Gidwitz’s work explores notions of home, illusions of safety, consumption, as well as sexual and emotional power dynamics. The foundation is based on direct memories of lived experiences, and through this, the work delves into the dimensions of intimacy. Gidwitz plays with the visual tensions of paint and other mixed media to support these ideas; pitting rigid patterning against more organic forms and juxtaposing tonal relationships with saturated contrasting colors.
Lauren Gidwitz [American, b. 1983 Chicago, IL] is an artist working in oil painting and mixed-media. Gidwitz's work has been exhibited and collected throughout the U.S., Europe, and Australia; including the public collections of Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York City and the Creative Arts Council at Brown University. Gidwitz was a resident Byrdcliffe Artist Residency, BigCI in the Wollemi National Park, Australia, the Arctic Circle Expedition in Svalbard, Norway, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Alfred and Trafford Klots Program in Léhon, France. Gidwitz has been a visiting critic at Tufts University, Maryland Institute College of Art and Brown University, and is an adjunct professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. Gidwitz received an MFA in Painting and Drawing, from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Gidwitz lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
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