Born in Washington, D.C., artist Lauren Henkin grew up in Maryland, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in architecture from Washington University in St. Louis and now resides in New York City.
Although much of her photographic knowledge is self taught, Henkin has furthered her fine arts education by studying under photographers George Tice, Raymond Meeks, Tyler Boley and Paul Taylor.
She states, “My work focuses on the question, What will last? I work from the inside out, using internal narrative as the foundation in which to reinterpret space, light and form found in the external.”
Henkin is an educator, reviewer, writer, frequent speaker, author of numerous books, and active member in the photographic community. Her work is widely collected by private collectors as well as institutions such as Southeast Museum of Photography, Yale University and Dartmouth College. Her work has been published in numerous journals on photography and the book arts including PDN, Black+White Magazine, Urbanautica, Landscape Stories, Parenthesis and The Washington Post. She is a Px3 multi-cateogry winner, Oregon Regional Arts & Culture Council grant winner, with other award nominations in both the Brink Emerging Artist and Contemporary Northwest Art Awards.
She also founded Vela Noche Press, a publisher of fine artist portfolios and books.
Born 1974, Washington, D.C.
2011 Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, Oregon
2010 Streff Gallery, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, Oregon
2009 Cameraworks Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2009 Sherman Hines Museum of Photography, Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada
2008 BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, Maryland
2008 Anderson Gallery, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
2007 PhotoWorks Gallery, Glen Echo, Maryland
2012 Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL, Anthology 2012
2012 Corden | Potts Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Displaced
2012 Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA, Unbound
2012 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR, Interplay: Photographers Focus on the Book
2012 RayKo Photo, San Francisco, CA, Plastic Camera Show
2011 Jennifer Schwartz Gallery, Atlanta, GA, Diffusion III
2011 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR, Photo Book Works
2010 Lúz Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada, Retrospective
2010 Walters Cultural Arts Center, Hillsboro, OR, Unconditionally Us
2010 ArtBar Gallery, Portland, OR, Out of the Drawers: Selections from Blue Sky
2010 Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO, Photo Book Works
2010 Lúz Gallery, Victoria, BC, Canada, A Moment of Truth
2010 Le Garage’s Book Show at Rencontres d’Arles Festival, Arles, France
2009 Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida, Anthology 2010
2009 Photographic Resource Center, Boston, Massachusetts
2009 Jupiter Arts Center Gallery, Centralia, Washington
2009 RayKo Gallery, San Francisco, California
2009 Anderson Gallery, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
2009 Corvallis Arts Center, Corvallis, Oregon
2009 Vivid Solutions Gallery, Washington, DC
2008 Ellipse Arts Center, Alexandria, Virginia
2008 Newspace Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2008 Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, Massachusetts
2007 Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, Delaware
2007 Nexus Foundation for Today’s Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2007 13 Sévigné Gallery, Paris, France
