Bio

Born in Nederland, Texas in 1986, Sirena LaBurn received her MFA in Painting from the New York Studio School (2014), and her BS in Arts Administration from Wagner College, New York (2009). Before beginning her MFA, LaBurn worked as the Collections Catalogue Assistant at the Stark Museum of Art, Orange, Texas, and was a resident at The Art Studio, Inc., Beaumont, Texas. 

LaBurn has a broad range of teaching experience. She assisted Graham Nickson in his internationally recognized Drawing Marathons and has regularly returned to Wagner College as a guest artist. From 2019-2021, LaBurn taught Drawing and Design courses as a Visiting Instructor and Adjunct Instructor at Lamar University, Beaumont, TX. 

Her work has been exhibited in Texas, New York and Florida at spaces such as Foltz Fine Art (Houston, TX), Valley House Gallery (Dallas, TX), Olympia (New York, NY), Pamela Salisbury Gallery (Hudson, NY) and 621 Gallery (Tallhassee, FL) as well as online with Western Gallery. LaBurn’s interest in curatorial projects continues to grow. In 2022 she co-curated Robin Utterback: Everything Shows, with Foltz Fine Art and wrote an essay for the accompanying catalogue.