Lauren Pakradooni
Sprig
March 3–April 2, 2023

Sprig can refer to either decorative adornment or the act of propagation. One takes cues from the built world and the other from horticultural design. My work in sculpture and print is created from a personal lexicon of glyphs that encode and diffuse the entanglement of images and ornament associated with plant life. The resulting artworks grow from the slippage between function and beauty. Reflecting on the deep historical relationship of printmaking and the decorative arts, these works engage with applications of printed textiles and paper surfaces alike. The world-building in this exhibition is a call and response of discrete and intertwined processes within 2D and sculptural form. These rhythms of symbiosis and separation are emphasized in instances of reflection and removal as elements in these works are repeated, lost, regenerated, and propagated.

About the artist:

Lauren Pakradooni lives in Philadelphia, PA. She received an MFA in Printmaking from Rhode Island School of Design and a BA from Hampshire College. Pakradooni is a multidisciplinary artist working across printmaking, sculpture, and sound. Her work reflects the tension between the natural and built world through glyphs in form, shape, and patterns. Pakradooni has performed and exhibited work with many venues including; The Print Center, Peep Space, Planthouse Gallery, Space 1026, Monaco, Skylab, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Epsilon Spires, Cheymore Gallery, the University of Texas at Austin, and Leisure Gallery. She has been awarded residencies by the Women’s Studio Workshop, Wassaic Project, and Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts. She considers teaching a part of her creative work and has taught courses in Printmaking, Drawing, Sculpture, and multidisciplinary practices.