ARTIST | CURATOR | SCHOLAR

Lauren Cross

Lauren Cross is an artist, curator, and scholar, who holds a BA in Art, Design and Media from Richmond, The American International University in London (2006), England, a MFA in Visual Arts from Lesley University in Cambridge, MA (2010), and a PhD in Multicultural Women’s and Gender Studies from Texas Woman’s University (2017). She is currently Program Coordinator & Senior Lecturer of the Interdisciplinary Art and Design Studies (IADS) program at the University of North Texas, and founder of the arts non-profit, WoCA Projects, in Fort Worth, Texas.Cross has been recognized nationally and internationally for her art practice and community work. Her work has been featured in museums and galleries across the U.S., and displayed at the 2015 Edinburgh Art Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland(UK) . She received the Third Annual Visionary Award by Fort Worth Weekly magazine in 2013, and was named one of Dallas’ “100 Creatives” by the Dallas Observer in 2015. In 2018, Cross was selected as a Visiting Artist for the Center for Creative Connections at the Dallas Museum of Art, and an inaugural Carter Community Artist for the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. In 2019, Cross was recognized as one of thirteen Women Forwarding Fort Worth by Fort Worth Magazine. Most recently, Cross curated the retrospective Vicki Meek: 3 Decades of Social Commentary at the Houston Museum of African American Culture. For more information on Cross visit www.laurenecross.com.