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Lora was originally born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio and was trained in fine art at Kent State University where she received her BFA in printmaking. She now lives on Kaua`i, in love with nature, taking in all the richness of the Pacific.
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Education:
2002 BFA Printmaking, Kent State University
Group Shows:
2022 Scheafer Portrait Challenge, Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Kahului, HI
2022 Washed Up, KSA, Lihue, HI
2021 ART Kaua`i, KSA curated by David Kuraoka, Lihue, HI
Washed Up, KSA, Lihue, HI
2020 ART Kaua`i, KSA curated by Maile Andrade, Lihue, HI
2019 ART Kaua`i, KSA curated by Tiffany DeEtte Shafto, Lihue, HI
Washed Up, KSA, Lihue, HI
2006 Sketch, Memorial Union Art Gallery, Davis, CA
2005 Diorama Show, Mission 17, San Francisco, CA
2005 By Any Means Un/Necessary, Mission 17, San Francisco, CA
2004 Bo’s Art: Interpretations of a Soft Dog, Adobe Books Back Room Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Night Show, Art Explosion, San Francisco, CA
2003 Melt, Art Explosion, San Francisco, CA
2002 Prints from Zygote Press, Gallery West, Cuyahoga Community College, Parma, OH
2002 Fifteenth Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, Communication ArtsGallery, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
2001 Off the Rack, KSU Sculpture Gallery, Kent, OH
2001 Art Show Dude, Water Street Gallery, Kent, OH
Solo Shows:
2022 Talking Paintings - in collaboration with musician Kiah Abendroth, Red House, Kapaa, HI
2011 An Apple A Day, Common Ground, Pittsburgh, PA
2005 A Rose is a Roseisarose, Stray Fish, San Francisco, CA
2002 Collecting My Hairs, KSU Painting Gallery, Kent, OH
Acknowledgments/ Awards:
2019 Art Shop Award, KSA Small Work Big Show, Lihue, HI
2005 Allison Bing, “Golden Means” SF Gate Chronicle Online, 12/04
2005 Clark Buckner, Critics Choice, Bay Guardian, 6/15/05
2002 Fifteenth Parkside National Small Print Show catalog, 1/02
2001 Rachel Fichter, “Off the Rack Provides a Fresh Look at Traditional Femininity”, Daily Kent Stater, 11/01
2002 BFA Printmaking, Kent State University
Group Shows:
2022 Scheafer Portrait Challenge, Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Kahului, HI
2022 Washed Up, KSA, Lihue, HI
2021 ART Kaua`i, KSA curated by David Kuraoka, Lihue, HI
Washed Up, KSA, Lihue, HI
2020 ART Kaua`i, KSA curated by Maile Andrade, Lihue, HI
2019 ART Kaua`i, KSA curated by Tiffany DeEtte Shafto, Lihue, HI
Washed Up, KSA, Lihue, HI
2006 Sketch, Memorial Union Art Gallery, Davis, CA
2005 Diorama Show, Mission 17, San Francisco, CA
2005 By Any Means Un/Necessary, Mission 17, San Francisco, CA
2004 Bo’s Art: Interpretations of a Soft Dog, Adobe Books Back Room Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003 Night Show, Art Explosion, San Francisco, CA
2003 Melt, Art Explosion, San Francisco, CA
2002 Prints from Zygote Press, Gallery West, Cuyahoga Community College, Parma, OH
2002 Fifteenth Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, Communication ArtsGallery, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
2001 Off the Rack, KSU Sculpture Gallery, Kent, OH
2001 Art Show Dude, Water Street Gallery, Kent, OH
Solo Shows:
2022 Talking Paintings - in collaboration with musician Kiah Abendroth, Red House, Kapaa, HI
2011 An Apple A Day, Common Ground, Pittsburgh, PA
2005 A Rose is a Roseisarose, Stray Fish, San Francisco, CA
2002 Collecting My Hairs, KSU Painting Gallery, Kent, OH
Acknowledgments/ Awards:
2019 Art Shop Award, KSA Small Work Big Show, Lihue, HI
2005 Allison Bing, “Golden Means” SF Gate Chronicle Online, 12/04
2005 Clark Buckner, Critics Choice, Bay Guardian, 6/15/05
2002 Fifteenth Parkside National Small Print Show catalog, 1/02
2001 Rachel Fichter, “Off the Rack Provides a Fresh Look at Traditional Femininity”, Daily Kent Stater, 11/01