Erika Lawlor Schmidt
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Erika Lawlor Schmidt STATEMENT My work is shaped by the recognition and inquiry to cyclical tendencies, including the contemplation of life cycles: birth, death and rebirth or the possibility for reincarnation. I have been interested in this all my life. My surrounding reveal all that exists in a constant state of flux and that the physical world including the body, all material things, trends, fashions, reputations, families and fortunes eventually change, die and fade away. While I recognize the reality of impermanence, I also sense the presence of a connective yet unseeable life force that moves, shapes and holds us together and that is revealed in elegant but mystifying ways through the physical world. I am interested in the expression of that idea. I am interested in how form emerges from emptiness and how open space evokes silence. The work speaks to the understanding of the interrelatedness between all things. BIO Erika Lawlor Schmidt is a multi-disciplinary visual and performing artist whose work is deeply shaped by investigations into Eastern thought. Schmidt received her M.F.A. from the University of South Florida in Tampa and recently completed artist-in-residence programs in Guanghan, China and at Green Mountain College, Poultney, Vermont. Erika’s collages, prints and constructions are included in numerous private and public collections and have been widely shown in national juried and invitational exhibitions including: New American Painting (Northeast/2010); EO Art Lab, Chester, Connecticut; Art Chicago; BigTown Gallery, Rochester, Vermont; The Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont; The Contemporary Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida; Cork Gallery at Lincoln Center, New York; Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, Florida; Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida; Baymoro Studio, Duxbury, Massachusetts; and Burlington City Arts, Burlington, Vermont. Erika is a choreographer, performer and founder of Vital Spark North, a performance ensemble that has traveled to major U.S. cities and throughout Europe and is currently producing experimental theater performance in New England. She has received numerous awards and commissions for her unique approach to art and performance. ARTIST CONTACT [click to email] IMAGES
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