Lorien Stern

Lorien Stern is an American artist known for her whimsical drawings and ceramic sculptures of animals.

Lorien Stern
NationalityAmerican
EducationCalifornia College of the Arts
Occupationartist

Work

Lorien Stern attended California College of the Arts in Oakland, graduating with a BFA in 2013.[1] In an interview with Urban Outfitters, she said she entered art school as a painting major, but became drawn to sculpture after making an urn for her father's ashes.[2] She is best known for her colorful, cartoon-like ceramic shark heads.[3] She has said that making the sharks helps with her fear of them and that a theme in her work is, "finding the harmony in sad and happy things and making scary things approachable.”[4] In 2020, she partnered with Edie Parker, a handbag line, to design several handbags and marijuana accessories, with a share of the proceeds going to a criminal justice organization.[5]

Solo exhibitions of Stern's work have been shown at galleries including Breakfast in Santa Barbara,[6] Hashimoto Contemporary in San Francisco,[7] and Park Life in San Francisco.[3] She also sells clothes and accessories with her artwork.[8]

Personal life

Stern lives and works in a trailer on her family's land in Inyokern, a small town in the Mojave Desert.[9][10] She formerly lived in Ojai.[6]

References
  1. "About". lorienstern.com. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  2. "Artist Editions: Lorien Stern". urbanoutfitters.com. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  3. Alvarez, Moe (September 18, 2017). "Lorien Stern: On The Land". Juxtapoz. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  4. Taggart, Emma (December 1, 2018). "Artist Crafts Adorable Ceramic Sharks to Overcome Her Fear of Them". mymodernmet.com. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  5. Bobb, Brooke (July 1, 2020). "Edie Parker's Latest Whimsical Weed Accessories Help Fight the Criminalization of Cannabis". vogue.com. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  6. Kriegman, Mitchell (February 16, 2017). "Swimming: The Work of Lorien Stern". Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  7. "Lorien Stern's Sharks and Fish Get Chummy in New Solo Show". Juxtapoz. February 1, 2018. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  8. "SWIMMING WITH SHARKS AND OTHER ANIMALS - LORIEN STERN'S MENAGERIE". thomasfuchscreative.com. December 30, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  9. Mather, Lindsay (April 5, 2018). "This Artist's Quirky-Cool Home Is Full of Sharks and Rainbows". architecturaldigest.com. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  10. Karina, Nina. "Queen of the Desert: At Home Inside the Cute, Colorful Oasis of Artist Lorien Stern". Bust. Summer 2021.
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