Zahyr Lauren

Also known as The Artist L.Haz, creates in order to share light and love with community

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About

Passionate self-taught visual artist, podcast host for The Solidarity Index, strategic advisor, program manager, and legal advocate, with past roles encompassing labor organizing, policy analysis, consulting, litigation, public and private sector grant-making. Extensive experience as an attorney and organizational leader, developing and implementing programs that center the well-being of Black, Indigenous, Queer, and Trans people. 

Practitioner of art-based modalities for healing and restoration. Their work includes public art, paintings, installations, and textiles for stage and screen. They have shown work in Brooklyn, Seattle, and Martha’s Vineyard. Currently working toward shows in Los Angeles, Mexico City and Japan. 

Public Speaker focusing on art as a tool for activism and healing. With past engagements at UCLA Law and Princeton University. 

Trusted thought partner, committed to reducing barriers to institutional funding access and returning resources to communities, building towards a more just and equitable society. 

Open to public art commissions, private commissions, collaborations, exhibitions, and opportunities for community engagement using art as an activist tool.