ARTIST'S STATEMENT
Turning my attention back to a long held interest in zoology, cabinets of curiosities, and graphic design, this latest body of work, Bestiarum Vocabulum, explores the personification of animals, our need to collect them as specimens, and the gray area in between.
Attaching emotional states and moral judgement to animal symbology is a long standing tradition in the visual arts and literature. While some of this work is merely a cataloging of creatures I find interesting, other pieces attempt to touch upon our collective understanding of their symbolism and our relationship with it.
BIOGRAPHY
Miranda Lake was born in Norwalk, CT in 1969. After completing her B.A. in Art History at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Lake spent many years traveling around the country and abroad before settling in New Orleans in 1998. She began her career as a full time artist in 2004, and now exhibits widely around the country and teaches occasional workshops in digital imaging and encaustic collage.
Lake's work combines one of the oldest, most archival forms of painting with the digital darkroom creating a bridge and exploring the tension between past and present, both personal and collective. Drawing great inspiration from the crumbling grandeur of the Crescent City, and the steadfast resilience of those who chose to remain there after the flood, much of Lake's work is focused on assimilating the paradoxical nature of life in post diluvian New Orleans.
The work transcends geographic specificity by tapping into familiar archetypes and imagery, while also relying on a personal iconography that translates into a unique vision that is at once fanciful and dream like while hinting at a darker undercurrent of psychological tension. In her own words...
Ambiguity can lead to transformation, and grace can be found in the midst of despair. This liminal space where a certain beauty intersects with adversity and loss has been a recurring theme not only in my life and my work, but in the very city where I live.
I find it to be very fertile ground.
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2006 anderson ranch arts center, snowmass village, co. residency grant
2004 photographer's formulary. condon,mt. independent study in alternative photography. vermont studio center. johnson, vt. 4 week residency, partial fellowship.
2003 r&f paints. new york, ny. encaustic painting workshop. anderson ranch arts center, snowmass village, co. collage & assemblage / encaustic painting workshop.
1999 new orleans academy of fine arts, new orleans, la. figure drawing and portraiture 1997 parson's school of design, new york, ny. monoprints, welding, and decorative painting.
1995 london college of fashion, london, england. tailoring and patternmaking.
1991 university of north carolina at chapel hill. b.a. art history.
1989 hollins college abroad. paris, france.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 bestiarum vocabulum, hidell brooks gallery, charlotte, nc.
2009 reclamation: 360˚, jonathan ferrara gallery, new orleans, la.
2008 postcards from a sunken city, hidell brooks gallery, charlotte, nc. postcards from a sunken city, southside gallery, oxford, ms.
2007 the sawdust ring, jonathan ferrara gallery, new orleans, la.
2006 diluvian reign, jonathan ferrara gallery, new orleans, la.
2005 encaustic works, southside gallery, oxford, ms.
2004 elysian fields, jonathan ferrara gallery, new orleans, la.
1997 exhibition of pique-assiette mosaics, la residence, chapel hill, nc.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 wax on, wax off, group gallery artist show, visions west gallery, denver, co.
2010 summer salon, hidell brooks gallery, charlotte, nc.
