Lillian van Veen (b. Seattle, 2003)
Education
2021 - 2025 Carnegie Mellon University
Bachelor of Humanities and Arts
(University / College Honors, Phi Beta Kappa)
Professional Experience
2024 - 2025 Pittsburgh Cultural Trust
Gallery Attendant
2022 - 2025 The Frame Gallery
Co - Director
2022 Redmond Art Works
Art Instructor
Exhibitions
2025 Rapid Eye Movement - Tomayko Foundation, Pittsburgh, PA
2025 The Squeeze - The Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2025 The Clothes Make the Man (Solo) - The Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2025 Sketchbook Show - The Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2024 Re-Orientation - The Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2024 Sketchbook Show - The Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2023 Grand Re-Opening - The Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2023 Inner Sanctum - The Ellis Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2023 Pilgrimage, Pilgrimage (Solo) - The Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2023 Dear Bountiful Gathering - WQED, Pittsburgh, PA
2023 Sketchbook Show - The Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2022 Effervescent Shadow Bazaar - WQED, Pittsburgh, PA
2019 Pre College Exhibition - NYU Commons Gallery, New York, NY
Awards / Grants / Fellowships
2025 Carnegie Mellon University Meeting of the Minds Award for Artistic Excellence
2025 Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry Small Grant
2025 BXA Small Grant
2024 BXA Small Grant
2022 BXA Small Grant
2022 Carnegie Mellon University School of Art Wilfred Readio Award
Publications
2024 Lemon Issue 03, “Yellow Jewelry”, “Finding the Crease”, “Quilt of the Nicest Shirt I Own Over Three Tracings of my Mother’s Wedding Dress”
2024 Lemon Issue 02, “A Body That Comes Furnished”, “Unmachine Unwashable”
2023 Spires Volume XXVIII Issue II, “Cut From the Same Cloth”
Interviews / Press / Media
2025 Carnegie Mellon University Senior Spotlight Series, Senior Spotlight 2025: Lillian van Veen
2025 Brett Park for ArtTok Collective, Artists on TikTok React to the TikTok Ban
2023 Middy Vella for Lemon Issue 01, Inside the Frame
2021 Voices Heard SF Artist Speaker
Curatorial Projects
2025 Sketchbook Show - The Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2024 Re-Orientation - The Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2024 Sketchbook Show - The Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2023 Grand Re-Opening - The Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA
2023 Sketchbook Show - The Frame Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA