JK Lawson 1 2 3 4 5 bio

1962 Born in Untied Kingdom
Immigrated to United States 1982,
now lives and works in New York City after relocating from New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina.


EDUCATION

1980-82 Louisiana State University, Studied Landscape Architecture and sculpture on an exchange student program from U.K.
1978-80 Plymouth University.

RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007
'Fragile' Simon's Rock Collage of Bard, Great Barrington, Ma.
'Fragile' Firehouse Art Center, Newburyport, Ma.

2006
'Post Katrina' Firehouse Art Center, Newburyport, Ma.

2005
'War of the Worldz.com' Salon Du Beau Monde, New Orleans, La
'War of the Worldz.com' The Studio, Chelsea, NY.
'Made In China' Sundance Film Festival, Utah.

2004
'Organic Plastic' Salon Du Beau Monde, New Orleans, La
'Organic Plastic' Pratt Institute of Design, Brooklyn, NY

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2007
21st International Juried Art Exhibition of New Jersey, Summit, NJ.
'Local Color' Allen Gallery, Chelsea, NY.
'Red and White', Lascano Gallery, Great Barrington, Ma.

2006
'In The Spirit Of Play', Lascano Gallery, Great Barrington, Ma
'From The Art of New York' World Financial Center, NY
'Sweet Art' The Bohen Foundation, Chelsea, NY.

2005
'A Tasting' Kim Foster Gallery, Chelsea, NY
2004 'High On Life' Nathan Cummings Foundation, NY
'High On Life' American Visionary Museum of Art, Baltimore, Md

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

2006
'Artists talk about art' Art Center of New York, NY

2005
'Post Katrina' Firehouse Art Center, Newburyport, Ma
'Made In China' Sundance Film Festival, Utah

2004
'Organic Plastic' Pratt Institute of Design, Brooklyn, NY.

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2007
Santa Fe Institute of Art…Artist in Residency program

2006
'Emergency Assistance Grant', Gottlieb Foundation, NY
Arts Council of New Orleans, Katrina Relief Grant, New Orleans, La.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
American Visionary Arts Museum, Baltimore, MD

COMMISSIONS
Western Union Building, Marcel Wisznia Associates, New Orleans, La.
Gordon Bailey, Beverly Hills, Ca

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY/MEDIA
PBS, 'Made In China'
Sundance Film Festival, 'Made In China' Documentary.
'Rise', New Orleans Underground Rave Scene Documentary
MTV, Entertainment Weekly, work featured in 'Real World'
Gambit Magazine, Times Picayune, New Orleans.

 

For further information contact
jklawson@earthlink.net
www.lawsonworks.com