Lori Swartz
Lie in the grass or on a sidewalk or on your roof. Look at the sky. Feel your boots laced tightly around your calves. Pile rocks. Get dirty. Take the t.v. antenna off your forehead. Be where you are, even for a snap.
We are lured by the fastest, cheapest, biggest. We forget about authenticity. Art takes time. We are taught that there is value in canned, pre-packaged, foil-wrapped and zip-locked. There are too many plastic things marketed as originals. We all have stories to tell. Use this work as a prompt for your own story. Be present and see. Be curious.
Lori Swartz began as a metal smith, creating sculpture, furniture and jewelry. She is also a painter, writer and a performer of circus arts (acrobatics, trapeze, aerial fabric and aerial chain). Working as a multi-media artist has allowed her to express herself in ways that are both private and public. She does not have divided loyalties. She has one loyalty (art), with multiple expressions.
Her work can currently be seen in galleries across the country, on her website www.loriMetals.com and at her home studio in Madrid, New Mexico.
lori@loriMetals.com
Gallery representation for paintings:
Sun & Dust Canyon Road Santa Fe, NM
Andrew Myers Gallery, Los Angelos, CA
AMP Gallery Provincetown, MA
Gallery Ima Seattle, WA
Mariposa Albuquerque, NM
Representation for jewelry:
Lireille Jewelry Gallery, Oakland, CA
Treehaus LA, CA
Sam Shaw, Northeast Harbor, ME
Sun and Dust Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Houston Contemporary Craft Museum, Houston, TX
Contemporary Craft, Pittsburg, PA
Jett Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
GVG Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
Santa Fe Collective, Santa Fe, NM
Zip Dang, Madison, WI
FX 18, Taos, NM
Studio 14, Madrid, NM
Cowgirl Red, Madrid, NM
Greene and Greene Lambertville, NJ
Seedstore, San Francisco, CA
Mariposa, Albuquerque, NM
Artisan's Bench, Brighton, MI
Cerrillos Station, Cerrillos NM
Mad Contemporary, Madrid, NM
Artisans in the Loop, University City, MO
Chautauqua Visual Arts, Pittsburg, PA
Hyperclash, Santa Fe, NM
Waterworks, Friday Harbor, WA
Creative Metalsmiths, Chapel Hill, NC
CURRICULUM VITAE
Born: 1970 Boston, MA
Education: 1992 BA in Theater
1996 Master’s in Social Work
Selected Painting Exhibitions:
July 2017 Taking Back Orange group show, Santa Fe, NM
July 2017 Keep Contemporary group show, Santa Fe, NM
May 2017 Mariposa Gallery Albuquerque, NM solo show Chutes and Ladders
April 2017 Gallery Ima, Seattle, WA two person show
April 2017 Metallo Gallery Madrid, NM
April 2016 Ghost Wolf Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
February 2016 Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
December 2016 David Richards Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
June 2015 Gallery Ima, Seattle, WA
May 2015 Metallo Gallery, Madrid, NM
April 2015 Golden Foundation Made in Paint, New Berlin, NY
June 2014 Studio 14, Madrid, NM
May 2014 Metallo Gallery, Madrid, NM
August 2013 AMP Gallery, Provincetown, MA
April 2013 Hangar Gallery, Wynwood, Miami, FL
March 2013 The Fountain Art Fair, New York City, NY
February 2013 Gallery Ima, Seattle, WA
February 2013 Hangar Gallery, Miami, FL
December 2012 Gallery Ima, Seattle, WA
December 2012 Selby Fleetwood Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
October 2012 Range West Studio Tour Show, NM
July 2012 Galerie Colorida, Lisbon, Portugal
April 2012 Selby Fleetwood Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
April 2012 Metallo Gallery, Madrid, NM
December 2011 Norbetellen Gallery, Downtown Los Angeles, CA
June 2011 Range West Gallery, Madrid, NM
June 2011 Eggman and Wallace Art Emporium, Santa Fe, NM
Painting Residencies
February 15 – March 13, 2014Jentel Painting Residency, Banner, Wyoming
October 12 – November 8, 2014Golden Foundation Painting Residency, New York
April 1 - April 30, 2015 The Studios of Key West Residency, Key West, Florida
Selected Private Collections:
Nordstroms Flygirl Iron
Santa Fe Community College Samuel Design Group
The Lotus Click Technologies
John Connell Pop Goes Art
Return policy: loriMetals is always open to exchanges for items of equal value within 14 days. If your piece needs to be resized, that can be done at no cost in most situaitons.