ACADEMIC DEGREES
2022 2D Studies, MFA, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
(studied with Dennis Wojtkiewicz, Mille Guldbeck, Charles Kanwischer and Barbara Bergstrom)
2019 Fine Arts, MA, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
(studied with Christopher Kahler , Matthew Boonstra and Jenny Chi)
2015 Drawing and Painting, BFA & Geography minor, Ohio University, Athens, OH
(studied with John Sabraw, Melissa Haviland, Lauren Rice and Mateo Galvano)
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2025 2025 Midwest Regional, Artlink gallery, Fort Wayne, Indiana
2024 Faces, Honorable Mention Award, Ten Moir Gallery, virtual exhibition, global online artist gallery
Disabled Women Make History (and Art), EmpowHer Network & Toledo Art Museum, International
exhibition, Toledo, Ohio
2023 Destroy the Gap, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
SHE,Directors Choice Award, Art Fluent, virtual exhibition, Boston, MA
2022 Chasing Ghosts VII, Verumultimum Gallery, virtual exhibition, Portland, Oregon
Bodies Exhibition, The Ikouii Creative, virtual exhibition, Atlanta, Georgia
2021 “National Juried Show”, The Majestic Gallery, Nelsonville, Ohio
“Women of Appalachia” The Dairy Barn, Athens, Ohio
2020 Waste to Create”, Eco Aware Art Gallery, virtual exhibition, New Delhi, India
2017 National Juried Show”, Second Place Winner, The Majestic Gallery, Nelsonville, Ohio
“ High Arts Festival”, Summit Art Space, Akron, Ohio
2016 “Akron Art Prize”, Summit Art Space, Akron, Ohio
2012 Student exhibition, 1920 Gallery, Marion, Indiana
2011 Student exhibition,1920 Gallery, Marion, Indiana
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 “Parallels”, Nine Muses Gallery, Barberton, Ohio
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 GradArts Online exhibition, ArtsX, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
NowOH Art Show, Best in Show Award, The Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green. Ohio
Artist with Disabilities Showcase, Philly Art Collective, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2019 MA Exhibition, Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, Illinois
“Varsity Art 23”, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
2015 “IN PLAIN SIGHT”, Ohio University Gallery, Athens, Ohio
“One Year Anniversary show”, Nine Muse Gallery, Barberton, Ohio
“Salon de Refusés”, Cube 4 Gallery, Athens, Ohio
2014 Majestic Gallery, Nelsonville, Ohio
“Confrontation: Deviation”, Kennedy Museum of Art, Athens, Ohio
2013 Nuit Blanche Arts Festival, Court Street Coffee, Athens, Ohio
2012 Undergraduate Art League Art show, Cube 4 Gallery, Athens, Ohio
Experimental Painting + Drawing Group Exhibitions, Cube 4 Gallery, Athens, Ohio
Student Exhibition, The Wesleyan Church Head Courtiers, Indianapolis, India
PUBLICATIONS
2022 Kowalczyk, Laren.“Recent BGSU graduate chosen for inaugural fellowship in support of female
artists with chronic illnesses“, digital, Bowling Green State University
Watkins, Sara. “Art Poetry Prose, Vol.1”, digital and printed, “Spoonie Press”: pg 27-30
2021 Deeter, Curtis. “See it Now: Art Exhibition hosted by BGSU”, digital, City Toledo Paper
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION FOR RESEARCH
2023 Universal Access Artist Residency Finalist Runner Up, Artspace, Raleigh, North Carolina
2022 Inaugural 2022 Marian Treger Fellowship for Enduring Creativity, Virginia Center for the
Creative Arts, Amherst, Virginia
2020-2022 Graduate Assistantship. Gallery assistant, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
2022 The Beta Tau Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa Nominee, Bowling Green State University, Ohio
2018 Teaching Assistantship. Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois
COLLABORATIVE/COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS
2021 Mural for Elementary School, Kenwood Elementary School, Bowling Green, Ohio
2019-2020 School mural with students, Franklinton Preparatory Academy, Columbus, Ohio