"Increscent" new paintings by Lawrence Fodor @ Friesen Gallery - updated

LAW R EN CE F O D O R

EXHIBITION CATALOGUE 1

We are not makers of history. We are made by history.

—Martin Luther King Jr.

Embracing history and the continuum of centuries of narrative visual art is at the core of these paintings. I dissect those narratives to borrow and embody the relevant elements, then alter or discard that which is irrelevant. Acknowledging history, we learn to move forward and not emulate the past. Directed by history, I transform seductive contradictions into constructive affirmations while lingering in the persistent alchemical nature of painting.

These paintings are about gathering, accumulating and integrating diverse visual elements to fuel expansive growth and infinite possibility. Increscent is cumulative, deepening, waxing—the act of becoming full. It is multifaceted, referring not only to an extension of the premise with which I have worked since 2015, but also my methodology in painting.

Broadening my painterly vocabulary, I am incorporating photographs from my recent travels to Italy into some of the work. With veiled and shrouded imagery, I am excavating the sedimentary historical allegories of my ancestry which are the very basis of Greco-Roman and Abrahamic religions and cultures; stories I strongly feel have little relevance for 21st century humanity. The paintings and hybrid photo-paintings are multi-layered, stratified and perhaps visually perplexing at times—they contain echoes of the chaos inherent in negotiating antiquity, while attempting to find a sustaining sense of benevolence in the moment.

This body of work explores how merging, obscuring and rephrasing these mired epic tales can be applied to the issues we face as human beings inhabiting one planet—concerns that are vast, troublesome and seemingly overwhelming.

Through my investigations with photography and painting I see unlimited potential, realizing virtue runs stronger than the nefarious forces surrounding us.

I am questioning and challenging ideologies, perceptions, beliefs and convictions—my own, and others. Accepting that we are made by history within an Increscent framework is where I find clues to suggest a more universally tolerant future by capturing the ancient and fusing the present.

—Lawrence Fodor, 2021

LAWRENCE FO D OR

In c r e s c e n t

Private Reception & Exhibition Preview 28 December 2021 | 5:00 - 7:00pm Public Reception 29 December 2021 | 5:00 - 7:00pm

EXHIBITION PAINTINGS

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Kôan Box Autumn II, 2015-21 SOLD oil, wax, alkyd resin & 21kt moon gold on wood cigar box with embedded items, 10.5 x 8.25 x 2 inches, $ 4,200.

Kôan Box White, Yellow, Orange, 2016-21 SOLD oil, wax, alkyd resin & 12kt white gold on wood cigar box with embedded items, 10.5 x 8.25 x 2 inches, $4, 200.

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Pontormo’s Wings, 2019-21, oil and alkyd resin on canvas, 84 x 90 inches, $38,500. SOLD

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Kôan Box Cairn 18 Orange-Red, 2017-21 SOLD oil, wax, alkyd resin & 21kt moon gold on wood cigar box with embedded items, 10.5 x 8.25 x 2 inches, $ 4,200.

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St. George and the Dragon IV, 2015-2019, oil and alkyd resin on canvas, 60 x 60 inches, $20,000.

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Flavian Anfiteatro Pozzuoli I, 2021, oil on archival pigment print on paper, 44 x 44 inches unframed, 48 x 48 inches framed, $ 10,500. SOLD

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L: Kôan Box Trace Greens, 2018-21 SOLD / R: Kôan Box Trace Deep Violet, 2019-21 SOLD oil, wax, alkyd resin & 12kt white gold on wood cigar box with embedded items, 10.5 x 8.25 x 2 inches each, $ 4,200.

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Kôan Box White, Peach, Lavender, 2016-21 SOLD oil, wax, alkyd resin & 12kt white gold on wood cigar box with embedded items, 10.5 x 8.25 x 2 inches, $ 4,200.

