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Bedroom In Arles (Van Gogh), 4” x 6” mixed media on canvas, 2012
Lauren Krukowski
Name: Lauren Krukowski
City/State: Minneapolis, MN
Email: lrkrukowski@gmail.com
Website: laurenkrukowski.tumblr.com
MNartist.org profile: http://www.mnartists.org/artistHome.do?rid=253247
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/LaurenKrukowskiArt
Bio~
Lauren Krukowski is a mixed media painter from Waconia, MN. She received her BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2010. Her work has been shown in galleries in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and California.
City/State: Minneapolis, MN
Email: lrkrukowski@gmail.com
Website: laurenkrukowski.tumblr.com
MNartist.org profile: http://www.mnartists.org/artistHome.do?rid=253247
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/LaurenKrukowskiArt
Bio~
Lauren Krukowski is a mixed media painter from Waconia, MN. She received her BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2010. Her work has been shown in galleries in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and California.
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Interior on the Sofa (Cassatt), 4” x 6” mixed media on canvas, 2012
Tell me about your work? What are you currently working on? How is this different from past projects?
Over 2 months this summer, I
challenged myself to recreate thirty small paintings of interior spaces pulled
from different artists painting from 1750-1950. Through this process of
immersing myself into art history, I hoped to find similarities and differences
in ways of seeing and making space that I could engage and alter in my
renditions. I have translated the subjects and compositions into my own playful
and sometimes grotesque style where boundaries are lacking and shapes dissolve
into one another allowing form to become space. Through placement of color,
line and form, I have attempted to shift the composition and planes of each
painting to an uncanny new position. The small size of the paintings (4” x 6”
or 6” x 4”) was the biggest change from my previous work.
Twenty
of these interiors can be seen in the “For the Love of Paint” show at Flow Art
Space opening Friday, September 14th from 6-9 PM.
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Madame Monet in a Red Hood (Monet), 6” x 4” mixed media on canvas, 2012
How did you decide to become an artist?
When I was very young, my grandfather told me I couldn’t be an artist until I picked and dried enough of the Orange Hawkweed wildflower (also called Indian Paintbrush) I have been picking them ever since. I decided to seriously pursue art as a career two weeks into my undergraduate degree when I realized how many chemistry classes I would need to take in my previous major. So far, that has been one of the better decisions I have made in my life.
When I was very young, my grandfather told me I couldn’t be an artist until I picked and dried enough of the Orange Hawkweed wildflower (also called Indian Paintbrush) I have been picking them ever since. I decided to seriously pursue art as a career two weeks into my undergraduate degree when I realized how many chemistry classes I would need to take in my previous major. So far, that has been one of the better decisions I have made in my life.
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Interior (Degas), 4” x 6” mixed media on canvas, 2012
What was the best advice given to you as an artist?
Paint what you are passionate about, something that can keep your attention for a while, something that you can’t get out of your mind. Paint something you really want to get to know and figure out, paint it every day.
Many
artists struggle to find ways to sell their art. How do you sell your
work? How do you market yourself?
I sell art through my blog and Facebook. Tumblr has been a great, easy to use and free marketing tool.
I sell art through my blog and Facebook. Tumblr has been a great, easy to use and free marketing tool.
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Interior with Portraits (Le Clear), 4” x 6” mixed media on canvas, 2012
Who are some of the
Minnesota artists you enjoy?
Andrew Mazorol & Tynan
Kerr: http://amtk.org/AM-TK/AMTK.html
J.M. Culver:
http://jmculver.com/
If I were to follow you
around to see art in Minnesota, which places would we go? What would we see?
SooVAC: http://www.soovac.org/
Minnesota Institute of Arts:http://www.artsmia.org/
MCAD Gallery: http://mcad.edu/events-fellowships/gallery-exhibitions
Weisman Museum: http://www.weisman.umn.edu/
Minnesota Institute of Arts:http://www.artsmia.org/
MCAD Gallery: http://mcad.edu/events-fellowships/gallery-exhibitions
Weisman Museum: http://www.weisman.umn.edu/
Soap Factory: http://soapfactory.org/
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Interiors. Reception room with columns on the mezzanine (Zelentsov), 4” x 6” mixed media on canvas, 2012
In addition to
www.Local-Artist-Interviews.com, where do you go online for good art resources,
whether to find a new artist, or to see what is going on in the art world
locally and otherwise?
Paper Darts: http://www.paperdarts.org/
Paper Darts: http://www.paperdarts.org/
Buy Some Damn Art: http://www.buysomedamnart.com/
The Jealous Curator: http://www.thejealouscurator.com/blog/
Art Hound: http://arthound.com/
BOOOOOOOM!: http://www.booooooom.com/
Art 21: http://www.pbs.org/art21/
Do you have any
exhibits to promote in the near future?
I am the featured artist for the “For the Love of Paint” show at Flow Art Space opening Friday, September 14th from 6-9 PM. You can see twenty of the small paintings I made this summer, along with wonderful paintings by nineteen other local and national artists. The show will be open September 12-29, 2012.
I am the featured artist for the “For the Love of Paint” show at Flow Art Space opening Friday, September 14th from 6-9 PM. You can see twenty of the small paintings I made this summer, along with wonderful paintings by nineteen other local and national artists. The show will be open September 12-29, 2012.
Lauren Krukowski
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