Lauren Chapman

Lauren Chapman (b. 1990) is from Tulsa, Oklahoma and lives in Columbia, SC. She received her BFA in Painting at the University of South Carolina. Chapman has been awarded the Scholastic Art & Writing Gold Key Award for excellence in Visual Arts, the Yaghjian Studio arts scholarship at USC, and the 2018 Artfields Solo Award Exhibition at Jones-Carter Gallery. She has been featured in Garnet and Black, Daily Gamecocks, The State, Free Times, and Susie Magazine. She has lectured for classes at USC, SC State University, and spent a summer residency in Monte Castello, Italy. Exhibitions include group shows in Italy, New York, South Carolina, and solo shows in Iowa and South Carolina.

I create immersive environments via vibrant, thick textured romantic paintings telling short stories in the forms of fables, folklore, and fairy tales challenging our current cultural climate through the eyes of feminine figures and personified creatures. The narrative of the work promote lessons from my personal experiences and question dangerous themes within American society.