Career
As an artist, Lawrence has shown his work at such venues as New Works Gallery, the River Market Brewery and the Lotus Gallery. One of his early gallery showings of his art was at the Kansas City, Kansas, Public Library in February 2001. It was followed later in 2001 by a showing in Montreal. Lawrence has had exhibitions in galleries throughout the United States and Canada. He received the CAAC fellowship in 1999 and the Garber Grant in 2001. His work has been featured in publications such as Hoard magazine. His works also appear on the covers of two novels: The Bends (ISBN 0-595-37957-5 Published February 2006) and Shadow's Bliss (ISBN 0-595-38528-1 Published April 2006), by British underground novelist Darren Smith. His discogrophy includes such music as Banana Blues, On Your Own Time, Queer from Kansas, and The Media. His list of publications include Paint it Loud (Fall 2002) and The Gods Are Alive And Well (Spring 2003). According to his website, Lawrence directed and starred in his first feature-length film, Something to Trade (2008) which was based on his critically acclaimed short Queer in Kansas (2007). His other films include de Young (2007 documentary), Glitter (2005), Negative Space/Jane Sommerhauser (2006), Queer in Kansas (2007), and Poor Pandora (Spring 2008). His video performances include Diary of a Toothpick (1997), This is my truck (1998), Macramé Matinee (2000), and MOI (2000) Lawrence has also directed such music videos as Krystle Warren's, I've Seen Days and On that First Day of Autumn
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