“Could we with ink the ocean fill
And were the skies
of parchment made
Were every stalk on earth a quill
And every man a scribe by trade
To write the love of God above
Would drain the ocean dry
Nor could the scroll
Contain the whole
Though stretched from sky to sky”
-Frederick Lehman
Lauren Tilden, an American painter, (b. 1981), has developed a style, which contains remnants of the Philadelphia tradition with roots in Eakins and Wyeth. She received her Master of Fine Arts from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where she studied with Sidney Goodman, Vincent Desiderio and Patrick Connors. Her use of a limited palette, selective detail balanced by a painterly application supports her distinct vision.
She is a three-time recipient of grants from the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation. Publications include “A Quiet Light” The Artist’s Magazine, March 2011, “Mutter die in Bilde sind” 2010, Elisabeth Sandmann and American Painting Video Magazine Fall 2012 issue. Lauren Tilden lives and works in the rural countryside where the landscape serves as a backdrop for her life-affirming and poetic paintings (Katz, A. (April 2015), Painters Who Just Painted While The Art World Burned). She is represented by Haynes Galleries and F.A.N. Gallery.
EDUCATION
2004 – 2006 M.F.A. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2000 – 2004 B.F.A. University of Delaware, Newark, DE
EXHIBITIONS
2018 American Experience, Rockwell Museum, Corning, NY
2017 Artists for the New Century, Bennington, VT
2017 Imago Dei, Union University, Jackson, TN
2017 Sight Unseen, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO
2017 Head On, Duke Gallery, Wallingford, PA
2016 New Year Show, F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2016 Emanuel Nine, A Portrait Tribute, Principle Gallery, Charleston, SC
2015 Women Painting Women, Haynes Gallery, Thomaston, ME
2015 New Faces, F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Hampton’s Annual Juried Art Show, RJD Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
2014 Annual Juried Figurative Exhibition, Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, PA
2014 Women Painting Women, Principle Gallery, Charleston, SC
2014 The Human Figure, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2013 Year of the Woman, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2012 Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Celebration of Music, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2011 Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Small Works Exhibition, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Inspiring Figures, Portrait Society of America, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
2010 Dear Fleisher, Invitational Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Curse or Calling? At Work in God’s World, Three year juried traveling exhibition, CIVA
2010 Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Sound and Silence, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Small Works Exhibition, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2010 147th Annual Juried Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Artists’ House gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009 After Cezanne, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 Today, Tomorrow, and Yesterday, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 The Art of Portraiture, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 145th Annual Juried Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Emerging Artists, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Time and Place, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2006 143rd Annual Juried Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2005 All Academy Open Juried Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2004 MFA/ Post-Baccalaureate Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2004 B.F.A Solo exhibition., University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2004 National Nurses Week Exhibition, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2003 Annual Juried Undergraduate Exhibition, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2003 Community Open, DCCA, Wilmington, DE
2003 Between the Lines, Recitation Hall Gallery, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
AWARDS AND HONORS
2018 Distinguished Achievement Award, American Women Artists, Rockwell Museum Exhibition
2018 1st place Figurative and Purchase award, Art Renewal Center 13th International Salon
2018 Finalist, The Artist’s Magazine 34th Annual Competition
2017 Select 50, 2017 International Portrait Society Competition
2016 Finalist Members Only Portrait Society Competition
2016 Finalist, Art Renewal Center International Salon
2016 Best Overall Painting, June/July Plein Air Magazine Competition
2016 Finalist, The Artist’s Magazine International Competition
2015 Finalist, Art Renewal Center International Salon
2014 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
2014 Jurors’ Choice Award, RJD Gallery
2013 Finalist, Art Renewal Center International Salon
2011 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
2010 Honorable Mention, Inspiring Figures, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH
2010 Honorable Mention, 147th Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia PA
2008 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
2008 2nd Award, 145th Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2004 First place, National Nurses Week Exhibition, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2003 Best in Printmaking, Annual Undergraduate Juried Show, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2002 Eugene F. and Catherine Melk Award in Art, University of Delaware, Newark DE
2002 Woman of Promise Award, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
2002 Calloway Humanities Scholarship, University of Delaware, Art Department, Newark, DE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Emanuel Nine: Despair and the Power of the Sublime, Fine Art Connoisseur, October 2017
Celebrating the Life and Mourning the Loss, The Artist’s Magazine, October 2016
Women Painting Women, The Artist’s Magazine, April 2014
Kipp, Kathryn (2011), Art Journey America Landscapes, North Light Books
The American Art Collector, December 2012
American Painting Video Magazine, Fall 2012
A Quiet Light, The Artist’s Magazine, March 2011
Blisniewski, Thomas (2010) Mutter, die im Bilde sind, Elisabeth Sandmann
COLLECTIONS
Museu Europeo de Arte Moderno, Barcelona, Spain
Rockwell Museum, Corning, NY