Born in Hawaii, 1966
Based in New York City

Education

1994 MA New York University
1990 BFA University of Hawaii

Solo Exhibitions

2004
"Inside Out", Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
2002
Lawrence Seward
, Galerie Edward Mitterrand, Geneva, Switzerland
2001
Off Island, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
1999
Lawrence Seward, Richard Heller Gallery, California
1998
Lawrence Seward, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
Project Room, Ten in One Gallery, Chicago
1997
Lawrence Seward, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York
1995
Gallery Forde, Nicolas Rieben, Geneva, Switzerland
1994
Smaller and Smaller, Anika Sundvik Gallery, New York
1991
Souls at Sea, Koa Gallery, Frank Sherrif, Honolulu Hawaii

Museum Exhibitions

2007
Situation Comedy : Humor in Recent Art, curated by Dominic Morlon and Michael Rooks, Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas
2006
Situation Comedy : Humor in Recent Art, curated by Dominic Morlon and Michael Rooks, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
Situation Comedy : Humor in Recent Art, curated by Dominic Morlon and Michael Rooks, Winnepeg Art Gallery, Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada
Situation Comedy : Humor in Recent Art, curated by Dominic Morlon and Michael Rooks, Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
2005
"Situation Comedy: Humor in Recent Art", curated by Dominic Morlon and Michael Rooks, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu
2002
Model Worlds, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
2000
Greater New York, MOMA/PS1, Long Island City, NY
1998
Cambio, Curated by Kenny Schachter, Museo del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico
Young New Yorkers, PS 1, Long Island City, NY
1996
Texas Meets New York, Arlington Museum of Art, Joan Davidow and Kenny Schachter, Arlington, Texas

Group Exhibitions

2007
Jason Rulnick Gallery, New York, NY
2006
"Panic Room: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection", Deste Foundation Center for the Arts, Athens, Greece
"The 9th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition", University of Hawaii Art Gallery, HI
"it is, what is it?", Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, NY
"9th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibition", curated by Tom Klobe, University of Hawaii Gallery
"Zoo Stories," Fisher Landau Foundation for the Arts, LI, NY
2004
"Hawaii", Bodybuilder and Sportsman Gallery, Chicago
2003
Nature Boy, curated by Doug Wada, Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York City
2002
State of the Gallery, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York City
2001
Outsourcing, Flipside Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2000
Galaxy 128, Gallery 128, New York City
Artists Who Make ëPieces, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York City
Full Serve, curated by Kenny Schachter, Kenny Schachter/Rove, New York City
Shmuck, Ten in One Gallery, New York City
nothing, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York City
1999
figure/ground, Lawrence Seward, Arnold Mesches, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
Paradise 8, Exit Art, New York City
1998
Group Show," Abraham Lebowski Gallery, New York City
1997
Gliphriff," Curated by Max Henry, Lisa Stefnelli, New York City
Strange Days, Caren Golden Fine Art, New York City
Cambio, 526 West 26th St. Kenny Schachter, New York City
Group Show, Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York City
Gramercy International Art Fair, Gramercy Park Hotel, New York City
Your Devoted Servant, curated by Amanda Trager, E.S. Vandam Gallery, New York City
Halten Sie sich an Beispiele, Kunstlerhaus Dortmund, Germany
Prop Fiction, White Columns, Paul Ha, New York City
1996
Point and Line (drawings), 407, New York City
Gramercy International Art Fair, Gramercy Park Hotel, New York City
Sex Drugs and Explosives, London Artforms, Kenny Schachter, London 1995
Transfer, Exit Art, Popo Colo and Jeanette Ingbergman, New York City
Oy!, 121 Green Street, Kenny Schachter, New York City
Fun House, E.S. Vandam, Saul Ostrow, Yvonne Maranushi, New York City
Smells Like Vinyl, Rogers Merians Gallery, Sarah Seager and Tadeus Strode, New York City
High Anxiety, 58 Crosby Street, Kenny Schachter, New York City
Way Cool, Exit Art, Pop Colo and Jeanette Ingbergman, New York City
Collaboration, 450 Broadway Gallery, Ward Shelly, New York City

Bibliography

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Thorson, Alice. "Canvassing For Laughs". The Kansas City Star. January 21, 2007.
"Situation Comedy: Humor in Recent Art", Museum News, pp.16-17, March/April 2006 Morse, Marcia, "Island Hopping", Honolulu Weekly, August 10-16 2005 Farmer, David C., "Artists Capture Essence of Hawai'I", The Honolulu Advertiser, June 12 2005
Seward, Lawrence. "Drawing Bad Good", zingmagazine, issue 19, Winter 2004
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Pollack, Barbara. "Nature Boy," Time Out New York, Issue 404, June 26-July 3, 2003
Bakke, Eric. "Lawrence Seward: Off Island," NY Arts Magazine, July/August 2001
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Wallach, Amei. "Young Artists Exploring By Light of Imagination," New York Newsday, May 1995

Catalogs

"The 9th International Shoebox Sculpture Exhibtion". University of Hawaii Art Gallery. HI
Situation Comedy: Humor in Recent Art, curated by Dominic Morlon and Michael Rooks, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, ICI NY, 2005