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EDUCATION

2014

MFA, Visual Studies, Pacific Northwest College of Art
Emphasis in sculpture, installation, and alternative materials

2011

BFA, Digital Art, University of Oregon
Emphasis in video, animation, illustration and digital installation

2010

BA, General Fine Art , University of Oregon
Emphasis in sculpture, fibers, and jewelry

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2022

When you don’t want to eat because the food is too good,
Scalehouse Gallery, Bend, OR

2017

Like a Wake, Virago Gallery, Seattle, WA

2016

Works by Lauren Seiffert, Red Fox Gallery, Portland, OR

Corporeal, Scrap Gallery, Portland, OR

2015

Amass, Surplus Space, Portland, OR

2014

Material, Red Fox Gallery, Portland, OR

How Cyborg Biology Would Work, Central Gallery, Portland, OR

2013

CROWDSOURCING REVENGE, Central Gallery, Portland, OR

Works by Lauren Seiffert, Higgins Gallery, Portland, OR

I Have Been Accused a Traitor, West Linn Public Library, West Linn, OR

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022

Excuse Me, Scalehouse Gallery, Bend, OR

2021

An Invincible Summer, Sator Projects, Portland, OR

TinVitational, btwMOMA, Vancouver, WA

Exquisite Scrolls, Upfor Gallery, Portland, OR

2018

UNLIMITED II, PAGE SPACE, Portland, OR

FO(u)RT at 77, 77 Gallery, Portland, OR

The 37th Question, Esther Short Building, Vancouver, WA

2017

Resilience in Flux, PAGE SPACE, Portland, OR

Farmhouse Performances, Outdoor Concert and Art Series, Beaverton, OR

Nasty Women, Killjoy Collective, Portland, OR

2016

PEP RALLY, Cathedral Park Place Gallery, Portland, OR

2015

Tiny Works, Twilight Gallery, Seattle, OR

First//Last, The Barn, Portland, OR

2014

Neo’s Nativity, The Nan Curtis Sculpture Garden, Portland, OR

FO(u)RTNIGHT, HQHQ, Portland, OR

Bellwether, Swiggert Commons, Portland, OR

2013

Shit//Show, Lodge Gallery, Portland, OR

Versus, Disjecta, Portland, OR

2012

Part II, Lodge, Portland, OR

2011

Watch Your Mouth, White Box Gallery, Portland, OR

Let’s Talk About Feelings, Hallway Gallery, Portland, OR

Suburbanite, Hallway Gallery, Portland, OR

2010

Rubefaction, Hallway Gallery, Portland, OR

Uncommon, White Stag Gallery, Portland, OR

2009

Advanced Design Exhibition, Eugene, OR

PERFORMANCES

2013

like gagging on cotton balls, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR

2012

I’m a professional and this is real, Someday Incubator, Portland, OR

2011

I’m a professional and this isn’t a lie, White Box Gallery, Portland, OR

SELECTED AWARDS & GRANTS

2014

PNCA MFA Thesis Award and Honorarium – Awarded to one student per graduating class for overall strength and rigor of combined thesis exhibition, written thesis, and oral defense.

2013

Merit Scholarship – Hallie Ford School Of Graduate Studies (AY ‘13/’14), Pacific Northwest College of Art
Global Studios Grant –  (AY ‘13/’14), Pacific Northwest College of Art

2012

Merit Scholarship – Hallie Ford School Of Graduate Studies (AY ‘12/’13), Pacific Northwest College of Art

2011

Digital Arts Thesis Grant - Awarded for strength and rigor of thesis exhibition,  University of Oregon

David McCosh Memorial Scholarship - University of Oregon

2007

Ida McClung Merit Scholarship - University of Oregon

PUBLICATIONS

2023

(forthcoming) newspaper article, Statesman Journal

For a local gallery, art is political, Arden Anderson, The Broadside,
Feb. 8, 2023

2022

Scalehouse Gallery in Bend Starts New Rotating Exhibit,
Interview with Carly Keenan, KTVZ, Jan. 15, 2022

2014

Emerging Artists, SFMOMA Website

2013

RVW/Crowdsourcing Revenge, Untitled Magazine

RVW/Crowdsourcing Revenge; Justified by Comments,
Untitled Magazine

2011

A&AA Review, University of Oregon

COMMISSIONS

2021

Site-specific fiber installation: private residence, Bend, OR

2019

Multi-media signage: Bollywood Theater Restaurants, Portland, OR

2016

Props and costume: “Buddy” in Tips to Avoid Falling - Short Film by Nesto
premiered at the Portland International Film Festival

EDUCATIONAL  APPOINTMENTS//ENGAGEMENTS

2023

Instructor:  Video Art, Intro to Sculpture, Art, Media, and Technology Department,  OSU-Cascades
Mentor: Feminism and Isolation in Contemporary Art and Theory - OSU-Cascades, Winter term 2023.

Artist Talk: Soft Sculpture - 3-D Core Studio, OSU-Cascades, Feb. 8

2022

Artist Talk: Alternative Materials,  Art 117 - 3-D Core Studio,
OSU-Cascades
Artist Talk: Alternative Materials, Installation Art, and Found Objects,
Art 462 - Directions and Issues in Contemporary Art,  OSU-Cascades, Bend, OR

2020

Artist Talk: Found Objects, OSU Cascades, Art 117 - 3-D Core Studio,
Bend, OR

Thesis Committee Member: MFA Candidate, Oregon College of Arts and Crafts,  Portland, OR

Mentor: MFA thesis student Oregon College of Arts and Crafts, Portland, OR

2016

Artist Talk: Capstone students, Art Department, OSU Cascades, Bend, OR

Instructor: Intro to Video, Digital Tools I & II, Art Department, OSU Cascades, Bend, OR

Mentor: Independent Study, Art Department, OSU Cascades, Bend, OR

Mentor: Internship students, Art Department, OSU Cascades, Bend, OR

2015

Panelist: Undergraduate thesis reviews, Pacific Northwest College of Art Portland, OR (2015, 2017, 2018)

2014

Mentor: Sculptural knitting and crocheting, sculpture student, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR

Guest Lecturer: Soft Sculpture, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR

2013

Teaching Assistant: Soft Sculpture, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR

Teaching Assistant: Video Installation, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR

Panelist: Biannale Report, Pacific Northwest College of Art,
Portland, OR

OTHER APPOINTMENTS//PROJECTS

2023

Central Oregon AEP 6 Coordinator: Coordinating the sixth national Arts and Economic Prosperity Study for Central Oregon (Deschutes, Crook, and Jefferson Counties), collection of data over one year from nonprofit arts and culture organization events to determine the economic impact of arts and culture on the local economy as well as the importance to citizens.
March 2022- May 2023

2022

Exhibition Manager: Scalehouse Collaborative for the Arts, Bend, OR, 2022 - present

2020

Board Member: Scalehouse Collaborative for the Arts, Bend, OR,  2020 - present

2019

Program Manager: Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing

2014

Restaurant Artistic Consultant: Portland, OR, 2014-2019

2012

Founding Member: FO(u)RT Collective, Portland, OR, 2012 - present

Gallery Intern // Associate: White Box Gallery, Portland, OR