Lori Raye Erickson at Blue Gallery 2014

Lori Raye Erickson Lead By Circumstance Solo Exhibition 2014

118 Southwest Blvd Kansas City, MO 64108 816.527.0823 BlueGalleryOnline.com

We are led by circumstance because we resist being led by example.

The work in this exhibition, reflect my longstanding love of working with lead. Its malleable ability lends itself readily to textures, patinas, and shapes. Much like effects of incidental or intentional conditions.

My first experience with the use of lead in artwork, was an encounter with an Untitled piece by Anselm Kiefer at The Des Moines Art Center. The work contained a wide spectrum of colors and shapes from lead, that defined the magnitude of the work. Not only in its weightiness, but in its strikingly, beautiful grimness. Playing with juxtaposition of words, subject-matter, traditional and non-traditional materials, has since become a part of my work.

The piece Follow Your Heart is a culmination of a thought and vision I had a couple years ago after the passing of my mother. The patchwork, similar to quilting, is made entirely of metal. The surface reflects a softness, but indeed is not. It serves as an encasement to the heart, and its fragility. Likewise, the circles and squares seem playful and innocent, but are made of a poisonous chemical. The “Only Child� is ultimately alone. I think things are all relative, and perception is personal. Cause and effect. Life and death. It all exists exponentially, infinitely, and certainly can lead to circumstances beyond our control.

Well-established in the Kansas City art scene for over two decades, Lori Raye Erickson received her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1989. In addition to receiving the Charlotte Street Award and an Avenue of the Arts grant in 2009, Erickson has received numerous prestigious awards since 1992. Erickson lives and works in Kansas City. Her artwork can be found in private and corporate collections nationwide.

Lori Raye Erickson Lead By Circumstance preview + artist’s talk Thursday, September 4, 6 - 8 pm opening reception First Friday, September 5, 6 - 9 pm artist will be in attendance both nights exhibition runs through September 29, 2014

We are led by circumstance because we resist being led by example (collaboration with Doug Schwietert) mixed media 41.5” x 19” x 6” $2850

Follow Your Heart (collaboration with Joe Gregory) oil on canvas, lead, aluminum, steel, enamel 33” x 31” x 7” $2500

Six mixed media 36” x 36” $2000

Sugartits mixed media 24.5” x 14.75” x 5” $1850

The Only Child mixed media 35.5” x 24” $1500

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep mixed media 21” x 17” fr. $850

