LAUREN PUCKETT                                                                                    

Duke University, Durham, NC USA

Glassaeroplane Studios, Charlotte, NC USA

Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland UK

Education  

2026 - PhD, School of Design, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh UK

MFA Glass, University of Edinburgh (distinction), Edinburgh UK 

Apprentice, Glass Works, Charlotte, North Carolina USA 

BFA, University of North Carolina (hons) Charlotte, North Carolina USA 

BS, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (hons), Blacksburg, Virginia USA 

 

Exhibitions & Awards  

2024 

CMPD Northwest Division Station Sculpture, ASC Public Art Commission

2023 

Tate Awards, Charlotte Business Alliance, Charlotte, NC

RESOLVE, Group Exhibition, McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte, NC

Jelly, Cast Glass Chandelier, Saint James Marina, Southport, NC

POTLUCK, Group Exhibition, McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte, NC

 

2022 

United Nations International Year of Glass, Featured Artist, Submitted by National Museums Scotland

Cultural Vision Grant Recipient, Arts & Science Council, Charlotte NC

Artist Support Grant Recipient, Arts & Science Council, Charlotte NC

STORYTELLERS, McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte NC 

Resident Studio Coordinator, Pilchuck Glass School, Summer 2022, Stanwood WA 

Resident Artist, Charlotte is Creative HUG Grant Recipient, McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte NC  

Winter Resident, Fellowship Award, Penland School of Crafts, Spruce Pine NC  British Glass Biennale, Juried Exhibition, Stourbridge, England UK 

  

2021 

Saint Disco Ruby Sioux, Descendent of Clan Campbell, Permanent Collection, National Museum Scotland UK PGR Graduate Research Award, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, UK

 

2020 

Captured Light, Tent Gallery, Edinburgh UK  

PGR Graduate Research Award, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh UK 

ECA PhD Scholarship Award, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh UK 

ECA Additional Funding Award (PhD Design), Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh UK 

GAS 2020, Glass Art Society, Scottish Glass Society Exhibition, On the Edge, Scotland UK 

  

2019  

British Glass Biennale, Juried Exhibition, Glasshouse, Stourbridge UK  

Combine, ECA Technician Exhibit, Sculpture Court, Edinburgh UK 

Zeitgeist, 108 Fine Art, Harrogate, England UK 

Graduate Studio Assistant, Selected Studio Technician, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh UK  

On The Edge, Scottish Glass Society, Juried Exhibition, Lybster & Glasgow UK 

Glorious Glass, Contemporary Glass Society UK  

Contamination & Misrepresentation, Evolution House, Edinburgh UK 

  

2018   

Inches Carr Trust, Scottish Craft Awards (Award Designer), University of Edinburgh UK  

Pilchuck Glass School & University of Edinburgh Scholarship Award, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood WA 

  

2017   

Inventory, Group Exhibition, Edinburgh UK 

Untitled, Group, White Space, Edinburgh UK 

Blue Heron, (Commission), St. James Marina, Southport NC 

 

2016  

Last Call, The Art Hole, Matt Moore, Matt Hooker, William Puckett, Alex Delage, 5-Person, Charlotte NC  

Kind of Blue, Solo, The Art Hole, Charlotte NC 

Water Tower, (Public Art), Mercury NoDa Complex, Charlotte NC  

Tres Planes, (Public Art), Mercury NoDa Complex, Charlotte NC 

Diversity Heads, (Public Art), Mercury NoDa Complex, Charlotte NC 

 

2015  

Illuminated Transparencies: Year One Stained Glass, Solo, Custom Gallery, Charlotte NC 

2nd Place, NC Arts Juried Exhibition, Juror Brad Thomas, Curator, Mint Museum, Charlotte NC

2014   

Level 4, Group, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC 

Showdown14, Selected Artist, Group, Hart Witzen Gallery, Charlotte NC

El Dia De Los Muertos, Group, BaKu Gallery, Charlotte NC 

  

2013   

Silent Heroes, Levine Museum of the New South, Group, Charlotte NC 

Charlotte ‘Hoods, Group, The Charlotte History Museum, Charlotte NC  

 

Bibliography

Duke News, Duke University 2024

Magazine Explorer 2023

United Nations International Year of Glass 2022

School Girls I & II - Penland School of Crafts 2022 

Saint Disco Ruby Sioux, Descendant of Clan Campbell - National Museums Scotland 2021 

The Contaminant As Actor - British Glass Biennale 2019 

Contemporary Glass Society New Graduates 2019 

Edinburgh College of Art - Graduates among winners of third Inches Carr Graduate Craft Awards 2018 

Workspace - Katherine Kirchner. A Photographic Exploration of Carolina’s Leading Artists 2016  Brit + Co - This Artist Is Bringing Stained Glass into the 21st Century - 2015