About the Artist
Biography
Born: Boston, MA 1986,
Massachusetts based Visual Artist, Gwendolyn Lanier, has been rendering the human form in a variety of mediums since 2013. Lanier’s academic foundations of three-dimensional form enables her to bring a Trompe L'oeil magic to her two-dimensional drawings. By utilizing the qualities of graphite, Lanier brings in light to create visual illusions rich with symbolic renaissance.
Lanier received her Bachelors of Fine Arts degree from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA in 2009 where she was awarded the Albert Pratt Travel grant to study Ceramic Figurative Sculpture in Florence Italy. In 2012, Lanier also received her Post Baccalaureate in Graduate Studies from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, PA where she began to hone into her drawing skills and techniques found in her current production of art. Gwendolyn Lanier’s work has been on display at Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts during the 2008 NCECA Conference, the Painted Bride in Philadelphia, amongst other venues throughout the East and West coast.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Post Baccalaureate in Graduate Studies, 2012.
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA
Bachelors in Fine Arts, 2009.
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
Awards and Residencies
2016 Best in Show, Winter Members Show, ArtFusion19464, Pottstown PA
2015 Best in Show, Winter Members Show, ArtFusion19464, Pottstown PA
2012 Memorial Grant, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA
2009 Allie Pratt Travel Grant Recipient School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
2004 Gold Key (Drawing), 2 Silver Keys (Drawing and Ceramics), Scholastic Art Awards, Hancock Building, Boston MA
First Place Congressional Art Awards, Lowell Textile Museum, Lowell MA
2002-2004 Artist Residency Essex Art Center, Lawrence MA
2002 Juror’s Award 9th Annual Juried Exhibition, Essex Art Center, Lawrence MA
Exhibitions (selected)
2020
Scylla: The Ugly Truth Revealed Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
On the Surface Attleborro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
Collectors Choice Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
2019
Portrait Salon Exhibition Cre8tive Zeal Gallery, Orange, NJ
2018
Members Exhibition, Brush Art Gallery, Lowell, MA
Bombay Sapphire Artist Series, Artsy Northeast Semifinalist
2016
Awaken the Soul, (Solo Exhibition) Community Music School Gallery, Trappe PA
Choosen Two, ArtFusion19464 Pottstown PA
2015
Myth Conceptions, ArtFusion19464 Pottstown PA
18th International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL
Bombay Sapphire Artist Series, Rush Arts The Painted Bride, Philadelphia PA
AAIGA 12th Annual Silent Auction, Drexel University, Philadelphia PA
Winter Member’s Show, ArtFusion 19464, Pottstown PA
2014
downSizing, ArtFusion 19464, Pottstown PA
Pafa Benefit Auction, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Gallery, Hamilton Bldg. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA
Rainbow Crow and Other Stories, ArtFusion 19464, Pottstown PA
Summer Member’s Show, ArtFusion 19464, Pottstown PA
AAIGA 11th Annual Silent Auction, Drexel University, Philadelphia PA
2012
Post Bacc Show, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA
Open Studios, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA
2009
Vagina Monologues, Bell Tower Mills, Lawrence MA
Graduate Exhibition, Grossman Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
Time Served, Katherine Weems Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
Inside Out, Grossman Gallery, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
2008
Regional Juried Exhibition, Pittsburgh Center of the Arts, NCECA Confluence Conference, Pittsburgh PA
New Paint Art Auction, Essex Art Center, Lawrence MA
2007
Mind Over Matter, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA
Fire and Ice Lantern Exhibition, Main Gallery, Essex Art Center, Lawrence MA
2004
Open Studios, Drop-In Center, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA
New Paint Art Auction, Essex Art Center, Lawrence MA
2003
Politically Charged, Elizabeth Beland Gallery, Essex Art Center, Lawrence MA
New Paint Art Auction, Essex Art Center, Lawrence MA
Art in the Barn (silent), Essex Art Center Fundraiser, Topsfield MA
Open Studios, Drop-In Center, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA
2002
Art as Poetry (Solo), Elizabeth Beland Gallery, Essex Art Center, Lawrence MA
9th Annual Juried Exhibition, Main Gallery, Essex Art Center, Lawrence MA
New Paint Art Auction, Essex Art Center, Lawrence MA
Open Studios, Drop-In Center, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA
Publications
2012
Behind the Artistry, Philadelphia Inquirer, February 11, 2012, Ron Tarver (photographer)
Contact the Artist
Invitiation request can be sent to: GLanier_Artist@yahoo.com