News - LAUREN ALYSSA BIERLY

2025

CONFERENCE | Synaesthesia Conference at Artecitta

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10/25/25

EXHIBITION | Gowanus Open Studios 2025

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10/2025

RESIDENCY | At Taleamor Park

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05/2025

RESIDENCY | Alumni Retreat at ChaNorth

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01/2025

CLASS | "Printing Techniques on Glass" at Urban Glass

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01/07/25

2024

EXHIBITION | "12/12" at Established Gallery

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12/12/24

EXHIBITION | "20th Annual Small Works Show" at 440 Gallery

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11/16/24

CLASS | "Natural Dyeing" at Textile Arts Center

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11/2024

EXHIBITION | Gowanus Open Studios 2024

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10/16/24

LECTURE | "Synaesthesia Awareness Day" online lecture

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07/02/24

EXHIBITION | "Works on Paper" at Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts

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06/16/24

CONFERENCE | "Synaesthesia and Cross-Model Perception" at Oxford University

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05/10/24

CLASS | "Weaving 103: Warp Painting" at Textile Arts Center

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04/2024

CLASS | "Tapestry Weaving" at Textile Arts Center

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03/2024

CLASS | "Weaving 201: Double Weave" at Textile Arts Center

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01/2024

2023

LECTURE | "Sediments Artist Talk" at The Yard, Williamsburg

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11/11/23

EXHIBITION | Gowanus Open Studios 2023

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10/21/23

EXHIBITION | "Sediments: Lauren Alyssa Bierly and Andrea Bartine Caldarise" at the Yard, Williamsburg

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09/27/23

CLASS | "Weaving 102: Projects" at Textile Arts Center

06/2024

PRESS | "THE LANGUAGE OF COLOR" INTERVIEW IN PSYCHOLOGY TODAY

01/01/23

2022

COLLABORATION | "Artist in the World" by Andre Smits

10/2022

EXHIBITION | Gowanus Open Studios 2022

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10/2022

CLASSES | "Weaving 101" at Textile Arts Center

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02/19/22

LECTURE | Virtual Artist Talk at Evergreen State College

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02/09/22

EXHIBITION | "Group Show" at 450 Warren Showroom

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EXHIBITION | "Neighbors" at Brooklyn Neighborhood Arts

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EXHIBITION | "Group Show" at St. Marks Showroom

09/01/21

2021

EXHIBITION | "Enduring Time, Material Emergence" at MinEastry of Postcollapse Art

06/04/21

NEW YORK IN COLOR | Beginning twelve-months in Prospect Park

01/30/21

2020

EXHIBITION | "Artwalk on Atlantic Avenue" in Brooklyn

"Color Study of February 9, 2020 at 11am | Playa in Summer Lake, OR" a triptych of acrylic on Dura-Lar and watercolor paper will be on-view in the storefront of [address]. Socially distanced, outdoor art viewing at its best. On view from [date] to [date].

10/01/20

MIND IN COLOR | INTRODUCING MIND.S.PACE
The project grew out of...

09/01/20

PROJECT UPDATE | Trial and Error in Fiber

My great uncle, Bob Kirchmyer was a fiber artist and teacher. His beautifully vibrant sculptures resided in his Buffalo, NY home like wavy, bulbous cocoons hanging from the ceiling, lounging on walls, and sweeping across tabletops. He gifted a couple of his fiber works to me when I was an undergrad and taught me the basics of his fiber sculpting techniques in my early teens. I had been debating whether to start a fiber project for a couple years now in fear of failing. When I went to Oregon, I fell in love with a variety of grasses bordering the playa; I knew I had the resources at my fingertips. The second night we residents gathered for dinner, I sat across from Paul Skenazy, a writer out of Santa Cruz, CA. He didn't speak much, but when he did he reminded me in mannerism, appearance, and poetics of Uncle Bob. Paul, fellow resident and poet Farnaz Fatemi, and I spent time together discussing their work and my anticipated dive into fibers. Turns out Paul had a past in basketweaving, and a close friend who also suffered from tuberculosis as did Uncle Bob. These were enough the little connections I needed to begin this process of trial and error--dyeing cotton, wrapping wheat reed, and sculpting forms.

