SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 PARTERRE, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
UNEARTHED, Sienna Gallery, Lennox, MA
2007 A THIRD NATURE, Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, ME
2006 LAUREN FENSTERSTOCK, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, ME
2005 DEAREST, Aucocisco Gallery, Portland, ME
2004 CASTLES IN SPAIN, The Hay Gallery, Portland, ME
2003 PRECARIOUS HEIRLOOMS, Center For Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
2001 OTHERWISE PORTRAITS, Edward Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
LAUREN FENSTERSTOCK, The Hay Gallery, Portland, ME
2000 SMALL VIEWS, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 THE THINKING BODY, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
& Museum of Art and Design, San Francisco, CA
LAUREN FENSTERSTOCK, DYLAN McMANUS, JUSTIN NOVAK, Dorsky Gallery, Queens, NY
SOFA NY, with Sienna Gallery, New York, NY
BRIDGE ART FAIR,with Sienna Gallery, New York, NY
NEW NATURAL HISTORIES, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
2007 IN SITU, Bakalar Gallery, Mass Art, Boston, MA
SOFA NEW YORK, with Sienna Gallery, New York, NY
LACED WITH HISTORY, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI
MARRIAGE OF TRUE MINDS, University of New England Art Gallery,Portland, ME
2006 LANDESCAPES 2006, Beach Hill Farm, College of the Atlantic, MountDesert Isle, ME
SOFA CHICAGO, With Sienna Gallery, Chicago, IL
MAINE BIENNIAL, Center For Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
SOFA New York, with Sienna Gallery, New York, NY
2005 EVERYTHING BUT PAPER PRAYERS, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
PRECIOUS LITTLE, Albany International Airport, Albany, NY
TOUCHSTONES, Blum Gallery, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME
PORTLAND BIENNIAL, The Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
2004 EXPOSING SCARLET, The Mills Gallery, Boston Center For the Arts,Boston, MA
EXQUISITE CORPSE, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
HOME, curated by Bruce Brown, DUMBO Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
& University of New England, Portland,ME
2003 NEW PALTZ METALSMITHS, Andora Gallery, Carefree, AZ
TREATS, The Hay Gallery, Portland, ME
COMPOSITION 101, Center For Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
CURIOSITY, Center For Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
2002 DECISIONS & REVISIONS: LAUREN FENSTERSTOCK & AARON T STEPHAN , Hay Gallery,Portland, ME
THE SACRED AND PROFANE: THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT, The Battery Steele, Peaks Island, ME
2001 SPOT: THE SACRED AND PROFANE, The Battery Steele, Peaks Island, ME
IN MY BACKYARD, Susan Bickford, Yarmouth, ME
PORTLAND REGIONAL 50, Selected as Juror’s Pick, Danforth Gallery, Portland,ME
SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER , The Deep Listening Space, Kingston, NY
21st CENTURY METALSMITHS: INDIVIDUAL AND COLLABORATIVE WORKS New Art Center in Newton, MA
2000 FAIRY TALE: ROY KORTIK, RACHEL SEKELMAN, LAUREN FENSTERSTOCK, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, NY, NY
REMERGENCE, Filament Gallery, Portland, ME
CAA N.Y. STATE AREA MFA EXHIBITION , Hunter College Gallery, New York, NY 1998
1997 METALWORKS, PSD-X, New York, NY
THE 1997 COLLECTION, Jewelry for runway fashion show, Marriott Marquis, New York, NY
1993 YOUNG ARTISTS ’93, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY

AWARDS AND HONORS
GOOD IDEA GRANT, Maine Arts Commission, 2006
LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY FOUNDATION, grant nominee, 2005
GOOD IDEA GRANT, Maine Arts Commission, 2004
PORTLAND’S MOST INFLUENTIAL, Portland Phoenix, 2004, 2003
MAINE ARTIST ACCESS, juried into statewide directory, 2002
PORTLAND REGIONAL 50, selected as Juror’s Pick, 2001
CREATIVE PROJECTS AWARD, Grant Recipient, SUNY New Paltz, New Paltz, NY,1999
GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP SUNY New Paltz, Fall 1999
GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP SUNY New Paltz, Spring 1999
PEARL SCHARF SCHOLARSHIP, The Northern Westchester Council of Jewish Women,1993

