SCOTT LAWRENCE
Born 1975 Anniston, Alabama
Lives and works in New Haven, CT
EDUCATION
MFA - School of Visual Arts, New York, New York. 2008.
BFA - The Atlanta College of Art, Atlanta, GA. 2003. Magna Cum Laude
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2022 a rope, pulled, Take it Easy, Atlanta, GA (with Meredith Sellers)
2016 Passenger with Horizon, GRIN, Providence, RI
2012 Monochrome, Nurture Art, Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Witchy, Ely Center for Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
2017 Wrong Side of History, Bullet Space, NYC
ArtSpeaks Group Show, The Wurks Gallery, Providence, RI
2016 Blue Sky Thinking, curated by Lindsey Stapleton and Corey
Oberlander, in association with SPRING/BREAK Art Show, NYC
Reconcilable Differences, curated by Clinton King and Julie Curtiss
Brooklyn, NY
2015 MINIMAX, Bullet Space, NYC
Quoting the Quotidian, Wil Aballe Art Projects, Vancouver, BC
Canada
Bring Your Own Beamer, GRIN, Providence, RI
Pop-Up Show, 485 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn, NY
Simple Subtraction, 47 Thames, Brooklyn, NY
2014 D(raw), Bullet Space, NYC
TEEM, GRIN, Providence, RI
2013 Memphis Social, curated by Tom McGlynn, in association with
Apex Art. 115 Union Street, Memphis, TN
Content, Athens Institute of Contemporary Art, Athens, GA
Unsteady Ground, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
2012 The Brucennial, curated by Bruce High Quality Foundation
New York, NY
2011 Mob, Bullet Space, New York, NY
Comedy Night, Nurture Art, Brooklyn, NY
Right Place For the Wrong People, Bullet Space, New York, NY
To Japan/ Love, New York. Munch Gallery, New York, NY
Life In A Peaceful New World, Interstate Projects, New York, NY
2010 Land Use Survey, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY
Conceptual Bushwick, Nurture Art, Brooklyn, NY
Banzai! The Red Lotus Room, Brooklyn, NY
The Brucennial : Miseducation, curated by Bruce High Quality
Foundation New York, NY
Amateur Hour, 285 Quincy, Brooklyn, NY
2009 It Has Happened, TPTP, Paris, France
The Perfect Crime, Bullet Space, New York, NY
WORKOUT, OTOM, Brooklyn, NY
Visionary Drawing Building, MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
Minus Suitcase, Brainfactory, Seoul, Korea
2008 Minus Suitcase, Jack the Pelican, Brooklyn, NY
Undertow: Crosscurrents and Excavations, Fosdick Nelson Gallery
Alfred University, Alfred, NY
A Number of Things, SVA Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
21 Cities At Once Performed, Simultaneous worldwide performance.
Curated online event.
2007 This Is Berlin Not New York, Mastul e.V., Berlin, Germany
Every Last Day, Chashama Project Space, New York, NY
Every Last Day, Go Go Gallery, Miami, FL
Every Last Day, District of Columbia Arts Center, Washington, D.C.
2005 Stencil Show, Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA
TransATLantic, Miami Circle, Atlanta GA
Forward Arts Foundation, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Our Land, Lump Projects/ Gallery, Raleigh, NC
For Reproduction Only, Art Barbecue, Atlanta, GA
2004 The Lo-Fi Show, Eyedrum, Atlanta, GA
Sloppy Slobbering Monster, The Bank, Kansas City, MO
TransATLantic, Gallery 24, Berlin, Germany
Dos Pestañeos Presents: This Is the Future, Saltworks, Atlanta
Make Your Own Fun, Guild and Greyshkul Gallery, New York, NY
Tender Landscape, Dalton Gallery- Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
Silhouette: The Art of Form, Spruill Gallery, Dunwoody, GA
2003 Shedspace with Dos Pestañeos, public installation at Little Five Points
Community Center, Atlanta, GA
Untitled, with Andrew Scott Ross, Dos Pestañeos Studios, Atlanta
Looks Good on Paper, Spruill Gallery, Dunwoody, GA
Dos Pestañeos Presents: Use Your Illusion I, Dos Pestañeos
Studios, Atlanta, GA
Viewing Room, Saltworks, Atlanta, GA
SGF, SGF Building, Atlanta, GA
2002 Walk In Circles, Gallery 100, Atlanta, GA
Selected, Atlanta College of Art Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Fresh, NoNo Space, curated by Fifth Class, Atlanta, GA
Exhibit B, The Art Farm, Atlanta, GA
AWARDS
2021 A.I.R. Artist In Residence Grant, KinoSaito Art Center, Verplanck, NY
2004 Best of Atlanta Awards: "Best Hot Young Thing in the Art World:
Scott Lawrence". Creative Loafing.
Critics Faves of 2004: "#1 Art Show: This Is The Future" curated
by Dos Pestañeos, Saltworks Gallery. Creative Loafing.
Forward Arts Foundation Grant: Dos Pestañeos, June 2004
2003 Best of Atlanta Awards: "Best Artist Collective: Dos Pestañeos",
Creative Loafing.
Top Ten Art Events of 2003: Use Your Illusion I at Dos Pestañeos
Studios, Creative Loafing.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 “a rope, pulled”, by EC Flamming. Art Papers, April 2022.
2011 "Review: Wrong Place for the Right People", by Tom McGlynn. M
Magazine, Summer 2011
"I don't Know if This is Fun", by Nova Benway. Bushwick News,
August 12
2008 "At the Modern, Art in a New York Minute", by
Randy Kennedy. The New York Times. April 11, 2008.
2007 "Local Kids Make Good - Real Good", by Felicia Feaster. Creative
Loafing. November 2007.
2005 "Interview With Dos Pestañeos", by Eric Amling. Optical Oak. April
"3 Q's with Helena Reckitt", by Felicia Feaster. Creative Loafing.
August, 2005
2004 "Reviews: Southeast (Atlanta)" by Phil Oppenheim.
Art Papers. November/ December 2004.
"Lo and Behold" by Jerry Cullum, Access Atlanta. September 2004.
"For Future Reference" by Jerry Cullum, The Atlanta Journal Constitution.
July 2004
"Super-Size It" by Felicia Feaster, Creative Loafing, July 2004.
"Summer Sizzles" by Felicia Feaster, Creative Loafing. July 2004.
"The Future Doesn't Lack for Lively Ideas" by Catherine Fox, The Atlanta
Journal Constitution. June 2004.
"Tomorrowland" by Felicia Feaster, Creative Loafing. June 2004.
"Ten Artists Driven To Abstraction" by Jerry Cullum, The Atlanta
Journal Constitution. May 2004.
"Shadowy Past" by Felicia Feaster, Creative Loafing, February 2004.
2003 "Reviews: Southeast (Atlanta)" by Lucy F. Collins, Art Papers.
July/ August 2003.
"In Search of Museum Peace" by Felicia Feaster, Creative Loafing.
July 2003.
"Outside the Lines: Where Beauty Lies" by Jerry Cullum, The Atlanta
Journal Constitution. April 2003.
"Wink Wink: Dos Pestañeos Challenges the Perception of Truth", by
Felicia Feaster, Creative Loafing. April 2003.
"Troubling Possibilities", Felicia Feaster, Creative Loafing. March 2003