Lori Park’s art made a splash recently at UNCOP22 (Conference Of the Parties/Kyoto Agreement) where she was awarded “Trophee: Femme, Art Et Climate” by the Kingdom of Morocco and the United Nations Development Program – for her large-scale sculptures and other works exploring climate change across 8 countries. Lori had 2 exhibitions within COP22, in Marrakech, Morocco.
Lori Park is an international artist, exhibiting in Europe, the UK, USA and North Africa. Her work is in the collections of His Royal Highness King Mohammed VI of Morocco and The Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco, and in collections in the UK, Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America, the UK National Collection, and other private and public collections around the world.
Lori Park`s work reflects her fascination with texture and movement as well as the source of much of her inspiration- nature.
Her large-scale bronze work has been shown at Sotheby`s 2014 “Beyond Limits” the world-renowned exhibition of monumental sculpture held at Chatsworth House, the Duke of Devonshire`s beautiful estate in England. Her sculpture at “Beyond Limits” was exhibited alongside work by fellow artists Aristide Maillol, Germaine Richier, Xu Bing, Beverly Pepper, Marc Quinn, Bill Woodrow, Alice Aycock, Antony Gormley and Eduardo Chillida.
Lori Park’s work “The Dogs of Longleat House” -a historical depiction of the family dogs, as wire sculptures – is on permanent display at Longleat House, the Marquess of Bath’s estate in England. Lori has exhibited with the Marrakech Biennale in 2014 and 2016, and at the Museum of Marrakech in 2007.
Lori works in a very broad range of materials – from large-scale bronze to multi-story wire suspensions, “Floating Architecture”, concrete and steel, large textural panels and collage, found-object assemblages, printmaking, photography, and installations in landscape.
Her work is inventive, sometimes humorous, and adventurous. Her recent works explore environmental change, combined with her fascination of navigation, maps, travel, cultures … and where planet Earth is headed.
She creates multi-story suspended installations, such as large floating wire figures and “floating architecture” -installations composed of hundreds of suspended wire sculptures all interacting through movement.
Her large dress-like female- form sculptures and “textural panels” emerge from her Marrakesh studio, fusing a human language of dance, movement, and energy -with nature. These works display a force of sensuous energy- flowing cascades of texture, layers of color and energy, all embedded with roses, palm fronds, etc., as well as found cultural identity pieces.
Her seven “Radiance Figures” -large female dress-like figures formed the core of her solo show at the Museum of Marrakesh, and combined dance as a metaphor with the natural world and spiritual/cultural belief systems (including for example the seven chakras).
Many of her sculptures and installations relate to the natural world in some way, joyous and filled with movement. Others pieces speak to the moment of the time (such as “Eat The War” a bronze Minotaur eating small soldiers!)…exploring culture, human nature, the human condition, and the natural world.
Lori Park’s studio is in Marrakech, the source of much of her inspiration.
I am fascinated by the texture and movement of life as it is held within the pulse of nature. My art changed dramatically after I began working in Marrakech, fed by new cultural influences.
At the core of my art is nature, what has always been a deep source of inspiration for me, in many areas of my life. In Marrakech I experienced an even stronger language of movement and texture, as I was surrounded by dance, music, a sense of pure feeling and timelessness. This continues to emerge in my work as I view dance and movement as a connecting language and an important and sometimes mysterious form of communication between and within cultures.
In particular the large dress-like female- form sculptures and “textural panels” fuse this energy with nature, displaying a force of sensuous movement- flowing cascades of texture, color, and energy. These pieces are embedded with roses, palm fronds, etc, as well as cultural found objects.
I use many diverse materials in creating my sculptures – casting in bronze and glass, using mixed-media with paper, resin, cloth, plaster wax, clay, and anything I can find. I often use found objects that reflect a cultural identity. I work in sheet copper and wire and with sculptures in space: large floating wire figures/animals/abstractions- suspended installations- and “floating architecture” installations which are hundreds of wire sculptures all suspended, interacting through movement.
Many of my pieces relate to the natural world, joyous and filled with movement, while others speak to the moment/events (such as “Eat The War” a bronze minotaur eating small soldiers!)…questions of culture, questions of human nature, questions about the human condition.
Sculptures by lori park
Credentials
Qualifications
1993 Harvard University, Masters Degree, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
1986 The Evergreen State College, Bachelor`s Degree, Olympia, Washington State.,1993 Harvard University, Masters Degree, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
1986 The Evergreen State College, Bachelor`s Degree, Olympia, Washington State.Exhibitions
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Awards
International artist Lori Park made a splash at the UN COP22 event this November when she was presented with an award “Trophee: Femme, Art, Et Climate” by the Kingdom of Morocco and the UNDP for her large-scale sculptures and art exploring the subject of Climate Change across 8 countries.
