artist statement
My background in the medical field provides me with a deep understanding of the challenges women face in obtaining reproductive healthcare services and the vital role that access to care plays in enabling women to live rich and meaningful lives and remain autonomous and engaged in their community. I am deeply interested in the idea of time, and how women’s reproductive healthcare access has changed - and continues to change - and the effect of these changes on the women’s rights movement. My current body of work is focused on researching contraceptive devices from the 1960s and 1970s and exploring the ways in which patriarchal forces shaped women’s healthcare in the early development phases of contraception, family planning, and reproductive justice.
artist bio
Lauren Doorish is an interdisciplinary feminist artist primarily working in ceramics. In 2016, She graduated with her Bachelor’s degree from Texas Woman’s University in Multidisciplinary Studies with concentrations in Multicultural Women’s & Gender Studies and Sociology. She worked in healthcare administration for over 15 years before deciding to pursue her Master in Fine Art at Texas Woman’s University in 2025. Lauren’s work has been exhibited in numerous shows in Texas, California, and New Mexico.
Exhibitions
Materials Hard + Soft
Greater Denton Arts Council, Denton, TX
(Jurors Gabe Duggan & Nneka Kai)
2/26/2026-05/09/2026
RESILIENCE: An Exhibition in Partnership with TEDxTWU 2026
Texas Woman’s University Student Union Gallery, Denton, TX
2/23/2026-03/20/2026
Fresh Art 2025
Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA
(Juror Evri Kwong)
12/15/2025-02/15/2026
Still RESISTing
Old Walls Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
11/07/2025-11/21/2025
Texas Woman’s University Graduate Open Studios
Texas Woman’s University Fine Arts Annex, Denton, TX
10/22/2025
Intervening Spaces
Texas Woman’s University Student Union Gallery, Denton, TX
10/06/2025 – 10/31/2025
Terra Verde
Artists Enclave of Denton County, Denton, TX
(Juror Jennifer Epperson) (Honorable Mention)
08/01/2025 – 08/29/2025
SpeedBump lil d
Anna Street Studios, Denton, TX
(Curated by Susan Seaborn)
05/24/2025
Bold and Free
Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael, CA
(Juror Susan Goetz Zwirn) (Honorable Mention)
04/24/2025 – 06/21/2025
Seep
Janette Kennedy Gallery, Dallas, TX
(Curated by M Giovanni Valderas)
04/07/2025 – 05/03/2025
Art Friends 3
Anna Street Studios, Denton, TX
(Curated by Susan Seaborn)
03/21/2025 – 04/04/2025
Texas Woman’s University Graduate Open Studios
Texas Woman’s University Fine Arts Annex, Denton, TX
03/19/2025
Presentations
04/22/2025
“Women's Words: Sharing Women's Reproductive Health Experiences Through Visual Art”
Student Creative Arts and Research Symposium
Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX