Lauryn Ahearn

Lauryn Ahearn was born in 1983 in North Carolina, but has spent most of her life growing up in New Jersey, where she currently resides. She graduated with a B.F.A. from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in 2005. As an emerging artist she has exhibited in galleries in New York City and New Jersey, gaining momentum and name recognition among local art communities. In 2021 Lauryn opened her own contemporary art gallery, The Live Painter Gallery, in Lawrenceville, NJ.

Ahearn dwells "where a painter is a poet." She creates art as an extension of herself in an attempt to obliterate anything outside of the creative moment and connect with others through shared recognition in her work. Her suburban daytime identity inspires underlying themes in her art that examine the challenges of balancing a creative lifestyle with motherhood, work, and familial responsibilities.

Lauryn Ahearn graduated with a B.F.A. from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University in 2005. During her education she studied painting and drawing under artists like Steve DiBenedetto, Carrie Moyer, Raphael Montañez Ortiz, and poet and critic John Yau.

2021
Solo exhibition, Grand Opening, The Live Painter Gallery, Lawrenceville, NJ.

Solo exhibition, Summer Shadows, The Live Painter Gallery, Lawrenceville, NJ.

2019
Dual Exhibition (showing with Daniella Lekach), Rooted, M Galleries, Washington, NJ.

2018
Group Exhibition, 2018 Juried All Media Exhibition, Alfa Art Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ.

2017
Solo Exhibition, Beautiful Mess, M Galleries, Washington, NJ.
Group Exhibition, Conception, Gallery on Division, Somerville, NJ.
Group Exhibition, Autumn Exhibition, The Green Lace Lion, Allentown, NJ.

2015
Solo Exhibition at Location, The Jersey City Art & Studio Tour, FJB Comics and Games, Jersey City, NJ.

2014
Group Exhibition, Then and Now, CityLife, Jersey City, NJ.
Group Exhibition, Balancing Act, Hob’art Gallery, Hoboken, NJ.
Group Exhibition, The Group, Hob’art Gallery, Hoboken, NJ.

2013
Group Exhibition, Winter Grand Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
Group Exhibition, People’s Choice Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

2005
Group Exhibition, BFA Thesis Exhibition, Mason Gross Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.

2004
Group Exhibition, Art Open, Mason Gross Gallery, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.