Lori Park’s work is in the collections of The Royal Family of Morocco as well as the UK National Collection, and private and public collections around the world.
COP22, the twenty-second session of the UN’s “Conference Of the Parties” to the Kyoto Protocol, was held in Marrakech, Morocco, November 7-18, 2016, and drew thousands of participants from all over the globe: heads of state, official representatives and negotiation teams and observers, as well as non-profit, innovation and commercial entities.
Publications
“Project Luxury&Art” (Switzerland), “Lori Park’s Global Wonders” Summer Edition, 2017
“Project Luxury&Art” (Switzerland), “Lori Park’s Global Wonders” Autumn Edition, 2017
Various TV, radio and print coverage related to UN COP22
Various articles featuring Sotheby’s “Beyond Limits” exhibition in the international press and on-line media, 2014.
2M Moroccan Television, several interviews, Addikra Addahabia, April 26-28, 2013.
Maroc Television 3, “Les Spirales Fantastiques de Lori Park,” 10 Mars, 2013.
MarocHebdo International, “Les SpiralesFantastiques de Lori Park,” 8-14 Mars, 2013.
Associated Press TV: Lori Park, American Artist in Marrakech, Global distribution, 2007,“Project Luxury&Art” (Switzerland), “Lori Park’s Global Wonders” Summer Edition, 2017
“Project Luxury&Art” (Switzerland), “Lori Park’s Global Wonders” Autumn Edition, 2017
Various TV, radio and print coverage related to UN COP22
Various articles featuring Sotheby’s “Beyond Limits” exhibition in the international press and on-line media, 2014.
2M Moroccan Television, several interviews, Addikra Addahabia, April 26-28, 2013.
Maroc Television 3, “Les Spirales Fantastiques de Lori Park,” 10 Mars, 2013.
MarocHebdo International, “Les SpiralesFantastiques de Lori Park,” 8-14 Mars, 2013.
Associated Press TV: Lori Park, American Artist in Marrakech, Global distribution, 2007
Lori Park’s work is in the collection of His Royal Highness King Mohammed VI of Morocco and The Princess Lalla Meryem of Morocco, and in collections in the UK, Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America and around the world.
Lori studied botany, zoology, economics, and policy analysis, with a graduate degree from Harvard University. She worked on salmon fishing boats in Alaska and as a wilderness/dogsledding guide before working for the US Environmental Protection Agency in Washington D.C. She left the EPA to pursue her art full-time.
Lori Park is an international artist, exhibiting in Europe, the UK, USA and North Africa.
Lori Park’s art made a splash recently at UNCOP22 (Conference Of the Parties/Kyoto Agreement) in Marrakech, Morocco where she was awarded “Trophee: Femme, Art Et Climate” by his is Royal Highness King Mohammed VI of Morocco and the United Nations Development Program - for her work exploring climate change in 8 countries. Lori had 2 exhibitions within COP22, an international conference that drew thousands.
Her large-scale bronze work has been shown at Sotheby`s 2014 "Beyond Limits" the world-renowned exhibition of monumental sculpture held at Chatsworth House, the Duke of Devonshire`s beautiful estate in England. Her sculpture at “Beyond Limits” was exhibited alongside work by fellow artists Aristide Maillol, Germaine Richier, Xu Bing, Beverly Pepper, Marc Quinn, Bill Woodrow, Alice Aycock, Antony Gormley and Eduardo Chillida.
Lori Park’s work “The Dogs of Longleat House” -a historical depiction of the family dogs, as wire sculptures - is on permanent display at Longleat House, the Marquess of Bath’s estate in England. Lori has exhibited with the Marrakech Biennale in 2014 and 2016, and at the Museum of Marrakech in 2007. Her work is in the UK National Collection.
Lori Park will have a solo exhibition in the museum of Andre Heller’s “Anima Garden” -outside Marrakech, from October 2017 – April 2018.
Lori works in many materials, from large-scale bronze to multi-story wire suspensions, large textural panels and collage, found-object assemblages, printmaking, photography, and installations in landscape. Her recent works explore environmental change, combined with her fascination of navigation, maps, travel, cultures … and where planet Earth is headed.
Lori Park’s studio is in Marrakech, the source of much of her inspiration.