Bierly has exhibited in New York City, Oregon, Kolkata, and Moscow. She was artist-in-residence at Playa Art + Science (2020, Oregon); chaNorth Residency (2018, New York); Starry Night (2017, New Mexico); Panoply Performance Lab (2016, New York) and Trestle Art Space (2015, New York). She was a member of collective Incredible Witness with performance artist Clarinda Mac Low and poet Allison Parrish from 2015 – 2017, and a regular participant of the University of Sussex’s research into synaesthesia since 2013.
In 2021, she joined the Brooklyn Museum (BkM) as Senior Exhibitions Project Manager after prior management roles with the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts. She’s also held positions with Museum of Arts & Design, Christie’s Education, Trestle Art Space, and Eyebeam Art & Technology since 2009 in New York City. Lauren has participated on panels organized by Harlem School of Arts, Women in Bio, AlterConf NYC, Feldenheimer Gallery, Pratt Institute, and Artists Talk on Art; lectured for undergraduate art courses at Evergreen State College, Parsons School of Design, SCAD Atlanta, and Montserrat College of Art; and been a guest studio critic and juror for Art Society, chaNorth Residency and Trestle Art Space.
Bierly studied Architecture, Cartography and Italian Literature with Sede di Roma (Rome, Italy, 2007). She earned a Bachelor of Architecture and minor in Art History from Pennsylvania State University (University Park, PA, 2009) and Masters of Art in Modern Art, Connoisseurship, and History of the Art Market from Christie’s Education (New York City, 2010). She is continuing education in textile arts and ceramics to enrich the materiality in her art practice.
