Lauren Gregory is a painter, animator, and educator who was born and raised in the mountains of East Tennessee. A third-generation southern female painter, she began by following in her mother’s and grandmother’s footsteps, often painting portraits of loved ones in quick one-sitting sessions. After earning a BFA from the University of South Carolina and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2009, Lauren developed a technique of oil paint stop-motion animation, a way of making her paintings move. She has created GIFs, looped video installations, and music videos for international acts which have screened at MoMA P.S.1, the New Museum, MOCA Los Angeles, and at museums and film festivals around the world. Lauren has made work at artist residencies in Hungary, Italy, and in New York. Lauren teaches painting and animation at Parsons School of Design, Temple University and Ox-bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency. She is represented in New York by the Elijah Wheat Showroom. Lauren recently returned to Nashville, Tennessee where she spends her time painting, zoom teaching, quilting, sewing country fashions with matching masks, and being outside.