2007 Griffin Museum of Photography, Winchester, Massachusetts
2012 Finalist, photolucida’s Critical Mass
2012 Contemporary Northwest Art Awards Nominee, Portland Art Museum, OR
2011 photo-eye, Best of 2011 Books, Deck of Chords
2011 photo-eye, Best of 2011 Book Reviewer
2011 Px3 Official Selection, two categories
2010 The Brink Emerging Artist Award Nominee, Pacific Northwest Community
2010 Contemporary Northwest Art Awards Nominee, Portland Art Museum, OR
2010 The Drawers Project, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
2009 Regional Arts & Culture Council Project Grant Winner
2009 Finalist, photolucida’s Critical Mass
2008 Px3, Prix de la Photographie, Honorable Mention for Displaced: Part I
2007 Finalist, photolucida’s Critical Mass
2007 Px3, Prix de la Photographie, First Place (2 categories) for The Other Charleston
2013 Unless You Will, Issue #24, Featured Portfolio, This is Your Land
2012 Still Standing, Standing Still, Author
2012 Landscape Stories, Issue 07: Trees, Silence is an Orchard
2012 Tablet Magazine: “Survivial Elements”
2011 Deck of Chords, Co-Author with Kirsten Rian
2011 The Lookbook Series Volume I: Growth, Author
2011 Black & White Photography (UK), Feature by Susan Burnstine
2011 Publish Your Photography Book, by Darius Himes & Mary Virginia Swanson
2011 Diffusion, Displaced Part II
2011 Landscape Stories, Issue 03: The Colour of Memory, Displaced
2011 Silence is an Orchard, Author, Artist Book
2011 Urbanautica, Portfolio and Interview
2010 Flak Photo, Photo of the Day
2010 Displaced, Author, Artist Book
2010 Urbanautica, Featured Gallery and Review
2010 Light Leaks Magazine, Displaced Part II Feature and Interview
2009 Hi Quality, Lo-fi Photography, RayKo Photo Center Publication
2009 The Oregonian
2009 WashingtonPost.com, “What Does it Mean to be a Washingtonian?”
2008 SHOTS Magazine, Issue 101
2007 Px3 Winners Catalog
2012 Parenthesis: Review of Lumiere Press’ “Steichen: Eduard et Voulangis”
2012 PDN: Photo District News: “How and Why to Hand-Make Your Photo Book“
2011 Diffusion, “Adventures in Publishing” Article & Portfolio
Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, Florida
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
Multnomah County Public Library, Portland, Oregon
San Diego State University, San Diego, California
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Numerous international private collections
2009 Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, Oregon
2012 Lúz Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Still Standing, Standing Still
2010 Lúz Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Displaced
2010 Gallery 291, San Francisco, California, Displaced
2013 Artist Talk, Center for Alternative Photography, New York, NY
2012 Artist Talk, Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL
2011 photolucida Portfolio Reviews: Turning Toward Books: Shifting Focus
2011 Artist Talk, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, Oregon
2010 SPE NW: Northwest Territory: Women in Photography, Panel, Portland, Oregon
2010 SPE NW: Marketing for Fine Art Photographers: An Integrated Approach
2010 Portland Photographer’s Forum, Portland, Oregon
2009 Artist Talk, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2013 Building a Portfolio, Private Workshop, New York
2013 Self Publishing for Artists, Center for Alt. Photography, New York
2013 Portfolio Reviewer, ASMP Reviews, New York
2012 Portfolio Reviewer, Filter Photo Festival, Chicago
2012 Turning Toward Books Workshop, Filter Photo Festival, Chicago
2012 Post-Exposure: How to Describe, Publish and Present Your Work, Daytona State College, Florida
2012 Self-Publishing Artist Editions with Daniel Milnor, Gallery Carte Blanche
2012 The Photographic Voice with Kirsten Rian, Portland, Oregon
2012 Turning Toward Self-Publishing, Lúz Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
2012 Building a Portfolio, Newspace Center for Photography, Portland, Oregon
2011 The Photographic Voice with Kirsten Rian, Portland, Oregon
2010+ Marketing Workshops, Lúz Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
2010+ Portfolio Reviewer, Lúz Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
2008-2010 Monthly Reviewer, Newspace Center for Photography
2010 Portfolio Reviewer, LightBox Photography Gallery, Astoria, Oregon
2009-2010 Guest Critic, Portland State University School of Architecture
2012+ Advisory Board Member, photolucida
2010-2012 Board Member, photolucida
2012 Polymergravure Printing, Mark Nelson and Paul Taylor
2009 Time | Place Workshop, Raymond Meeks
2007 Advanced B&W Piezography Printing, Tyler Boley
2005 Master Printing, George Tice
2004 Large Format Photography, Gordon Hutchings
1999 Black and White Printing, Chan Chao
1996 Bachelor of Arts in Architecture, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri
1994 Composition, Michael Eastman
Books: www.velanoche.com
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