Education
2016-2018 MFA Painting Fellow, San Francisco Art Institute
2010 BFA Illustration with distinction, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
Selected Exhibitions
2024 “As Above, So Below”, Solo Exhibition, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art
“Blue”, Online Exhibition juried by Sarah Shepard Gallery, Ohanlon Center for the Arts
“Beginnings”, Artist Member group show, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art
“True North”, Juried Exhibition at Di Rosa Foundation, Napa
“Doves/Bombs”, group show, Gallery 8 Index, Treasure Island
“Human Presence” Juried group show, Belvedere Tiburon Library
“Art All Around Us” ArtFWD, group show, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art
“In Flux” SFAI Alumni Exhibition, Museum of Northern California Art, Chico
Marin Open Studios group show, Sausalito Center for the Arts
“For the Love of…”, group show, 2358MRKT Gallery, San Francisco
2023 The de Young Open, de Young Museum, San Francisco
ArtFWD, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art
International Poetry Film Festival, Los Angeles, Official Selection, “Of Water”
2022 Solo Exhibition, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art
“Two Suns” screening, San Francisco Dance Film Festival, Brava Theater
“Art Forward” 2022 MarinMOCA annual art auction
2022 Annual Art Auction, Root Division
Coalition on Homelessness, Art Auction 2022, SOMArts Cultural Center
“Of Water” film screening, Gray Loft Gallery
“Celebrating Women”, Ingleside Gallery, San Francisco
“The Future Is..”, Alumni Exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute Courtyard
CCA Illustration Faculty and Alumni Exhibition, Hubbell Street Galleries
2021 SFAI 150, Spirit of Disruption, Exhibition, Walter and McBean Galleries
“Three Turns” Exhibition, The Tower, San Francisco Art Institute
2020 The de Young Open, The de Young Museum
“Left Coast”, Juried Exhibition by Ken Harman Hashimoto, MarinMOCA
2019-2020 “Fresh Focus”, SFMOMA Artists Gallery
“Seriously Weird”, CCA Biennial Faculty and Alumni Exhibition
“4 Waves: 40 Performances for the Hole”, SOMArts Cultural Center
“Content Matters”, Juried Exhibition by Jack Fischer, MarinMOCA
SFMOMA Women’s History Month Exhibit, TPG Global
“Planned Obsolescence”, Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery, SJSU
Group Show, Transmission Gallery
2018-19 “Neon Legends”, Transmission Gallery, Oakland
2018 “Selections”, SFMOMA Artists Gallery, Fort Mason Center
Residency Final Showcase, Agapolis + Building 180, Portola Valley
#WayBayNow, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
“It’s a Sign”, Ian Stallings Fine Art, San Francisco
Vernissage, SFAI MFA Final Exhibition, Fort Mason Center
“Illustrating Resistance”, CCA Illustration Alumni Exhibition
“Be a Good Citizen”, Diego Rivera Gallery
2017 Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards, SOMArts
“Iconographic Drift”, Solo Exhibition, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco
“With Liberty and Justice For Some”, Berkeley Art Center
Order + Chaos, Juried Exhibition by Catharine Clark, Arts Benicia
"The Pacific Wall", Weimar, Schillerpalais, Berlin
2017 Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards, SOMArts
“Iconographic Drift”, Solo Exhibition, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco
“With Liberty and Justice For Some”, Berkeley Art Center
“Languages of (A)scape”, Group Show, juried by Ebitenyefa Baralaye, Diego Rivera Gallery
"Wikihow #4" curated by Gigja Jonsdottir, Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, Graduate Center
"Landing on the Veil", Group Show, Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute
Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Regional Finale, Joyce Gordon Gallery, Oakland
“Collect!”, Berkeley Art Center
"Portals", Group Show, Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute
“Agartha”, Group Show, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute
"The Pacific Wall", group show in collaboration with the San Francisco Art Institute and the Bauhaus University, Weimar, Schillerpalais, Berlin
Graduate Open Studios, San Francisco Art Institute
The Invisible Gallery, Rooftop, San Francisco Art Institute
2016 Artists’ Annual Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center
Alma Mater: 2016 CCA Alumni Exhibition, Hubbell Street Galleries, SF
Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Regional Finale, The Midway Gallery, San Francisco
Collect! Art Auction, Berkeley Art Center
Order + Chaos, Juried Exhibition by Catharine Clark, Arts Benicia Gallery
2015-16 “La Famiglia” Group Exhibition, Arte Verissima Gallery, Oakland
“Here” Group Exhibition, Artists’ Annual Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center
2015 CCA Illustration Faculty/Alumni Juried Biennial Exhibition, Campus Center Galleries, SF
