About the artist

Lauren Boysa is from Wisconsin, and is currently living and making art in Nashville, TN. She graduated from Boston University with a dual degree: Receiving a BFA in Painting and a BA in History of Art and Architecture. Lauren began to paint consistently around 14 years old after an art teacher encouraged her to. This led to an endeavor into seeking more art courses and activities, and the eventual declaration of attending an art school for college.

“My art practice centers on walking, noticing, and material attention as forms of ecological and psychological care. Using oil paint, foraged dyes, paper, handmade panels, and found or repurposed materials, I create paintings that translate my ephemeral encounters with everyday natural environments in urban contexts. My work cultivates slow attention, ethical engagement with materials, and an impersonal approach that foregrounds relationality, love, care, and presence. Community and ecological engagement—rooted in gardening and participatory practices—inform the ethos of my work and shape its potential for fostering empathy and environmental awareness.” - Lauren Boysa