04/09/20

OREGON IN COLOR | Residency at Playa Art + Science
In February, I was awarded a residency in the Oregon outback and high desert at Playa Art + Science in Summer Lake, Oregon. Stay tuned for new work coming out of this amazing opportunity to reconnect with and document the natural world. Follow the natural inspiration on Instagram @archofmemory #archofmemory.

03/06/20

2019

EXHIBITION | NEW WORK ON VIEW IN THE MET'S STAFF SHOW
"Color Study I (After Gage's "Synaesthetic Dimension" 1999)" is a new diptych in the Color Translation series on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Employee Art Show from October 28 - November 10, 2019. The exhibition is open to the public by appointment only.

10/20/19

EXHIBITION | CHASHAMA 2018 RESIDENT EXHIBITION

ChaShaMa is hosting an exhibit for ChaNorth 2018 residents at One Brooklyn Bridge, a storefront between Pier 5 and 6 opening October 26, 2019. I'm presenting new, site-specific work inspired by the Brooklyn Bridge Park as translated from memory.

10/16/2019

EXHIBITION | Gowanus Open Studios 2019
Join me and 40+ other artists at Trestle Art Space Greenwood the weekend of October 19-20, 2019 for Gowanus Open Studios. I'll have my studio open Saturday, Oct. 19 from 12pm-2:30pm and Sunday, Oct. 20 from 12pm-6pm.

9/29/2019

CONFERENCE | New Work at IASAS Conference in Moscow
The International Association of Synaesthetes, Artists, and Scientists annual conference will take place in Moscow, Russia this October 16 - 21, 2019. Fellow synaesthete and artist Carol Steen will present her paper on "Hypnagogic Visions" including my own recent documentations of my experiences.

9/18/2019

2018

EXHIBITION | "In the Bardo" at ABC No Rio in Exile
New work "Wandering," a double-sided triptych, is a visual representation of existential awareness. This piece is on view in ABC No Rio In Exile's exhibition "In the Bardo" in Bushwick through January 2019.

11/20/18

EXHIBITION | Gowanus Open Studios 2018
Save the Date! Saturday, October 20 and Sunday, October 21, 12pm-6pm is the next Gowanus Open Studios (GOS2018). Visit Arts Gowanus' website to see the directory of artists participating this year. Details on my profile page by clicking here.

09/09/2018

EXHIBITION | ChaNorth Residency Open Studios
Chashama, chaNorth Residency open studios are September 1, 2018 in Pine Plains, NY. I'll be presenting new and in-progress work. For details visit Chashama's website.

08/25/2018

NEW YORK IN COLOR | Residency at ChaNorth

08/2018

LECTURE | "Color Codes" Panel Discussion at Harlem School of Arts
The Harlem School of the Arts with curator and Director of Art & Design, Adrienne Elise Tarver, proudly presents, “Color Codes: Translating Color,” the first exhibition of the 2018 exhibition season at the HSA Gallery which this year, tackles the theme of Translation. The exhibition opens January 13, 2018 with reception on January 18.

01/03/18

EXHIBITION | "Color Codes: Translating Color" at Harlem School of Arts

After visiting Truth or Consequences, New Mexico in July 2017, I returned home with several very colorful specimens of the town frozen in a particular moment in time. I'm not sure where this installation "Color Study of July 27, 2017 // Rio Grande in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico" will take me, but it's installed and on view at the Harlem School of the Arts for their exhibition "Color Codes: Translating Color" through January 18, 2018.

01/03/18

2017

EXHIBITION | Met Museum Staff Art Show

"Color Study III (Emerson's "Spiritual Laws," 1929)" on view at Met Museum's bi-annual staff art show August 30 through September 30, 2017. The show is private to Met employees and their guests, contact me to see the sprawling exhibition.

08/18/17

LECTURE | "Women in Bio" SciArt Panel
Join Women in Bio in welcoming SciArt Center Director Julia Buntaine and WIB Member Yana Zorina along with myself and others for an introduction and panel on SciArt on July 26, 2017.

07/23/17

NEW MEXICO IN COLOR | Residency at Starry Night
With limited room for supplies in my suitcase and one week's worth of time exploring New Mexico and Arizona, I decided to journal everyday and take color samples of both natural specimens and built environment. Each color palette becomes of a snapshot of a memory to a particular place in Truth or Consequences, NM in a particular moment in time. Thank you Starry Night for hosting my creative retreat and igniting a creative direction I could never have imagined. I hope to return one day to see how these colors have changed.

07/18/17