Lauren's profile
Lauren Boilini was born and raised in Bloomington, Indiana. In 2008 she completed her M.F.A. at the Mount Royal School of Art at MICA, after completing a B.F.A. in Painting and Art History at the Kansas City Art Institute in 2006. Lauren recently completed a 3 year residency at the Creative Alliance at the Patterson Theatre in Baltimore. She was also an artist-in-residence at Canserrat in El Bruc, Spain, in 2008. Since finishing her master’s degree she has been serving as Foundations Faculty at MICA and teaching at the University of Maryland. In the summer of 2011 she was an artist-in-residence at the Jentel Program in Wyoming, and recently began a long term residency at School 33 Arts Center in Baltimore. This past May she was invited as an artist-in-residence at the Burren College of Art in Ireland and received a full fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center for July. She was also recently awarded her first major public art commission through the Maryland Department of Public Health, and her work was shown in the International Wing of the Baltimore-Washington Airport until January. She will be traveling to Florence, Italy this coming July to be an artist/scholar resident at the SACI Program.
In my current body of work I work with the idea of excess, when images of excess becomes meaningless and fall into the realm of pattern. This idea of gluttony is reflected in our current culture. We are a hedonistic society, always looking for more until the more we are looking for loses its meaning. I find inspiration in physical action, indulging in pleasure and pain, searching for my limit.
My studio practice has consistently been large-scale oil paintings, though I have begun to work directly on the wall exploring painting as installation. The dimension of my work relates to the size of the human body and the potential for painting to physically overwhelm the viewer. I work directly on the wall as I experiment closely with the architecture making paintings that engage floor to ceiling.
Research, reading and exploration are vital to my studio practice, consistently driving my work forward. I continuously seek and study epic narratives, creating my own for each work. I am fascinated with crowds of people converging in one space at one time. I am particularly intrigued by rituals that drive masses of beings to occupy the same space. I investigate various events and practices that bring large numbers of life forms together to discover how beings interact when driven together in mass quantities. This includes religious practices, festivals, holidays, political gatherings, orgies, etc. Recently I have been drawn to images of battles and duels, where opposing forces fight for the same space. I am interested in what drives us to violence and destruction of life.
In my current body of work I work with the idea of excess, when images of excess becomes meaningless and fall into the realm of pattern. This idea of gluttony is reflected in our current culture. We are a hedonistic society, always looking for more until the more we are looking for loses its meaning. I find inspiration in physical action, indulging in pleasure and pain, searching for my limit.
My studio practice has consistently been large-scale oil paintings, though I have begun to work directly on the wall exploring painting as installation. The dimension of my work relates to the size of the human body and the potential for painting to physically overwhelm the viewer. I work directly on the wall as I experiment closely with the architecture making paintings that engage floor to ceiling.
Research, reading and exploration are vital to my studio practice, consistently driving my work forward. I continuously seek and study epic narratives, creating my own for each work. I am fascinated with crowds of people converging in one space at one time. I am particularly intrigued by rituals that drive masses of beings to occupy the same space. I investigate various events and practices that bring large numbers of life forms together to discover how beings interact when driven together in mass quantities. This includes religious practices, festivals, holidays, political gatherings, orgies, etc. Recently I have been drawn to images of battles and duels, where opposing forces fight for the same space. I am interested in what drives us to violence and destruction of life.
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