Who Is Lauren I. Ball?
Lauren Ball is a fine woman who received her MFA in Studio Art from New York University and her BFA with a concentration in Painting and Drawing from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. Digital media, Indian Moghul painting, metaphysical work, and 19th century Realism are reservoirs of visual inspiration.
Ball’s work relies on the painting process, digital collage work, color theory, alchemy, and her response to surface as a site of layered excavation, while navigating intuition to create an essential realism within and about her surreal works.
Lauren I. Ball’s Achievements
Ball’s process is predicated on the continuous dissolution and reinvention of the surface that occurs throughout the stages of production.
Ball’s exhibition history includes solo shows at Gallery 80 WSE (New York, NY), Free Range Gallery (Chicago, IL), SideCar Gallery (Hammond, IN); and group shows at The Gowanus Ballroom (Brooklyn, NY), Tyler School of Art (Rome, Italy), University of New Orleans Gallery (New Orleans, LA), artLedge (Chicago, IL), and The Butcher Shop (Chicago, IL), as well as alternative and apartment spaces in New York, Chicago, and New Orleans.
Conclusion
Lauren’s work has been written about in publications, such as Newcity Art. Her works are in numerous private and public collections, including the The Art Institute of Chicago. Ball lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
