Lauren D’Amato

(b. 1991, Whittier, CA.) 

Lauren D’Amato is a pinstriper and painter living and working in San Francisco, CA. As a second generation sign maker she is drawn to decorative folk arts, hand-lettering, and the iconic imagery tied to her upbringing and direct experience pinstriping and lettering on lowriders. She is motivated by her intention to learn and implement techniques of handmade modes of production and by doing so explore her artistic lineage. She received a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2016 and Apprenticed and worked at New Bohemia Signs. D’Amato continues to work independently as a sign maker and has been the Adjunct Professor of Hand lettering at California College of the Arts since 2019. Her work has been exhibited at Pt.2 Gallery (Oakland), Park Life (San Francisco), Tlaloc Studios (Los Angeles), Right Window Gallery (San Francisco), Human Resources (Los Angeles), Mule Gallery (San Francisco), Minnesota Street Project (San Francisco), Good Mother Gallery (Oakland), SOLA Art Gallery (Los Angeles), Diego Rivera Gallery, (San Francisco Art Institute), Adobe Books (San Francisco), Needles and Pens (San Francisco), Will Brown (San Francisco), and the Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion (Costa Mesa, CA) Incline Gallery (San Francisco), RVCA Gallery (San Francisco).,