Lauren Yeager

Lauren Yeager (Cleveland, OH) re-imagines commonplace objects as sculptural components. Using salvaged materials, she references classical and modernist forms through sculptures that recover and elevate the value of these reclaimed objects. Yeager received her BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2009. Since then, her work has been highlighted in several important national and regional exhibitions including Sculpture Milwaukee 2021, FRONT International 2018, NMWA: Women to Watch - Ohio, and MOCA Cleveland’s Realization is Better than Anticipation. Most recently, she participated in the exhibition Everlasting Plastics, representing the United States at the 2023 Venice Architecture Biennale. For the Biennale, she was commissioned to create a collection of thirteen sculptures for the courtyard of the US Pavilion. This body of work is currently on view at Carnegie Museum of Art through July, 2024. Her work is in the collections of Progressive Insurance, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, the CWRU Putnam Sculpture Collection, and other prominent private collections. In 2021, she was awarded the Cleveland Arts Prize for Emerging Artists. Recent press includes The New York Times, Hyperallergic, Whitewall, and Archinect.