EDUCATION
2020 Master of Fine Arts, Concordia University, Montréal
2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts, OCADU, Toronto
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2021 Superadd, Galerie Nicolas Robert, Montréal, Québec (solo)
2020
a Flickering Entresol, Anteism, Montréal, Québec (solo)
Echoringer, Excavo, London, Ontario
2019
Foire en art actuel de Québec - 6e édition, À la Chapelle des Jésuites, Québec
Ignition, Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montréal, Québec
Breakneck Glimmer, Excavo, London, Ontario (solo)
CHROMAESTHESIA, Eglise St-Enfant-Jésus, Montréal, Québec
2018
20th RBC Painting Competition, Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario
Peinture fraîche et nouvelle construction, Art Mur, Montréal, Québec
Maureen III, Fonderie Darling, Montréal, Québec
2017
Bad Geometry, Project Gallery Studios, Toronto, Ontario
Maureen II, Ancienne École des beaux-arts de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
Futur futuriste, Projet Pangee, Montréal, Québec
2016
Chapter II, PDA Projects, Ottawa, Ontario
Blanking Field, Project Gallery, Toronto, Ontario (solo)
Loop Dreams, 201 Mulberry, New York, New York
Chromatic, Hangar 16, Montréal, Québec
Geographically Indeterminate Fantasies, Providence College Galleries,Providence, Ri/Online
Aether Into Infinity, PDA Projects, Ottawa, Ontario
2015
The Others, The Wrong Biennial, Online
Surface, 99 Sudbury, Toronto, Ontario
2014
Meta, Galeria Municipal De Arte, Abrantes, Portugal
Super Human, Plus Gallery, Denver, Colorado
BYOB T.O! III, Power Ball, Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario
Simultaneo, Sala De Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City
2013
Uncanny Valley, Massart, Boston, Massachusetts
Exotic Forbidden Torrents, The Wrong Biennial, Online
Pleased To Meet You, 2186 Dundas, Toronto, Ontario
Aesthetics Of Failure, Videofag, Toronto, Ontario
Art Cluster, Museo De Historia De Girona, Spain
Merge, Ago Sales Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
BYOB Rotterdam, Roodkapje, Rotterdam,South Holland
PUBLIC WORKS, INSTALLATIONS, AND SPECIAL PROJECTS
2016 Nuit Blanche Montreal with Chromatic and Metrovision
2015
New York Fashion Week With Tumblr and Print All Over Me
Synthetic Landscapes, Drake Tv, TheDrake Hotel
2014 Friday Flash No6, Denver, Colorado
2013 Parasifter,Cloaque.Org
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2020 Canada Council Research and Creation Grant
2019 Nancy Petry Award
2018 Finalist, 20th RBC Painting Competition
2017
Lillian Vineberg Award in Painting and Drawing, Concordia University
Concordia Merit Scholarship – Faculty Of Fine Arts, Concordia University
Tom Hopkins Memorial Graduate Award, Concordia University
2016
Tom Hopkins Memorial Graduate Award, Concordia University
Concordia Merit Scholarship – Faculty Of Fine Arts, Concordia University
Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant
2014 Toronto Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant
2012 W.O Forsyth Award
AUCTIONS
2019 Vendu/Sold, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
2018 Encan Clark 29, Clark Centre, Montréal, Québec
2016
Art Attack!, Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, Toronto, Ontario
AFCY Auction, The Spoke Club, Toronto, Ontario
2014 Art Attack!, Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, Toronto, Ontario
COLLECTIONS
St. Thomas-Elgin Public Art Centre - Ontario
Desjardins - Québec
Equitable Bank - Ontario
Tumblr Inc. - New York
ARTIST RESIDENCY PROGRAMS
2015 Studio Beat’s Digital Artist In Residence, Toronto, Ontario
2014 The Roundtable Residency, Toronto, Ontario
2012 Kaus Australis Guest Artist, Rotterdam, South Holland
ARTIST LECTURES AND PANELS
2016 Artist Talk, département de communication, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec
2014 Power Bar, Hazelton Lanes Art Festival,Toronto,Ontario
2012 Artist Talk, Het Wilde Weten, Rotterdam, South Holland
RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
2018 Instructor, Painting 200, Concordia University
2016-2018 Teaching Assistant, Concordia University
2012-2015 Continuing Studies Class Assistant, various courses, OCAD University
PUBLICATIONS
2018
RBC Canadian Painting Competition Catalogue, Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto, Ontario
Hart House Review, Toronto, Ontario
2013
Akin Colouring Book
Rivet Volume 2, OCADU Student Press
Absolut 2140, Guilló, David Quiles, São Paulo,Brazil
M/I/S/C/ Magazine, Spring Issue
2012 Weijia Quarterly V1. Brunning, Sarah & Mandus, Sarah, Montreal,Quebec
SELECTED PRESS
Concordia MFA student wins the Nancy Petry Award in Painting, concordia.ca by Amelia Wong-Mersereau
Foire en art actuel de Québec: morceaux d’identité à collectionner, Le Soleil by Josianne Desloges
Repurposed Rembrandt, stop-motion animation and queer punk feminism, concordia.ca by Kelsey Rolfe
Artistes à surveiller à Ignition 2019, Le Devior by Nicolas Mavrikakis
3 Concordians among finalists for RBC’s 2018 Canadian Painting Competition, Concordia News, August 29, 2018
Neon-Streaked Pictures Blurs Boundaries Between Painting and Digital Art, Creators Project,February 21, 2016.
ForecastIi At Project Gallery Artoronto.
Lauren Pelc-Mcarthur, Expresionismo Orgánico-Digital Belio Magazine. July 22, 2014.
Pangburn, Dj. The Digital Glitches In These Oil and Acrylic Paintings Are Just Wonderful. Motherboard. July 14, 2014.
Vanhelmert,Kyle.Paintings That Walk The Line Between Analog and Digital.Fastco Design. February 12,2013
Lauren Pelc. Triangulation Blog. January 28,2013
Lauren Pelc - Mcarthur.Ofluxo. January 8,2013
Fallah,Amir. Lauren Pelc – Mcarthur’s Painting Turned To Collage Turned to Digital Art. Beautiful Decay. March 13 2012.