Lauren Cox is a designer and photographer currently based outside of Buffalo, NY. Born in Southern California and raised in Western New York, Lauren’s experiences across the American landscape have informed her perspectives and her artistic practice.
Lauren is currently completing her BFA in Graphic Design at SUNY Buffalo State College and will graduate in May 2021. In her time as a student, Lauren has received honors including the Dr. Margaret E. Bacon Best of Studio Award for Graphic Design and the Hyatt’s Award for Excellence. Her work has been shown at an Art and Design Department student exhibition as well as those put on by the college’s Visual Arts Board. She organized and showed her first solo exhibition, “C’est la Mort,” in November 2020.
Lauren’s fine art photography can be found under her independent project, deadbird.
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Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design
Minor in Dance
State University of New York Buffalo State College
Anticipated graduation Summa cum laude Spring 2021
New York-St. Petersburg Institute of Linguistics, Cognition, and Culture
Hosted at the Herzen State Pedagogical University, St. Petersburg, Russia
2019, 2020
Honors
Dr. Margaret E. Bacon Best of Studio Award for Graphic Design – 2020
Hyatt’s Award for Excellence – 2018
Muriel A. Howard Honors Program – 2017-2021
Dean’s List – 2017-2021
Relevant Experience
Graphic Design Intern
Secret Valley Media Labs
Spring 2021
Team Member (Web Design, Video Editing, Project Management)
Russian-American Student Service Network
2019-Present
Graphic Designer
Buffalo State College Creative Services
2019-2020
Journalism Intern
Prospekt Magazine, St. Petersburg, Russia
Summer 2019
Skills & Programs
Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Premiere Pro, Microsoft Office, WordPress, Webflow, HTML and CSS, Blender
Exhibitions
2020 – C’est la Mort Post-Mortem Portraits, The Crucible Art Collective, Buffalo NY
2020 – Revision Scajaquada Creek and Expressway, Hoyt Lake, Buffalo NY
2020 – Visual Arts Board Virtual Gallery, loremdesigns.com/vabgallery
2019 – Visual Arts Board 3D Student Show, Bacon Gallery, Buffalo State College
2019 – Visual Arts Board 2D Student Show, Bacon Gallery, Buffalo State College
2018 – Art and Design Department Student Exhibition, Czurles-Nelson Gallery, Buffalo State College