Lauren Krukowski

Lauren Krukowski’s work moves fluidly through multiple artistic processes, including hand papermaking, printmaking, sewing, and dyeing.

As they are repeatedly layered, cut, and sewn, her works frequently undergo various iterations, and the resulting combinations of color, texture, and pattern betray an interest in the properties of light and its ability to arouse emotion. Often featuring abstracted gridded patterns referencing textile patterns and windows, her works add intrigue to the everyday ways that light interacts with various materials. On the whole, Krukowski’s practice questions definitions of transparency and opacity, reminding us of the instability of perception.

In 2026, she will be showing textile and paper works at North Carolina’s Turchin Center, part of the upcoming exhibition Sculpting with Paper: Hand Papermaking at Dieu Donné. This exhibition is in conjunction with her 2024-25 West Bay View Foundation Fellowship at Brooklyn’s Dieu Donné.

More recently, she completed a 2025 Summer Art Residency with GoggleWorks in Pennsylvania, where she worked with textiles and wood.

Krukowski earned her MFA in printmaking and papermaking from the University of Iowa (2024) and a BFA in painting and drawing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (2010), and is currently based in New York. Solo exhibitions include And, And, And, at Project Art Gallery (Iowa City, 2024); Windows at Ana Mendieta Gallery (Iowa City, 2024); and Indefinite Actualities at Ana Mendieta Gallery (2024). Group presentations include Tacit Knowledge at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts (New York, 2025); the David Krut Projects booth at the Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair (New York, 2025); and the 2024 NAHP Members Showcase at the Anderson Academic Commons Library, University of Denver.