia, PA, 2024
- ALL.ART, “Best of Solsea 2023”
- Hardy & Nance Studios, “Pretty Darn Small,” Houston, TX, 2023
- White Linen Night Art Fest, League City, TX, 2023
- Envision Arts, “Teal,” 2019
- Kemah Art Walk, Kemah, TX, 2019
- Private Group Exhibition, Georgetown, TX, 2012
Awards, Features, & Partnerships
- “Community Spotlight: Lauren Marie Brank,” Deema Alharthi, ARTXV, 2024
- “In the Palms of their Hands,” Jennifer Gillia Cutshall, 2024
- Partner Artist, TurningArt, 2023 – present
- Minted, “Through the Lens,” Chrysanthemum III, 2015
- The Phoenix, Magazine of Literature & the Arts, Spring 2011
- Art Creations Magazine, cover, Fall 2009
- The Western Art Academy Scholarship, Kerrville, TX, 2008
- HLSR, Best in Show, The Old Sheriff, 2008
- Culture Shapers, 4th place: Painting, Diminuendo, 2007
Art © Lauren Marie Brank, 2018-2023. The artist retains all rights. Artwork may not be reproduced or redistributed, either in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of the artist.
Art by Lauren Marie Brank 