Lauren Preller

Baltimore native, Lauren Preller is a professional photographer and mixed media.digital artist. Lauren moved to Charleston, South Carolina in 1994 and raised her 2 daughters on Sullivan Island, South Carolina, just outside of downtown Charleston.
After an establishing herself as a photographer in South Carolina, Preller photographed fine art portraiture, weddings, cotillions (yes, cotillions, they are alive and well in South Carolina). She also shot editorial photography for Charleston Magazine, Charleston City Paper, SKIRT! Magazine! Culinary Arts, Southern Living and has a published garden book, (Wyrick Publisher, 2001) “The Charleston Gardener” in hardback and “The Secret Gardens of Charleston” in paperback.
Preller began using layered composites of her photographs digitally designed into contemporary art on mediums such as canvas, paper, metal, as well as mixed media art.
Preller integrates many layers of photographs into a blended collage of texture and color. She creates what she calls site-specific art in collaboration with architects and interior designers. The art is created for the space; incorporating the purpose of the space and images of the textiles and colors, a process she calls site-specific art. Clients include L...

Exhibitions & Awards & Career Highlights:

2024 Piccolo Spoleto Festival Exhibited in Charleston City Gallery, 24x34' on canvas "Ocean City News"

*Commissioned art for the 125 Anniversary of Druid Hill Park Conservatory 2013
*Commissioned artwork for Cochlear Ear Center, Johns Hopkins University: 2012
*The Art Gallery of Fells Point : Baltimore, MD Ongoing 2013-2014
*Telfair Museum Juried Arts Fair, Savanah, GA (2009)
*Exhibition: Charleston Performing Arts Center, North Charleston Arts Festival Charleston, SC (2008)
*Piccolo Spoleto Photography Award, Exhibition *Charleston, SC (2006)
**Guest Lecturer, Gibbes Museum of Art Charleston, SC
*Recipient of 5 American Advertising Federations ADDY Awards, Charleston, SC
*National Paragon Award, 2003
*Published photography book, "The Charleston Gardener", 2000, (Wyrick Publishers)
Also in paperback as "The Secret Gardens of Charleston."

*Selected as former President Bill Clinton’s personal photographer as he campaigned in South Carolina for Senator Hillary Clinton’s campaign

*Published photography in multiple periodicals including Communication Arts, Southern Living, Garden Design Magazine, Culinary Arts, Charleston Magazine, SKIRT! Magazine, City Paper

*Permanent installation of...