Lauren Hope Walker (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist from Fort Worth, Texas now based in the Houston area. Walker received her BFA in painting from Stephen F. Austin State University in 2021, and her MFA in painting from Texas Christian University in 2024. While receiving her MFA, she served as an instructor for Drawing 1 courses where she discovered a passion for art education.

“I work across mediums of painting, sculpture and ceramics to create absurd narratives of the domestic, to investigate where femininity, queerness, and the grotesque intersect. I draw a lot of inspiration from kitschy and classic horror films —the kind with special effects that are too ridiculous to believe, but if they were somehow real, would be utterly terrifying. I’m fascinated by the delicate balance between inviting and unsettling and exploring where sweetness can unravel into eeriness. This tension resonates with my own experience of being raised in the evangelical church before coming out as a femme lesbian. Like many queer folks, I find that unsettling linger of internalized homophobia still tugs at my mind often. My studio practice serves as a space for reclamation, a way to turn that unease into something tangible for myself and viewers to then experience.”