Lauren Hare is an American artist based in Seattle, WA whose work explores concepts of women’s identity, the gamut of human experience and emotion, and the intersection of one's private and public lives within American culture. She is also interested in aging and lgbtq+ identity.
Hare was Commended for ‘Secrets’ by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in the Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today Exhibition in Washington D.C., her work has been featured in books and print publications including the British Journal of Photography and She Shoots Film, and has been exhibited nationally in galleries and museums, including on SF Museum of Modern Art's online platform, and is a Gold Artist on Vogue Italia's PhotoVogue.
Hare earned her BA in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus in Imagery-Sustained Healing, a degree she designed examining the benefits of self-portrait photography as a practical and non-verbal modality for self-expression and accceptance.
Contact Lauren below for all inquiries including archival prints and commercial and personal projects.
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Education
2013 BA, Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus in ‘Imagery-Sustained Healing’, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, Oregon USA
Awards
2019 Prize Winner and Finalist, The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019- 2022 The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today, Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C., October 26 2019-August 30, 2020 (exhibition will travel to 4 museums TBD in US through Feb 2022)
2019 Too Tired Project, Slideshow Exhibition and Panel Discussion on Art as a Therapeutic Tool, Vermont Center for Photography.
2018-2019 The Viewing Drawers, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Print Publications
2020 Portrait of Humanity Vol 2, book, published by Hoxton Mini Press in collaboration with British Journal of Photography
2018 Featured Artist, Striving for Excellence, She Shoots Film, Issue 3: Metamorphosis
2018 Distinguished Artist, ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal, Volume 29: Portraits
2017 Gold Artist Feature and Review, ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal, Volume 26: Abstract
Selected Online Publications
2019 Artist Feature: Lauren Hare, Nailed Magazine
2019 Featured Artist, Archiving Time: Aging & Legacy, Light Leaked
2018 2017 SF Museum of Modern Art
Selected Press
2020 ‘The striking portraits that speak to humanity now’, CNN
2019 ‘The ‘humble regality’ of Lauren Hare’s portraits’, Oregon Arts Watch
2019 ‘Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Celebrates the Modern Portrait’, Hyperallergic
2019 ‘A new generation of portraits asks: Can you see these people?’, Washington Post
2019 ‘National Portrait Gallery Names Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition Winners’, ARTnews
Networks
2019- Girlgaze
2017- Vogue Italia PhotoVogue
2020- Booooooom