b. August 1980
Bridgton, Maine
Lara is a cross-disciplinary artist whose works traverse the terrain of environmental architectures and <eco>systems. Surfaces 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 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.
In this urgent era, collectivity informs her practice. The groundwork translates across boundaries through unexpected spaces. In 2020, Lara co-created REgenerate and collaborated on the Greenway Arts Activation in New Orleans. Here, she explored haptic passageways that reshape and remix worlds. The fragile nature of these ecological interfaces demand new modes of synthesis.
A search.
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