Curriculum vitae
Exhibitions and press
Selected exhibitions
2014Faerie II: A Group Show in Contemporary Faerie Art · Krab Jab Studio and FaerieCon West, Seattle, and traveling
2013Fairytale Show · Eric Carle Museum, Amherst, Massachusetts
2011, 2012Academic Artists Association Annual National Exhibitions · Springfield, Massachusetts · First Place for Sculpture, both years
2011National Sculpture Society 78th Annual Exhibition · Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina
2011ACOPAL Exhibition of Contemporary American and Chinese Realism · Finalist
2011Scottsdale’s Third Annual Drawing Event · Marshall LeKae Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2011Guild of Boston Artists Regional Painting Competition · Boston, Massachusetts
2010–11Partners in Wonder: Selections from the Collection of Jane Yolen · Eric Carle Museum, Amherst, Massachusetts
2010–14Golden Kite, Golden Dreams: SCBWI Awards Retrospective · National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature, Texas, and traveling
2010Society of Connecticut Sculptors Exhibition · Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, University of Connecticut, Groton
2010Faces of Winter, Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists · University of Connecticut, Stamford · Merit and People’s Choice Awards
2009Annual Exhibition, Small Works Show and Holiday Show · Salmagundi Club, New York · Olivia Olsen Award; First Place
2009Pioneer Women · Tabla Rasa Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2009National Sculpture Society 76th Annual Exhibition · New York, and Brookgreen Gardens, South Carolina
2009From Models to Monuments · Barnum Museum, Bridgeport, Connecticut
2009Art of the Portrait Members’ Exhibition, Portrait Society of America · Washington, DC · First Place
2008–09American Women Artists Juried Competition · Galerie Gabrie, Pasadena, California · Merit Award
2008Art of the Portrait International Competition, Portrait Society of America · Washington, DC · Merit Award
2007–14Art Renewal Center International Salon · Finalist; Honorable Mention, 2008/09
2006Allied Artists of America Annual Competition · National Arts Club, New York · Gold Medal
2006Lyme Academy 30th Year Celebration Alumni Show · Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Connecticut
2000The Illustrators · Mazza Museum, University of Findlay, Ohio
1995–98Brave Little Girls · National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC, touring to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver and Chicago
1992Children’s Book Illustration · Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, Connecticut
1991Women Illustrators · Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1991–2007Annual Illustrators Exhibitions · R. Michelson Galleries, Northampton, Massachusetts
Selected press
2017Fine Art Connoisseur · “Three to Watch”, January/February
2013DPI Magazine, Taiwan · Interview
2009American Art Collector · “Nourishing the Soul”, December
2008–09International Artist · December/January and April/May issues
2007–10Sculpture Review · and National Sculpture Society News Bulletins
2007American Artist · March
1998Chicago Tribune · Review of Brave Little Girls, March 11
1997Los Angeles Times · Review of Brave Little Girls, February 18
1997San Francisco Chronicle · Review of Brave Little Girls, August
1993The New York Times · “Alluring… watercolors to the point of Pre-Raphaelitism”
1991Smithsonian · “Bewitching watercolors”
1991The Washington Post · “Exquisite… complex… radiant”
1991Booklist · “Extraordinary depth”
1991Kirkus Reviews · “Unusually appealing”
1990Victoria Magazine · “A Kindred Spirit”
Interviews
2016Cynsations · Interview by Angela Cerrito for SCBWI Bologna, March 18
2016Kathy Temean’s blog · Illustrator Saturday, February 6
2015Publishers Weekly · “Four Questions for Lauren A. Mills”, November 24
2015From the Mixed-Up Files of Middle Grade Authors · Interview, November 9