Background

Lara Schaberg
b. August 1980
Bridgton, Maine

Lara is a cross-disciplinary artist whose works traverse the terrain of environmental architectures and <eco>systemsSurfaces are studies of and in these unfurling landscapes ~ topographies etched over time. 

Utilizing remixed materials such as paint, found objects, handwritten code, electrical wire, bodywork mapping, photograms, paper & touchscreens, the art investigates modes of ecological engagement. Her formative years began with sumi-e ink and graphic mediums. A BFA in painting/design with study in Prague, Vienna, Zurich, Paris inspired a gallery show, as well as a period of professional work in the Graphic Arts. She later attended a seminar with MFA students at University of California Davis, taught by blues musician & painter Mike Henderson. This time in Northern California led to work for a local designer, and distilled the exhibition On the Seam. Last year, she had the opportunity to study Interactive Design and Architecture with Dr. Lina Lee, a UX researcher. 

In this urgent moment, ecological activism informs her practice. The work translates across boundaries through unexpected spaces. In 2020, Lara designed REgenerate and collaborated on the Greenway Arts Activation in New Orleans. Here, she explored passageways where architectural <eco>systems reshape and remix worlds. The transient nature of these geographic and haptic interfaces demand new modes of embodiment

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Lara’s work travels an odyssey of perception through fracture, overlap, and time lapse in shapeshifting landscapes. She has shared a 15 foot hand-painted piece in an international Art Salon series, and created a multimedia touchscreen + paper handscroll in the Orchard.

This art is a meditation on landscapes of the 21st century.