About
Lauren Martino is a New York City based artist, arts educator, and a licensed master social worker. Lauren's art and social work practice are symbiotic. Her artistic practices enable her to recharge and generate a broader capacity to serve others. The theories and emotional experiences of her social work practice generate meaning and momentum that inform the perspectives and goals of art-making.
Lauren's work examines internal landscapes projected through the boundaries between internal and external perception; the dynamic between mind, spirit/soul and body; femininity, craft, decorative arts, domestic spheres, and the meaning of home; mental health, subconsciousness, and living sensitively; and psychologically nourishing meditations on color, form, space, symbolism, and object relations.
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Curriculum Vitae
Lauren Martino, LMSW
Manhattan, NY
Education
2024 Fordham University, Graduate School of Social Services, Master of Social Work
2021 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY B.S. In Art History and Museum Studies
2019 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY B.A. In Fine Arts, Magna Cum Laude
2017 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY A.A. In Fine Arts, Summa Cum Laude
New York Studio School for Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture, spring 2015. Non-credit.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Lobby Exhibition at SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology, Chelsea, NY
2020 White Pigeon Studios Hurricane Relief, Hell’s Kitchen, NY
2019 Greenpoint Gallery Holiday Show, Greenpoint, NY
2019 Dialogue, Art and Design Gallery at Fashion Institute of Technology, Chelsea, NY
2019 From Here on Out, Chelsea, NY
2018 State University of New York Headquarters, Albany, NY
2017 D630 Gallery at Fashion Institute of Technology, Chelsea, NY
2016 Set NYC, Chelsea, NY
2013 ESP Gallery, Chelsea, NY
2012 Empire State College, New York State Annual Student Conference, NY
Teaching Experience
Arts in Action VAP, NYC 2019 - 2024
Children and Teens Art Instructor & Staff Supervisor
Free Arts, NYC 2022-2023
High School Portfolio Mentor
Play Day, NYC 2022
Children's Art Instructor
Therapeutic Art Experience
Caring at Columbia at New York State Psychiatric Institute, NYC 2021 - 2022
Art Therapy Group Co-Facilitator
Awards/Residencies
2017 Frank Shapiro Memorial Award
2017 Yale Norfolk Residency nomination
Curation
2017 D630 Gallery, group show Fashion Institute of Technology
Contact Me*
***Please only contact me in regards to art related inquiries, any contacts regarding therapeutic services or contacts from anyone with whom I have previously or currently had a social worker/client relationship with will be disregarded. For social work related inquiries please contact me through the appropriate professional channels. If you are experiencing an emergency or mental health crisis please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room ***