Lauren Boilini is a painter based out of Seattle, Washington. She received her B.F.A. in Painting and Art History at the Kansas City Art Institute in 2006 and in 2008 she completed her M.F.A. at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). She has served as an artist-in-residence at Canserrat in Spain, Jentel Arts in Wyoming, Soaring Gardens in Pennsylvania, the Studios of Key West, the Creative Alliance and School 33 Art Center in Baltimore, and as a Consortium Resident at the Studio Art Centers International (SACI) in Florence. She was invited as an artist-in-residence at the Burren College of Art in Ireland and received a full fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center in 2012. She was also awarded her first major public art commission through the Maryland Department of Public Health, and was a finalist for a commission at the Fort Lauderdale Airport. She has served as faculty at a number of schools in the Baltimore/DC area and is teaching at Evergreen College and Cornish College of the Arts this year.