Curriculum vitae

Gwendolyn Lanier is a visual artist based in Lowell Massachusetts who creates sublime figurative art depicting the divine female experience and form through narratives that challenge the preconceived notions of reality.  In 2009, Lanier received her Bachelors of Fine Arts from the School of the Museum of the Fine Arts/ Tufts University in Boston. Lanier was the recipient of the 2009 Albert Pratt Travelling Grant which enabled her to study ceramic figurative Art in Florence, Italy. Subsequent to graduating from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts’ Post Baccalaureate program in 2012, Lanier’s work shifted to include two-dimensional mediums. Her knowledge of creating three-dimensional forms enables her to bring a Trompe L'oeil semblance to her drawings and paintings. 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, and other venues throughout the east and west coast. She is currently a studio artist at the Brush Gallery and Studios in Lowell and an artist member at the Attleboro Arts Museum.

2021 Blick Art Materials Awards Member's Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro MA

2018 Honorable Mention Annual Member's Exhibition, Brush Art Gallery and Studios, Lowell MA

2012 Memorial Grant Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA

2009  Albert Pratt Travel Grant Recipient School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston MA

2002-2004 Artist Residency Essex Art Center, Lawrence MA

2002   Juror’s Award 9th Annual Juried Exhibition, Essex Art Center, Lawrence MA

 2022  Art Inspired Art Auction, Boston Scores, Boston MA

           Salon Show + Art Sale, Essex Art Center, Lawrence MA

           For the Love of Art: Studio Artist Annual Exhibition, Brush Art Gallery & Studios, Lowell MA

 2021  Member's Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro MA

          Annual Member's Exhibition, Brush Art Gallery and Studios, Lowell MA

          Benefit Art Auction, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro MA  

          Lightness of Being, Brush Art Gallery and Studios, Lowell MA

          Waterlines, Gallery Z, Lowell MA

          Grand Reopening and Art Salon, Essex Art Center, Lawrence MA

          Black Light Articulations, Brush Art Gallery and Studios, Lowell MA

2020  Member's Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro MA

           Benefit Art Auction, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro MA

           Scylla: The Ugly Truth Revealed, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro MA

           On the Surface, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro MA

           Collectors Choice, Studio Channel  Island, Camarillo CA

2018   Annual Member's Exhibition, Brush Art Gallery and Studios, Lowell MA

2016   Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, Painted Bride Philadelphia PA

2015   18th International Open, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL 

          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, 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

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 , Pittsburgh PA

          New Paint Art Auction, Essex Art Center, Lawrence MA

2007  Mind Over Matter, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 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

2002  Art As Poetry, Elizabeth Beland Gallery, Essex Art Center, Lawrence MA

          9th Annual Juried Exhibition, Main Gallery, Essex Art Center, Lawrence MA

2021  Visualize Lowell's Black History, Freesoil Arts collective/ DIY Lowell,

         "Amaryllis" featured on banner, 77 Middlesex Lowell MA

2015  Dropping in on a Dream, Lawrence Eagle Tribune, By Terry Date , Mar 13, 2015

2022 Lanier, Gwendolyn. Vital Voices Series. YouTube, uploaded by Free Soil Arts Collective, 26. Jan 2022,

         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAFl-1pfYEk&t=1331s

          The What Now Broadcast YouTube, uploaded by Boston Black News, 27. Feb 2022

         https://youtu.be/S3klKs3Dpf0

         Chelmsford Arts Society Painting Demo Gwendolyn Lanier. YouTube, uploaded by Chelmsford Arts Society, 27. Apr 2022

         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogIGpx3-O6g

2022 Who We Are: Celebrating Diversity, Loading Dock Gallery, Lowell MA.