Kaaboo Del Mar, 111 Minna Gallery, pop-up group show, San Diego
Jeanie Madsen Gallery, group shows, Santa Monica
2014-15 Arte Verissima Gallery, “The Founders Show”, group show, Oakland
2014 Jeanie Madsen Gallery, “I Love Santa Monica”, group show, Santa Monica
Latvian Center, “Fall Colors”, group show, San Francisco
Arte Verissima Gallery, “Unabashed”, Solo Exhibition, Oakland
Jeanie Madsen Gallery, “I heART LA”, group show, Santa Monica
JNA Gallery, group show, Bergamot Station Art Center, Santa Monica
2013 Jeanie Madsen Gallery, “Women Rock”, group show, Santa Monica
Wattis Gallery, CCA Illustration Faculty/Alumni Juried Biennial Exhibition, San Francisco
JNA Gallery, Bergamot Station Art Center, Santa Monica
James Gray Gallery, Bergamot Station Art Center, Santa Monica
ArtLA, group show, Bergamot Station Art Center, Santa Monica
2012 Berkeley Art Center, “Wonder”, members group show, North Berkeley
ArtLA, group show, Bergamot Station Art Center, Santa Monica
ArtLA, “Deconstruction”, Bergamot Station Art Center, Santa Monica
2011 Berkeley Art Center, “Shine”, Members group show, North Berkeley
Siena Art Institute, “Drawing Connections”, inaugural international group show, Italy
Room Interior Art Gallery, Marin Art Walk, San Rafael
Baccalaureate Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
“States of Perception”, University of Cape Town, South Africa
“States of Perception”, California College of the Arts, North/South Gallery, Oakland
2010 Illustration Thesis Review Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco
“Decomposition”, BFA Solo Exhibition, Bruce Gallery West, San Francisco
“What’s Their Face?” Juried Exhibition, self-portrait group show, Oakland Art Murmur
2009 “Passage”, group show, Isabelle Percy West Gallery, Oakland
2008 “Tricks and Gypsies”, group show, North/South Gallery, Oakland
Selected Experience
2024 Painting and Drawing Instructor, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art
Costume Designer, Producer, Art Director
2023 Private art tutor
2022 Painting Instructor, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art
Critique Seminar Moderator, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art
2021 Faculty, Art School SF
2020 Guest Lecturer, Las Positas Junior College
2018-21 SFAI Public Education Painting Faculty
2019-21 Private Painting/Drawing Instructor
2018 Artist in Residence, AB180, Building 180 + Agapolis, Portola Valley
2017 Guest Lecturer, California College of the Arts, Painting
Teaching Assistant, Contemporary Practices, Taravat Talepasand, San Francisco Art Institute
Teaching Assistant, Pop Culture: Painting, Luke Butler, San Francisco Art Institute
2016 Private Art Lessons and Tutor, Painting, San Francisco
Private Tutor, Digital Photography, Oakland
Teaching Assistant, Robert Hunt, Plein Air Painting Workshop, Arte Verissima, Oakland
2013-16 Gallery Director, Curator, Co-Founder at Arte Verissima, Oakland
2015 Private Art Lessons and Undergraduate Mentor, Piedmont
Guest Judge, Las Positas Junior College, Photography Annual Juried Show
Book Designer and Editor, Naomi Baran “Images of India and Nepal”
Book Designer and Editor, Alicia Ponzio “Within Silence”
2014 Book Designer and Editor, Kazuhiko Sano “Imagine”
Book Designer and Editor, Carol Tarzier “Romance of Light”
Book Designer and Editor, Robert Steele, “Figures Alla Prima”
Director, Figure in Landscape Drawing and Painting Session, Arte Verissima, Oakland
2013-14 Director, Figure in Costume Drawing and Painting Session, Arte Verissima, Oakland
2013 Guest Lecturer, California College of the Arts, John Hersey, San Francisco
Guest Demonstrator, California College of the Arts, Alexis Mahrus, San Francisco
2012 Teaching Assistant, Robert Hunt, Plein Air Painting Workshop, Marin
Teaching Assistant, Robert Hunt, Plein Air Painting Workshop, Arte Verissima, Oakland
Teaching Assistant, Robert Hunt, Portrait Painting Workshop, Arte Verissima, Oakland
Teaching Assistant, Robert Steele, Portrait Painting Workshop, Arte Verissima, Oakland
2011-14 Studio Manager, Arte Verissima, Oakland
2010-14 Freelance Illustrator
2010-13 Branding, Web Design, and Tutorial for Photography Portfolio Websites
2010 Teaching Assistant, Robert Hunt, Plein Air Painting Course, California College of the Arts
Teaching Assistant, Robert Hunt, Figure Painting Workshop, Arte Verissima, Oakland
Studio Assistant, Joshua Hagler, Berkeley
2009 Teaching Assistant, Barron Storey, Graphic Novel, California College of the Arts
Teaching Assistant, Barron Storey, Visual Journalism, California College of the Arts
Jewelry Assistant, Marna Clark, American Craft Council, San Francisco
Publications
2024 Voyage LA
Creative Quarterly 75
2023 Broke Ass Stuart, “Artist You Should Know: Lauren Jade Szabo’s Vibrant Journey”
Broke Ass Stuart, “883 Local Artists are Hanging in the de Young!”
