Artist Statement:
Lorrie Boydston is a Contemporary Suburban theme and abstract painter from the Midwest. Born and raised in Suburban Kansas City, Boydston's diverse body of work references her first-hand experiences from daily life in suburbia and explores related themes such as environment, diversity, spirituality, domesticity and time. Recent abstract grid works represent Boydston's interpretation of the redundancy and imposed structure of Suburban housing developments. The clear Plexiglas "canvas" on which she chooses to paint provides a fabricated surface that echoes the very subject matter of her paintings and allows a little light to shine through here and there.
Awards & Distinctions:
2006 Best of Show, Fine Arts Gallery, UMKC (Juror: Emily Eddins, Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City, MO)
2011 Theme Award, Cultures Without Borders, Northeast Arts KC
2012- Painting "New Horizons" featured as a book cover for "Telephone Road" by Thomas Derr, Colgate Publishing, NY. Available on Amazon.com
2014-Light, Space, Time online juried exhibition "Cityscapes" honorable mention
Exhibitions:
2019-November/December "Bits and Pieces" Interurban Art House, Overland Park, KS
2019 Oct-Dec "Innovative Artists Series" Alaris Art Space, Kansas City Crossroads
2018-August-Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2017-October-December,KC University of Medicine and Biosciences, KC Arts Council Now Showing Program
2017-May/June The Late Show Gallery, "View From My Window" KCMO
2017- November, Groundworks! Small Works MakerJakeStudio, New Bedford, MA
2017 - November, Black & White, Paper Birch Landing Gallery, KCMO
2017- November-December Arts KC 10x10 Holiday Invitiational Exhibition, KCMO
2017 - River Market Regional Exhibition, Kansas City, MO Mallin-Charno Gallery.
2016 November "One Night Stand" Kansas City Artists Coalition, Mallin-Charno Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2016 March-May Art of Paper Gladstone Arts Commission Gallery, 6901 N. Holmes, Gladstone, MO
2015-August-October, Burnes & McDonnell, KC Arts Council Now Showing Program.
2012-July-September, Black & Veatch, KC Arts Council Now Showing Program.
2011-October-December, Kansas City Credit Union, KC Arts Council Now Showing Program
2011 -April-June Digital Evolution Overland Park, KS KC
2009- June 19 to July 16 Translucence, Main Library Fine Arts Gallery, Kansas City, Kansas Public Library Kansas City, KS
2009-February-March, Eden Alley Restaurant, Unity Temple on the Plaza, Kansas City, MO
2008-December 12 to January 16, 2009 Subdivision, Kansas City Artists Coalition Underground Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri
2008-May 12-July 11 No Outlet, Turner Public Library Fine Arts Gallery, Kansas City, Kansas.
2007-August- Suburban Redemption, Unity Temple Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2006-February to March- Playing With the Grid , M.A. Thesis exhibition, UMKC Fine Arts Gallery Kansas City, MO [Barry Anderson, Maria Park, Elijah Gowin and Craig Subler, mentors]
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Artistic Influences:
I am inspired by the work of Eric Fischl, Edward Hopper, Wayne Thiebaud, Paul Klee, Andy Goldsworthy and Rachel Whiteread because of the way they think about and present their subjects. Edward Hopper inspires me for the way he painted light in his scenes. Attempting to find a practical spirituality and truth in my everyday world drives the main body of my work.
Artist Tags:
suburban painting, abstract painting, mixed media art, lorrie boydston fine art, acrylic, contemporary painting