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Hercules and Nessus II, 2017-21, oil and alkyd resin on canvas, 40 x 38 inches, $ 7,800. SOLD

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after Portrait of the Halberdier, 2019-21, oil and alkyd resin on canvas, 40 x 38 inches, $ 7,800. SOLD

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Kôan Box Orange, Red, Alizarin, 2017-21 SOLD oil, wax, alkyd resin & 21kt moon gold on wood cigar box with embedded items, 10.5 x 8.25 x 2 inches, $ 4,200.

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Kôan Box Yellow Moon on Green, 2018-21 SOLD oil, wax, alkyd resin & 21kt moon gold on wood cigar box with embedded items, 10.5 x 8.25 x 2 inches, $ 4,200.

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Eremo Le Celle, 2021, oil on archival pigment print on paper, 44 x 44 inches unframed, 48 x 48 framed, $ 10,500.

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Annunciation after Portomo, 2019-20, oil and alkyd resin on canvas, 46 x 44 inches, $ 10,500.

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Kôan Box Trace Red - Red-Violet, 2017-21 oil, wax, alkyd resin & 12kt white gold on wood cigar box with embedded items, 10.5 x 8.25 x 2 inches, $ 4,200. SOLD

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Kôan Box Deep Red - Black, 2018-21 oil, wax, alkyd resin & 21kt moon gold on wood cigar box with embedded items, 10.5 x 8.25 x 2 inches, $ 4,200. SOLD

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Pontormo’s Dilemma, 2019-2021, oil and alkyd resin on canvas, 78 x 52 inches, $ 22,000.

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St Geroge and the Dragon IX & X, 2018-21, oil and alkyd resin on paper on canvas panel, 61.5 x 24 inches each, $18,000.

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Kôan Box Cairn 15 - Reds, 2017-21 oil, wax, alkyd resin & 21kt moon gold on wood cigar box with embedded items, 10.5 x 8.25 x 2 inches, $ 4,200.

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Work in progress for Increscent, Lawrence Fodor studio, Los Angeles, November, 2021

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You and I, 2019-21, oil and alkyd resin on canvas, 40 x 38 inches, $ 7,800.

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Fusion: Pontormo+St Julian I, 2018-20, edition 2/10, oil on archival pigment print on paper, 30 x 30 inches unframed, 40 x 40 inches framed, $ 3,150. SOLD - 3/10 available

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L: Kôan Box Cairn 16 - Blues, 2017-21 SOLD / R: Kôan Box Cairn 17 - Greens, 2017-21 SOLD oil, wax, alkyd resin & 21kt moon gold on wood cigar box with embedded items, 10.5 x 8.25 x 2 inches each, $4,200.

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Kôan Box Green - Lavender - Grey, 2018-21 SOLD oil, wax, alkyd resin & 12kt white gold on wood cigar box with embedded items, 10.5 x 8.25 x 2 inches, $ 4,200.

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Pompeii Arezzo I, 2021, oil on archival pigment print on paper, 44 x 44 inches unframed, 48 x 48 inches framed, $ 10,500.

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Borghese Roma I, 2021, oil on archival pigment print on paper, 44 x 44 inches unframed, 48 x 48 framed, $ 10,500.

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Borghese Roma II, 2021, oil on archival pigment print on paper, 44 x 44 inches unframed, 48 x 48 inches framed, $ 10,500. SOLD

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Leda and the Swan I, 2021, oil on archival pigment print on paper, 44 x 44 inches unframed, 48 x 48 inches framed, $10,500. SOLD

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after Portrait of a Young Man in a Red Cap, 2019-21, oil and alkyd resin on canvas, 40 x 38 inches, $ 7,800. SOLD

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Kôan Box Yellow, Yellow-Green-Ochre, 2015-21 oil, wax, alkyd resin & 12kt white gold on wood cigar box with embedded items, 10.5 x 8.25 x 2 inches, $ 4,200.

Kôan Box Autumn I, 2017-21 SOLD oil, wax, alkyd resin & 21kt moon gold on wood cigar box with embedded items, 10.5 x 8.25 x 2 inches, $ 4,200.

