B. SANTA ROSA, CA, 1983 

Lauren dela Roche is a self-taught artist living in St Louis, MO. Nude female figures are the central subjects of her work. The female body is elongated and duplicated across her surfaces. They are set in decorative interiors that reference classical Greek mythology, domesticity, and dreamworlds. 

Dela Roche is the recipient of the Joan Mitchelle Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant (2018). She was selected for the Jerome Emerging Artists Fellowship at the Jerome Foundation in Minneapolis, MN (2012–13) and the Bed Stuy Art Residency in Brooklyn, NY (2021). Dela Roche’s work is found in the collections of the Minneapolis Museum of Art, the North Dakota Museum of Art in Grand Forks, and the Jasper Hotel in Fargo, ND.