LAUREN E. PETERS
Lauren E. Peters (b. 1981) is a visual artist using self-portraiture to explore the construction and performance of identity. Each portrait is created from a photo of the artist in costume and taken with a cell phone, reflecting the relationship between a physical form and conceptual projections of selfhood. She began exhibiting these portraits in 2016 and was subsequently awarded two Individual Artists Fellowships from the Delaware Division of the Arts (DDOA) with an affiliated exhibit at the Biggs Museum of American Art. Peters attended a residency in 2024 at the Vermont Studio Center and was awarded a month-long residency at ChaShaMa's international program, ChaNorth, in 2024. She has been interviewed in Create! Magazine’s printed publications and podcast, as well as featured in Suboart and Get Closer magazines, Delaware Today, The 302 on MeTV2, Arts Playlist on Delaware Public Media, Delaware State of the Arts podcast, and Art Watch Radio. Peters maintains a studio at The Delaware Contemporary where she is the President of the Studios@ group and works for the Department of State/DDOA.
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Professional Highlights
CURATOR
In 2020-2021 Peters curated and executed the exhibition, Appearances, at The Delaware Contemporary with 16 other artists creating their own interpretation of one of her early self-portraits. Peters was the co-curator for the Artsource Registry exhibition, Loam, at The Contemporary in the summer of 2023 and for two years coordinated offsite exhibits for the Studio Artists group of TDC at the neighboring Riverfront Bakery, rotating shows throughout the year to feature those working artists.
NOTABLE PRESS
An interview with Shana Nys Dambrot, Arts Editor of LA Weekly, was published in the October 2022 issue of Delaware Today magazine, and the November 2022 issue of Out & About magazine featured an article on the development of the Wilma's commission for the Buccini/Pollin Group's bowling alley/restaurant in downtown Wilmington, Delaware.
Peters was featured and awarded 3rd Place in the 2025 Women's Issue of Create! Magazine, with finalists chosen from over 1,300 applicants. This issue was curated by Danielle Krysa, known professionally as The Jealous Curator; Sara McCorriston, co-founder and director of Paradigm Gallery + Studio in Philadelphia, PA; and Ginger Rudolph, Founder of HAHA Magazine and co-creator of HAHA x Paradigm.
RELATED EXPERIENCE
At The Delaware Contemporary, Lauren has served as the President and Vice President of the Studios@ Artists group and worked for the museum as the Artists Program Manager to help develop this new role, serving the local and emerging artists of the region. Peters was previously the Operations Manager of the Somerville Manning Gallery, a highly respected gallery run entirely by women, and served two years on the board of The Art Trust at Meridian Bank in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
