Curriculum Vitae

Lauren Christlieb | www.laurenchristlieb.com | lauren@redbirdpresshtx.org

Education

MFA 2017 Fine Arts: Photo Digital Media | University of Houston

BA 2013 Art & Performance | The University of Texas at Dallas

Teaching Experience

2015-2023

Adjunct Faculty: Fundamentals of Printmaking, Fundamentals of Photography, and Art Appreciation
| University of Houston, Lone Star College Montgomery, & San Jacinto College North

  • Spring 2023

    Adjunct Faculty: Fundamentals of Printmaking | University of Houston - 2 Sections

    Fall 2022

    Adjunct Faculty: Fundamentals of Printmaking | University of Houston - 2 Sections

    Summer 2022

    Adjunct Faculty: Fundamentals of Printmaking | University of Houston

    Spring 2022

    Adjunct Faculty: Fundamentals of Printmaking | University of Houston - 2 Sections

    Fall 2021

    Adjunct Faculty: Fundamentals of Printmaking | University of Houston - 2 Sections

    Sumer 2021

    Adjunct Faculty: Fundamentals of Printmaking | University of Houston

    Spring 2021

    Adjunct Faculty: Fundamentals of Printmaking | University of Houston

    Fall 2020

    Adjunct Faculty: Fundamentals of Printmaking | University of Houston - 2 Sections

    Spring 2020

    Adjunct Faculty: Fundamentals of Printmaking | University of Houston - 2 Sections

    Fall 2019

    Adjunct Faculty: Fundamentals of Printmaking | University of Houston - 2 Sections

    Summer 2019

    Adjunct Faculty: Fundamentals of Printmaking | University of Houston

    Spring 2019

    Adjunct Faculty: Fundamentals of Printmaking | University of Houston - 2 Sections

    Fall 2018

    Adjunct Faculty: Fundamentals of Printmaking | University of Houston - 2 Sections

    Spring 2018

    Adjunct Faculty: Fundamentals of Printmaking | University of Houston - 2 Sections

    Adjunct Faculty: Art Appreciation | San Jacinto College North

    Adjunct Faculty: Art Appreciation | Lone Star College Montgomery - 2 Sections

    Summer 2018

    Instructor: Printmaking | Summer Kids Camp - Sugarland Arts Center

    Fall 2017

    Adjunct Faculty: Fundamentals of Printmaking | University of Houston

    Adjunct Faculty: Art Appreciation | San Jacinto College North - 2 Sections

    Summer 2017

    Guest Screen Printing Instructor | TXRX Labs

    Spring 2017

    Teaching Fellow: Fundamentals of Photography | University of Houston

    Teaching Fellow: Fundamentals of Printmaking | University of Houston

    Fall 2016

    Teaching Fellow: Fundamentals of Photography | University of Houston

    Teaching Fellow: Fundamentals of Printmaking | University of Houston

    Summer 2016

    Guest Photo Lecturer: American Heritage Girls Photography Club | University of Houston

    Spring 2016

    Teaching Fellow: Fundamentals of Photography | University of Houston

    Instructional Assistant: Art & Society - Renaissance to Modern | University of Houston

    Fall 2015

    Teaching Fellow: Fundamentals of Photography | University of Houston

    Instructional Assistant: Art & Society - Renaissance to Modern | University of Houston






Exhibition Record

2020

TAPPED 11: Artists and Their Professors | Manifest Gallery - Ohio

2019

Picture This: An Alumni Show | SP/N Gallery, University of Texas at Dallas

2017

After He Passed | Lone Star College in Montgomery

For Hire: Contemporary Sign Painting in America | Houston Center for Contemporary Craft

39th Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition | University of Houston

Works by Lauren Christlieb | College of the Mainland

2016

Under Pressure, A Printmaking Show | Third Space Gallery, University of Houston

Place/Holder | Visual Arts Building, University of Texas at Dallas

Spring Student Exhibition | Blaffer Art Museum, Main Gallery, University of Houston

Joyce Elaine Grant Photography Exhibition | East & West Galleries, Fine Arts Building, Texas Woman’s University

The Mobile Pixel | Third Space Gallery, University of Houston

2015

Spring Student Exhibition | Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston

VRL Show | Fine Arts Library, University of Houston

2013

Double Portraits | Art Barn Gallery, University of Texas at Dallas

Spring Juried Art Show | Art Barn Gallery, University of Texas at Dallas

Photoworks | Art Barn Gallery, University of Texas at Dallas

2012

Spring Juried Art Show | University of Texas at Dallas

Fall Festival | University of Texas at Dallas  

Exhibitions Curated

2016

Under Pressure, A Printmaking Show | University of Houston

Professional Experience

2026 - Current

Executive Director | Red Bird Nest for Book Arts and Print

2024 - Current

Founder | Red Bird Press

2019-2023

Area Community Coordinator | HEB Grocery

2011-2018

Store Artist & Sign Designer | HEB Grocery

2019-2020

Photo Editor | francesca’s holdings

2014

Marketing Intern | Fotofest International

Awards & Scholarships

2026

(Full) Paul H. & Ginger S. Duensing Scholarship | Penland School of Craft

2017

Graduate Tuition Fellowship | University of Houston

2016

Graduate Tuition Fellowship | University of Houston

2015

Graduate Tuition Fellowship | University of Houston

2014

Cynthia Woods Mitchell Scholarship for Interdisciplinary Studies | University of Houston

2013

Clare Hart DeGolyer Memorial Fund Award Grant | Dallas Museum of Art

Publications & Reviews

Michael Bise. “University of Houston of Houston Masters of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition.” Features. www.glasstire.com (April 12, 2017)

Chase Christensen, Dannie Liebergot, "Summer 2017," Friend of the Artist 3, (August 2017): 26-29,94.

Collections

Private Collection of Judy & Scott Nyquist | Houston, TX