Biography

 

Loren is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts, New York and attended Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy where she studied illustration and painting. She has had a lengthy career teaching expression and visual arts in schools across the US. Loren has been the recipient of numerous grants and residencies including the Art Center/South Florida (Miami), Anderson Ranch Art Center (Aspen) and ESKFF at Mana Contemporary (Jersey City). She has also been an artist-in-residence at Art Print International (Spain) and DEDALO Art Center (Italy). Her work has been exhibited in numerous commercial galleries, institutions, collections and art fairs including Christie's (NYC), Dairy Art Center (Colorado), Museo Afroamericano (Venezuela) & Art Basel (Miami Beach). 

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Currently, Loren is offering coaching sessions to awaken the creative spirit in others.  She uses methods from Jungian psychology and over a decade of teaching experience to guide clients through a deeply personal process to uncover creative inspirations and expression. 

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Artist Statement

  

I approach my work as a cosmic anthropologist.  I strive to honor ancient traditions and worship while propelling the imagery into a science fiction fantasy world. I investigate the Universal human experience in relationship with unseen worlds, mysticism, the  subconscious and intelligence of nature.

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Unusual landscapes, otherworldy creatures, imaginative flora, mystical geometry and spirited elements are bespeckled in each piece. Fantastical scenes interpret a wild yet universal journey of birth, life, enlightenment, consciousness, amusement and even death comprise of the musings in my work.  

 

My works are both figurative and non-figurative subject matter. Some panels have central characters in a space and others have fantastical nature scenes with smaller objects or points of interest.  I am deeply inspired by my study of consciousness.  What does it mean to be awakened and explore our infinite aspects of Self.

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My art is a depiction of my research in creating dreamy, mystical worlds and wild, lush surreal scenes. It is about the relationship between past and future, cycles of life, heightened consciousness, the universal experience of life and the truth embedded in our perception.  

 

In my work, I take on the challenge of seeking the mystical enchantment of the universal

Solo Shows

2019, Abraxas Studios, Spellbound, Denver, Colorado 

2017, Deep Space Gallery, RAPT: Works on Paper, Jersey City, NJ 

2016, IS Projects, XX, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

 

Group Shows
2019, Novado Gallery, Artfirst!, Jersey City, NJ

2019, Firehouse Gallery, Expanded Impressions, Longmont, CO

2018, Gallery MC, Transformation, New York, NY

2018, SITE:  Brooklyn, FACES, Brooklyn, NY 

2018, Newark Printshop, INCUBATE!/PIR VII, Newark, NJ 

2017, SITE:  Brooklyn, Annual Hand Pulled Print Show, Brooklyn, NY 

2017, Joan Art Space, More Light, Los Angeles, CA 

2017, Art Center South Florida, Flooded Sanctuaries, Miami Beach, FL 

2016, Wynwood Lab, Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, Miami, FL 

2016, Bailey Contemporary Arts (BaCA), Re-Purpose, Pompano Beach, FL

2016, FU Gallery, The New Tropic, Miami, Florida 

2016, Little Haiti Cultural Art Center, Miami, Florida 

2016, Laundromat Art Space, Monsters & Muses, Miami, Florida

2016, Art Center/South Florida, Monsters & Muses, Miami Beach, Florida 

2015, 903 Pop Up Show, Denver, Colorado 

2015, Logans Gallery, Boulder, Colorado

2013/4, Dairy Arts Center, Boulder, Colorado 

2010, El Cuartito Gallery, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

2009, Orchard 88, New York, NY 

2006, Christies Art Auction House, New York, NY

 

Art Fairs

2018, Superfine Art Fair, Deep Space Gallery, New York, NY

2016, Art Basel, The Art Newspaper Booth, Miami Beach, FL

2016, SCOPE Art Fair, Miami Art Thinkers, Miami Art Week 

2016, Superfine! The Fairest Fair, Miami Art Week (Sculptures)

 

Press

August 2016, Saatchi Online Gallery, ‘One to Watch: Loren Abbate’s Prints Challenge the Standard Perception of Beauty and Power’

 

Collections

Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation, New York, NY

Museo De Arte AfroAmericano, Caracas, Venezuela

Reggie Van Lee Collection, New York, NY

Margaret Rowe Collection, New York, NY

 

Awards
2020, ESKFF, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, New Jersey

2019, ESKFF, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, New Jersey

2017-18, Newark Print Shop, Newark, New Jersey

2015-17, Art Center/South Florida. Miami Beach, Florida

2014, The University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

2014/5, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Aspen, Colorado

2014, Art Print Residence, Arenys de Mar, Spain

2013, DEDALO Art Center, Abruzzo, Italy

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