A R T I S T S T A T E M E N T

The alluring way light falls on foliage, the captivating colors of botanicals, gnarled branches on a tree, all serve as inspiration for my art.

Nature is steady and tenacious; it's also an emblem of growth and renewal. I consider my figurative work a part of nature.

My works' extreme closeup encourages curiosity. It gives permission to be intrusive and inquisitive. I am getting to the core of the subject, dismissing all of the inconsequential details.

The character portraits that I am currently painting are closeup; personal depiction of the inner essence of the subject. Often times my art is a benevolent invasion of the aspect of the personality that wants to remain hidden, or is not quite ready to be revealed.

My pieces are often large, adding to the paintings' uncompromising and unapologetic objective.

B I O

Lauren Rosenblum is a classically trained artist from Brooklyn, New York. She studied at the Arts Student League and the Brooklyn Museum of Art. After receiving her degree from the Fashion Institute of Technology, she continued to study figure drawing and classical painting with artists Attila Hejja, Director of the Stevenson Academy of Fine Art and Robert Armetta, Director of the Long Island Academy of Fine Art. Her work has been sold to private collectors, and exhibited nationally .

E X P E R I E N C E

FINE ARTIST

Oil paintings on wooden panel ~ Botanicals / Culinary / Figurative / Character Portraits

ART INSTRUCTOR 2008-present

Teaching classical art techniques to students of all ages and levels ; fundamentals, life drawing, master copy, painting and drawing.

Private lessons and classes: Long Island Academy of Fine Art / assistant to the director LIAFA

Watkins College of Art / Nashville,TN

Thompson Park Creative Arts Center / Monmouth NJ

OWNER 2003-2018

Lauren Rosenblum Decorative Designs

Designed high-end decorative finishes for interior designers, architects and residential clients.

TEXTILE DESIGNER/ STYLIST/ ARTIST

Design and color development for apparel and home furnishings market:

E D U C A T I O N

Long Island Academy of Fine Art / 2008

Stevenson Academy of Art / 2004-2005

Fashion Institute of Technology / 1982

Brooklyn Museum of Art

Art Students League

G A L L E R I E S , E X H I B I T I O N S & P U B L I C A T I O N S

Featured in Jersey City Times

American Art Collector Magazine, November 2023

Ocean City Arts Center, solo show 2023

The Salmagundi Club, Skylight Gallery : 42nd Annual Painting, Sculpture & Graphics Exhibition 2023

American Artists Professional League, 95th Grand National Exhibition 2023

American Artists Professional League, Spring Member online show 2023

NOAPS, Best of America, Small Works International Juried Exhibition 2023

American Artists Professional League, Associate Members’ online show 2023

NOAPS, Fall International online Exhibition 2022

American Artists Professional League, 94th Grand National Exhibition 2022

NOAPS Best of America National Exhibition , Wilcox Gallery , Jackson WY 2022

Artists Network Magazine, First Prize, Still Life/Interior category 2022 Artists to Watch

Gallery Piquel, New Hope, PA & Lambertville, NJ

Bennett Gallery, Nashville, TN

Art and Invention Gallery, Nashville, TN

Wayne Art Center, PA Quilt Elements 2018

Whistler House Museum of Art, Contemporary Quilts 2017

Professional Art Quilters Alliance South, Art Quilts respite 2017

Quilt Surface Design Symposium, With These Hands 2017

Hersh Fine Art Gallery, Glen Cove , NY two-person exhibit 2017, Solo exhibit 2015 & 2012

Art That Matters, Oyster Bay, NY

Quilt National

American Quilters Society

World Quilt Textiles

Visions/Quilt San Diego

A W A R D S