Gracelee Lawrence
MFA, University of Texas at Austin
About
Gracelee Lawrence (they/she) is an artist based in New York’s Hudson Valley and Assistant Professor and Head of Sculpture at the University at Albany, SUNY. Their sculptures focus on relationships between food, the body, and technology, by combining 3D scans of their own body and edible plants with digital fabrication and hand manipulation.
Lawrence’s recent exhibitions include the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Wasserman Projects, and the Armory Show. Their 2022 solo exhibition HEAT SYNC at Postmasters Gallery received a review by Roberta Smith in The New York Times. Their large-scale outdoor sculptures have been installed at Wave Hill Franconia Sculpture Park, among other locations.
Lawrence has participated in more than twenty residencies in the United States and abroad. Honors include a 2019 Jerome Fellowship at Franconia Sculpture Park, a 2016–17 Luce Scholars Fellowship, and the 2015 UMLAUF Prize. As a Luce Scholar, they spent fifteen months teaching at Chiang Mai University in Thailand and assisting artist Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook. They previously taught sculpture at Kenyon College and are a founding member of the collective MATERIAL GIRLS.