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Pollock, Lindsay "Piece by Piece" Art and Auction, May 2008
Paige, Ian "Nature Times Three" Portland Phoenix, September 2007
Anchors, Zach "Environmental & Stylistic: Fensterstock Creates Psychologically Intimate Works of Art, The Blue Room, April 2007
Ingraham, Katherine, View: Metals Installations, Metalsmith Magazine,vol 27 no.2, 2007
Exhibition in Print, Metalsmith Magazine, 2006
Little, Carl, Lauren Fensterstock, Art New England,June/July 2006
Donna Gold, The Art of Maine: Where Tradition Meets the Cutting Edge,ARTnews, September 2005
Edgar Allen Beem, 3 Mortal Women Possessed, The Portland Forecaster, April 13, 2005
David Brickman, Small Wonder, Metroland, April 2005
Chris Thompson, Becoming Queen, Portland Phoenix, cover story, April 1, 2005
Dan Ho, Discerning I, Rescue Magazine, March / April 2005
Susan Boulanger, Tempted By a Dream, Art New England, December / January2004
Violet Howard, Exposing Scarlet, Some Other Magazine, October 2004
Cate McQuaid, Red-letter Days at BCA Reveal Society’s Secrets, Boston Globe,October 10, 2004
Chris Thompson, Fearless Form, Portland Magazine, September 2004.
Alex Irvine, Artifactual: Dumbo Goes ‘Home, The Portland Phoenix, February24, 2004
Bob Keyes, New York’s Home Show is Where the Maine Art is, Portland PressHerald, Maine Sunday Telegram, January 18, 2004.
Phil Isaacson, Art Review, Portland Press Herald, Maine Sunday Telegram,August 17, 2003
Bob Keyes, Talent Times 2 Portland Press Herald, Maine Sunday Telegram,February 9, 2003
Victoria Gannon, Books and Bumbershoots, Casco Bay Weekly, February 21, 2002
Marty Carlock, 21st Century Metalsmiths: Individual and Collaborative Works,Sculpture Magazine, January 2002
Giselle Goodman, Big Show, In a Nutshell, Portland Press Herald, York CountyExtra, August 16, 2001
Jenna Russell, Art Fresh and Local, The Portland Phoenix, May 25, 2001
Kristen Andresen, Sense of Discovery: Portland Artist Translates Life intoTangible Forms, Bangor Daily News, May 8, 2001
Kristen Andresen, Jack Montgomery: New Work; One-of-a-kind jewelry by LaurenFensterstock, Bangor Daily News, Jan. 18, 2001
David Tyler, Icon Overload, The Casco Bay Weekly, August 2000

RELATED EXPERIENCE
INTERIM DIRECTOR, Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art 2007 - present
MAINE STATE EDITOR, Art New England, 2005 - 2007
ASSOCIATE EDITOR, Arts Guide Portland, 2005, 2006
DIRECTOR, THE HAY GALLERY, Portland, ME, 2002 – 4
EXHIBITIONS DEVELOPER, THE SACO MUSEUM, Saco, Maine, 2000 – 2002
GRADUATE ASSISTANT, SAMUEL DORSKY MUSEUM, New Paltz, NY, 1999

INSTRUCTOR
Maine College of Art, Visiting Assistant Professor, Metals Dept, metal 1,metal 3, metal 4, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2007,
Vermont College, Artist-Teacher, independent study advisor for MFA student,2006
Portland Pottery And Jewelry, Metal I and II, Portland, Maine, 2002 –2006
Maine College Of Art, Metal And Jewelry, Early College Program, Summer 2001,2002, 2003, 2005
SUNY New Paltz, Adjunct Professor, Basic Metals, Summer 2000
SUNY New Paltz Teaching Assistant, Basic Metals, Fall 1998

