artist statement
My work combines the phenomena of motion, sound, and sight to create an image of the passion that is heard and felt through music. I often draw in the midst of orchestras, ensembles, and with individual musicians. Through a unique empathy, I merge with musician and instrument, feeling them become the music they play. I also use this ability to get inside the music itself. As I transcend arts disciplines, I connect with an ineffable quality present in all the arts. I take this experience to the studio, where line, form and color are as much properties of sound as of visual art. The result is something entirely new, a drawing or painting that the viewer
can hear as well as see.
biography
Lori-Gene has exhibited throughout the United States, in Europe, Scandinavia and Central Asia. Galleries and museums that have exhibited her work include the Imatran Taidemuseo in Finland, Sierra Nevada College in Nevada, Galeria del Auditorio Raul Bailleres in Mexico City, Mexico, Grove Gallery in La Jolla, California, Zenith Gallery in Washington DC, and The Contemporary Arts Center in Atlanta, Georgia.
Her work is collected worldwide. Institutional collections include the Fine Art Museum in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Mobile Museum of Art in Mobile, AL, and Sankt Ansgar Gymnasium in Hamburg, Germany. Corporate Collections include BellSouth Corporation, Hilton Hotel, Easton OH, Four Seasons Hotel, Atlanta, GA, and Taylor Mathis Corporation. She is represented in numerous private collections.
She has received many grants and awards, including residencies in France, Uzbekistan, the Hambidge Center in Rabun Gap, GA, and the Banff Centre in Canada. Lori-Gene’s work has been published on CD’s by ACA Digital Recording, Sir Fir Enterprises, and Ricordi OGGI.
Lori-Gene served on the faculty at Georgia Perimeter College with distinction, earning tenure in 2001. She left that position to pursue studio art full-time in 2003. Lori-Gene continues her educational outreach by presenting drawing workshops, performances, and lectures locally, nationally, and internationally, often accompanied by pre-recorded or live music.
Color: A Spectrum of Sound – Music as Metaphor in the Visual Arts is the first public exhibition to include Lori-Gene’s oil paintings
sponsors
Department of Music, Emory Visual Arts Program, Emory College Joint Activities Committee
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