LAUREN KALMAN

CLUSTER CRAFTS : “ANNEAL” EXHIBITOR
2026

Lauren Kalman is a visual artist based in Detroit. Her practice is rooted in performance, craft, and design. Her work has been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Craft, Cranbrook Art Museum, Contemporary Art Museum Houston, MFA Boston, World Art Museum in Beijing, and Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. It is in the collection of the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Museum of Arts and Design, and Korean Ceramics Foundation.

“I make performative objects that use my body as a tool for production and as an installation site. Through these objects my work investigates constructions of the ideal and the feminine as they relate to self-image, identity, and the built environment. My work bridges fine art, craft, and design. I use a variety of methods in my work including fabricated metal, textiles, glass, and ceramics folded together with installation, performance, photography, and video. My work often uses vernacular domestic or craft media. I work with these familiar materials and forms as a strategic choice, because of their tie to the body through their use in jewelry, domestic objects, cutlery, functional vessels, hygiene implements, and clothing. “