VISITING CRITIC
Mass Art, Jewelry Department, May 2007, December 2007
Maine College of Art, Painting Department, September 2005
Rhode Island School Of Design, Metals Department, December 2004
Maine College Of Art, Metals Department, December 2004
Maine College Of Art, Merit Awards, November 2004
Bowdoin College, Senior Seminar, Brunswick, ME, October 2004

VISITING LECTURER/SPEAKER
University of Oregon at Eugene, February 2008
PARALLAX Conference, Mass Art, 2007 University Of Maine at Augusta, Senior Seminar, November 2003
Maine College Of Art, Senior Seminar, Portland, ME, October 2003
Maine College Of Art, Critical Issues “Miniature As Metaphor” October 2002
Maine College Of Art, Museum Studies “Microscope & Metaphor” April 2002
Rhode Island College, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, November 2001
Maine College Of Art, Professional Practices Seminar¸ November 2001
University Of Maine At Augusta, Senior Seminar, Artist Talk, Augusta, Me,October 2001

SELECTED PUBLISHED WRITING

PUBLICATIONS
"Surviving Northern New England," Art New England, June/July 2007
"Fresh Paint, New Media," Art New England, April/May 2007
"Jill Dalton," Art New England, regional review, February/ March 2007
"Found," Art New England, regional review, February/ March 2007
"The Maine Print Project," Art New England, December/January 2007
"John Whalley," Art New England, regional review, August/September 2006
"Josephina Auslender" Art New England, regional review, June/July 2006
"Unveiled," Art New England, regional review, February/March 2006
"Dozier Bell," Art New England, spotlight review, February/March 2006
"In the Studio with Rose Marasco: The Home as Studio and Laboratory" Art NewEngland, December 05 / January 06
"Sportsman Redux," Art New England, spotlight review, August/September 2005
"Anya Lewis" Art New England, regional review, June/July 2005
"Eve Peri: Fiber Artist" Art New England, regional review, June/July 2005
"Between Science and Art" Art New England, spotlight review, April / May2005
"Light in the Dark," Art New England, regional review, April / May 2005
‘The Next 25 Years of Percent For Art” Maine Arts Mag, Winter 2004

CATALOGS
“The Fetish Garden” catalog essay, published by The Hay Gallery, Portland,ME, 2003
“Gathering Tiers: The Work of Judith Allen,” catalog essay, Published by the Jill Yakas Gallery, Athens, Greece, 2003

SELECTED EXHIBITONS CURATED:
AFI: LOOKING FORWARD/ LOOKING BACK, The Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece, 2009
ARTHUR GANSON: MACHINES CONTMEPLATING TIME, ICA at MECA, 2008
LISA YONG: TRANSCENDENCE AND TEMPORALITY, ICA at MECA, 2008
BOTANICALS, The Hay Gallery, Portland, ME, 2003
THE FETISH GARDEN: JACK MONTGOMERY, The Hay Gallery, 2003
ORNAMENT AS CONTENT, The Hay Gallery, 2003
STILL LIFES: A TRADITION RETOLD, The Saco Museum, Saco, ME, 2002
IMAGE IN PRINT, The Saco Museum, 2002
LIFE IS UNCERTAIN: PAST AND PRESENT AMERICAN MOURNING CUSTOMS, The SacoMuseum, 2001
ON A VERY SMALL SCALE, The Saco Museum, 2001
SPOT: THE SACRED AND PROFANE The Battery Steel, Peaks Isl., ME, 2001
INSPIRED BY SACO: ARTISTS RESPOND TO THE COLLECTION, The Saco Museum, 2000
HODGEPODGE, The Saco Museum, 2000
ICONS, The Saco Museum, 2000