2009 fada los angeles art show, bryant street gallery, los angeles, ca. (re)visions:(di)visions, the foster gallery, university of wisconsin-eau claire. curator jill e.olm zoo of eight, koelsch gallery, houston, tx. 2 person show, bryant street gallery, palo alto, ca. magical botanical, grand isle's seventh annual juried exhibition. grand isle, la. juror, mary jane parker
2008 transArt bus shelter artification, downtown development district, new orleans, la. odd works juried exhibition, new orleans photo alliance, new orleans, la. juror david rubin 40 days exhibit, courtesy jonathan ferrara gallery l.s.u. museum, baton rouge, la. curator saskia ozols eubanks 2 person show, melanee cooper gallery, chicago, il. way down in new orleans, civilian art projects gallery, washington, d.c. curator aubrey edwards group gallery artist show, melanee cooper gallery, chicago, il. group gallery artist show, hidell brooks gallery, charlotte, nc. red dot art fair, bryant street gallery, new york, ny. telling our story:new orleans revealed, metairie park country day school art gallery, metairie, la. constance: delicate burdens, barrister's gallery, new orleans, la. ca boom V, jonathan ferrara gallery, santa monica, ca. 2007 intro3, hidell brooks gallery, charlotte, nc. encaustic works 2007, r and f paints biennial, courtesy melanee cooper gallery, (traveling exhibition), juror joan snyder -watermark/cargo gallery kingston, ny. -ball state university's atrium gallery, muncie, in. melanee cooper gallery, chicago, il. red dot art fair miami '07, melanee cooper gallery suite, miami beach, fl. 2006 steve martin gallery, miami, fl. bridge art fair miami '06, melanee cooper gallery suite, miami beach, fl. the affordable art fair, jonathan ferrara gallery, new york, ny. bridge art fair chicago '06, melanee cooper gallery, chicago, il. summer art show, southside gallery, oxford, ms. artists in exile, jonathan ferrara gallery in atlanta, ga., shreveport, la., new orleans, la. and miami, fl. timothy tew gallery, atlanta, ga.
2005 the aaf contemporary art fair, jonathan ferrara gallery, new york, ny. new orleans triennial, a southern perspective on prints, new orleans museum of art, la. juror marilyn kushner BMA timothy tew gallery, atlanta, ga. summer art show, southside gallery, oxford, ms. contemporary art from new orleans, jonathan ferrara gallery and the contemporary gallery, debrecan, hungary.
2003 xy-images of men, space gallery, new orleans, la. the birds two, edward hopper house gallery, nyack, ny. eighth annual no dead artists juried exhibition, jonathan ferrara gallery, new orleans, la. jurors david rubin, don marshall, ann zatarain
LECTURES AND TEACHING
2010 encaustic collage. instructor. chapel hill, nc. photographic encaustic collage. instructor. anderson ranch arts center. snowmass village, co.
2007 photo collage: narrative and myth. instructor. anderson ranch arts center. snowmass village, co.
2005 gallery talk, southside gallery, oxford, ms. artspeak, contemporary art center, new orleans, la.
PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA
2010 new orleans review, volume 36, number 1 cover art, loyola university, new orleans. cracked maps and blue reports, rotary downs, album artwork, rookery records. party favors, gov't majik, album artwork, future family records.
2009 "miranda lake and deedra ludwig",d. eric bookhardt, the gambit, august 17th, 2009.
2008 art voices, cover art and featured artist in top 10 artists in new orleans, issue 5, june 2008. constance: delicate burdens, vol. 2. featured artist. 2008.
2007 artist profile, ian mcnulty, new orleans homes and gardens, august 2007. "the passing storm", doug maccash, times-picayune, october 5, 2007. "adult swim", d. eric bookhardt, the gambit, october 21, 2007. "lonely arts club", doug maccash, times-picayune, october 10, 2007. the answer's in forgetting, chef menteur, album artwork, backporch revolution.
2006 "battered but unbowed", carlos suarez de jesus, miami new times, june 23, 2006. "news from the gallery front", wayne countryman, american style, issue#49, june, 2006 "divining the deluge", d. eric bookhardt, the gambit, may 9, 2006. "soft rains", doug maccash, times-picayune, april 7, 2006. "water, water everywhere", felicia feaster, creative loafing atlanta, february 8, 2006 chained to the chariot, rotary downs, album artwork, rookery records.
2005 "art captures a city's tumult and renewal", jere longman, the new york times, december 5, 2005. "artists in exile", rachel bonham carter, npr.org's here and now, october 28, 2005. "two new reasons to visit southside gallery: anthony difatta and miranda lake", mary helene warner, oxford town, issue#597.
2004 "waxing eloquent", doug maccash, times-picayune, may 21, 2004. oxford town, (cover art), issue #592
2003 "too much of a pretty good thing", doug maccash, times-picayune, september 12, 2003.
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