Freaks N Geeks mixed media 25” x 19” fr. $800

Dictatortots mixed media 21” x 17” fr. $700

Leadhead and Plumbum say...Git out my Bismuth! mixed media 21” x 17” $450

Large Sphere lead, mixed media 8� d $850

Medium Sphere 1 lead, mixed media 5� d $500

Medium Sphere 2 lead, mixed media 5� d $500

Smaller Sphere lead, mixed media 4� d $350

Smallest Sphere lead, mixed media 3� d $175

Large Cube lead, mixed media 8” x 8” x 8” $1000

Medium Cube lead, mixed media 6” x 6” x 6” $675

Small Cube lead, mixed media 4” x 4” x 4” $350

Education: BFA, Kansas City Art Institute 1989 Employment: Self Employed, 1993 to Present, Hallmark Cards, 1987 to 1993 Awards Received: Purchase Award, Pabst Brewing Co., Los Angeles, CA Avenue of the Arts, KC MO-2009 Excellence in Art Award, Liquitex, Piscataway, NJ-2007 Gold Palette Award, Atlanta Arts Center, Atlanta, GA-2006 Jurors Award, Atlanta Artists Center, Atlanta, GA-2004 Charlotte Street Visual Award, KC, MO-2002 Honorable Mention, 38th Annual Art Expo, Tri-State Plus, Beaumont, TX-1999 Jurors Award. River Market Regional, KC, MO-1997 Fred Wells 17 Featured Show Award, Elder Gallery, Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE-1993 Honorable Mention, Lawrence Art Guild Assoc., Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS-1993 Jurors Award, Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, Kenosha, WI- 1992 Exhibitions: 2014-Lead By Circumstance, Blue Gallery, KC, MO 2013-This is gonna’ go over like a lead balloon, Thornhill Gallery, Avila University, KC, MO 2013-3rd Annual Erotica Show, Slap-n-Tickle Gallery, KC, MO 2012-Wonder Wall, Blue Gallery, KC, MO 2012-Whiskey-Xmas, The Slap-n-Tickle Gallery, KC, MO 2012- New Work, The Late Show Gallery, KC, MO 2012- “Cahoots”, Krzyz Studio, KC, MO 2012- Now Knowing, Cara and Cabezas, KC, MO 2011- Animals and Buildings, Hobbs Building, KC, MO 2011- Hot Damn and the Cornagrams, Pi Art Barn, KC, MO 2011- Wonder Wall, Blue Gallery, KC, MO 2010- “Kings”, A Portable Collection of Principle Figures, The Writer’s Place, KC, MO 2010- We Are Synaesthetic, The Living Room, KC, MO 2009- Sorry For the Miscommunication, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, KC, MO 2009- Sorry For the Miscommunication, Third Eye Productions, KC, MO 2009- Holiday Gift Show, Slap-n-Tickle Gallery, KC, MO 2008- Renegades of Funk, Leedy-Voulkos Art Center, KC, MO 2006-National View at Grandview, Atlanta Arts Center, Atlanta, GA 2006- RE:Members Show, River Market Regional, Kansas City Artists Coalition 2006- Recent Works, Gallery 8, KC, MO 2005- UrbanSuburban, Epsten Gallery at Village Shalom, OP, KS 2005- The Vagina Monologues, KSU Women’s Center, KSU, Manhatton, KS 2005- Mixed Media, Jacqueline B. Charno Gallery, KC, MO 2005- 23rd Annual Juried Competition, River Market Regional, KCAC 2005- Trudy Labell Fine Art, Naples, FL 2004- Daddy Says..., Green Door Gallery, KC, MO 2004- National View at Grandview, Atlanta Artists Center, Atlanta, GA 2004- Anticipating Cherry, MoMo Gallery, KC, MO 2003- Inventory, Byron Cohen Gallery, KC, MO 2003-Livewires and Pacifiers, Green Door Gallery, KC, MO 2002- Beyond Bounds, Shine, JCCC Gallery of Art, Op, KS 2002-Charlotte Street Fund, JCCC Gallery of Art, OP, KS 2002-20th Annual Juried Competition, River Market Regional Exhibition, KCAC 2002- Beyond Flatland: Feigning A 3rd Dimension, Green Door Gallery, KC, MO 2001- Infected, Green Door Gallery, KC, MO 2000- Smaller Than Life, Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, CA 2000- “A Woman’s Touch”, National Juried Competion, Impact Gallery, Buffalo, NY 2000- 3rd International Open, womanMADE Gallery, Chicago, IL 2000- Galex 34, National Juried Competition, Galesburg Civic Art Center, Galesburg, IL 2000- 17th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, TX 2000- 18th Annual Juried Competition, River Market Regional Exhibition, KCAC 1999- Aluminum Spoon, Celsius Gallery, KC, MO 1999- 38th Annual Juried Fine Art Exhibition, Tri-State Plus’99, Beaumont, TX 1999- Dishman Competition, Dishman Art Gallery, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 1997-14th Annual Juried Competition, River Market Regional Exhibition, KCAC 1996- Beyond Bounds III: A Frame of Mind!, JCCC Gallery of Art, OP, KS 1996-14th Annual National Juried Art Exhibition, Navarro Council of the Arts,Corsicana, TX 1996- Gimme Shelter, The Late Show, KC, MO 1995- 53rd Annual Juried Exhibition, Sioux City Arts Center, Sioux City, IA 1993- Patron’s Gallery, Shawnee Mission West High School, OP, KS 1993- Neo-Modernism, Pierce Arrow Gallery, St. Louis, MO 1993- Three Person Show, Kansas City Artists Coalition, KC, MO 1993- 14th Annual Juried Exhibition, Salina Art Center, Salina, KS 1993-Fred Well’s 17 Exhibition, Elder Gallery, Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE 1993- Imagery and Form ‘93, Lawrence Arts Center, Lawrence, KS 1992- Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI 1992- Kaw Valley Art Gallery, KC, KS

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Kansas City, MO 64108

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