Shout Out LA “Meet Lauren Jade Szabo | Artist and Educator”
2020 ABC 7 News Bay Area, “Artists color San Francisco Presidio field hospital with powerful images of healing during COVID-19 pandemic”
Artist to Watch: Lauren Szabo, Fine Art Today
2019 Taking Stock of Our Cities and Towns, Fine Art Connoisseur
2018 Three to Watch, Fine Art Connoisseur
2017 Venison Magazine, Interview by Amber Imrie
Emergent Art Space, 2017 Murphy and Cadogan Contemporary Art Awards Exhibition
Fine Art Today, Fine Art Connoisseur, “Creating Iconographic Drifts and Distant Memories in California” by Andrew Webster
2016 Studio Visit Magazine
Creative Quarterly 44, Winner, Fine Arts Professional
Benicia Magazine, August Issue, Order + Chaos Exhibit Opens This Month At Arts Benicia
2012-15 Creative Quarterly, Issues 28, 30, 33, 41, and 42 Runner-up, Fine Art Professional
2015 ArtLA Magazine, April Issue
2014 Creative Quarterly Top 100 Artists Annual
SF Weekly, DRINK Special Issue, Cover Illustration
Tikkun Daily, Artist Feature and Interview
Brink Magazine, Cover Illustration, UC Berkeley Graduate Journalism Magazine
Peste, Motion Picture, original artwork rental for set production
“Unabashed”, portfolio soft cover book, self-published
Westside People Magazine, Penny Marshall Celebrates I heart LA at Jeanie Madsen Gallery
2013 Creative Quarterly 31, Winner, Fine Arts Professional
Fine Art Connoisseur, Powerful Landscapes at Grand Opening for Oakland Gallery
Best of 2012, ArtLA Magazine, Issue 11
2012 Constructing Deconstruction, ArtLA Magazine, Issue 6
“Deconstruction”, portfolio hardcover book, self-published
Curatorial at Arte Verissima Gallery
2016 Halsted Craig Hannah “Emergence” Solo Exhibition
2015 “La Famiglia” group exhibition
Lawrence Noble “A Noble Legacy”, Solo Exhibition
Jamie Morgan “Into the Wild”, Solo Exhibition
Douglas Andelin “Land and Sea”, Solo Exhibition
Alicia Ponzio “Within Silence”, Solo Exhibition
Gregory Manchess “Weightless”, Solo Exhibition
2014 “The Founders Show”, Group Exhibition
Carol Tarzier “Romance of Light”, Solo Exhibition
Robert Gantt Steele “Figures Alla Prima”, Solo Exhibition
Robert Hunt “Utopia”, Solo Exhibition
2013 Kazuhiko Sano “Imagine”, Solo Exhibition
Lauren Szabo “Unabashed”, Solo Exhibition
Robert Hunt “Elements”, Solo Exhibition
Public Service
2020 Presidio Hospital Mural Project
2016 Speaker and Undergraduate Mentor, CCA Alumni Association, San Francisco
Las Positas Junior College, Women’s Arts Panel, Livermore
2015 Exhibiting Artist, Art of Beer, Silent Auction benefitting Ales for Autism, Sacramento
2014 Exhibiting Artist, Silent Auction benefit for Latvian Song Festival, Latvian Hall, SF
Gallery Sponsor, Kazuhiko Sano Memorial Scholarship, Society of Illustrators, New York
2013-14 Spectrum Fantastic Art Live, Exhibition Assistant, Kansas City
2012 Exhibiting Artist, Artworks for Healing, Silent Auction, A Window Between Worlds, Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles
2009 Exhibiting Artist and CCA Representative, Alternative Press Expo, San Francisco
Awards/Honors
2022 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
2022 MarinMOCA Artist in Residence
2020 Certificate of Honor, City and County of San Francisco
2018 Top 100 Award, Circle Foundation for the Arts
2017 Cadogan Contemporary Art Scholarship, San Francisco Foundation
2016 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
MFA Fellowship Award, San Francisco Art Institute
Award of Excellence, Creative Quarterly: The Journal of Art and Design, New York
2014 Creative Quarterly, Top 100 Artists of 2013, Fine Art Category, New York
2013 Best of 2012, ArtLA
2012-13 Saatchi Gallery Showdown Finalist, London
2011 Distinction Award, BFA Illustration, California College of the Arts
2006 Creative Achievement Award and Scholarship, California College of the Arts