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Phoenix for Henri and Achilles, 2019-21, oil and alkyd resin on canvas, 84 x 82 inches, $ 35,000. SOLD

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Fusion: MB Study+Pontormo IIIB, 2018-20, edition 1/10, oil on archival pigment print on paper, 30 x 30 inches unframed, 40 x 40 inches framed, $ 3,150.

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Fusion: MB Study+Pontormo IIB, 2018-20, edition 1/10, oil on archival pigment print on paper, 30 x 30 inches unframed, 40 x 40 inches framed, $ 3,150.

SOLD - 3/10 available

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Fusion: Michelangelo+Perseus and Andromeda I, 2018-20, edition 2/10, oil on archival pigment print on paper, 30 x 30 inches unframed, 40 x 40 inches framed, $ 3,150.

SOLD - 3/10 available

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Kôan Box Ultramarine-Violet / Blue-Violet / Sage, 2015-17 oil, wax, alkyd resin & 21kt moon gold on wood cigar box with embedded items, 11 x 7 x 2 inches, collection of the artist

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Work in progress for Increscent, Lawrence Fodor studio, Los Angeles, L: October & R: November, 2021

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Double Portrait, Lawrence Fodor + Paint Mound, Lawrence Fodor & Daniel Milnor, 2015-19

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LAWRENCE FODOR

CIRRICULUM VITAE BORN

1951, Los Angeles, CA.

EDUCATION

1974 – 1976 1973 1971

Graduate Work toward MFA, Otis Art Institute • Los Angeles, CA Bachelor of Fine Arts, Drawing/Printmaking Major • Otis Art Institute • Los Angeles, CA Associate of Arts Degree, Fine Arts Major • Orange Coast College • Costa Mesa, CA

TRAVEL

2021 2018 2015 2013 2009 1985 1974 1974

– 2016 – 2010 – 2008 – 1975

Independent Independent Independent Independent Independent Independent Independent Independent

study study study study study study study study

& research in Italy & research in France, Spain, and Italy & research in Baja del Sur, Mexico & research in Key West & surrounding Keys & Islands including Dry Tortugas National Park & research in Costa Rica, Argentina & Patagonia & research in England, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Mexico & Costa Rica in Katmandu, Nepal & research in England, France, Germany, Holland, Italy & Switzerland

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2021 2020 2019 2017

2016 2014 2013

2012

Increscent • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID Penumbra • Solo Exhibition • SCAPE • Corona del Mar,CA …a tireless hand • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID Eclipse: obscured memories • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID Amended Mythologies • Solo Exhibition • SCAPE • Corona del Mar, CA Purple Haze • Group Exhibition • Charlotte Jackson Fine Art • Santa Fe, NM EMERGENCE • Group Exhibition • Charlotte Jackson Fine Art • Santa Fe, NM Without Gravity • Solo Exhibition • Chiaroscuro @ Gebert Contemporary • Santa Fe, NM Friends and Family • Three-Person Exhibition with Florence Pierce & Mala Breuer • Charlotte Jackson Fine Art • Santa Fe, NM Again: Repetition, Obsession and Meditation • Group Exhibition with Agnes Martin, Sol Lewitt, Olafur Eliasson, Uta Barth, Chuck Close, Susan York & others • Lannan Foundation • Santa Fe, NM Infinite Sequence 2 • Two-Person Exhibition with Chris Richter • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID Holding Light 4: 315 paintings • Site-specific installation • ALCOVE 12.6: New Mexico Museum of Art • Santa Fe, NM Holding Light 02: 81 paintings • Installation • Laguna Art Museum • Laguna Beach CA Infinite Sequence • Two-Person Exhibition with Chris Richter • SCAPE • Corona del Mar, CA

2010

Ligatures and K ō an Boxes • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA Considered • Group Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID Speak for the Trees • Group Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID & Seattle, WA

2009

K ō an Boxes • Solo Exhibition • Lannan Foundation • Santa Fe, NM Ligatures & K ō an Boxes • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID Ligatures & K ō an Boxes • Solo Exhibition • Linda Durham Contemporary Art • Santa Fe, NM Ligatures • Solo Exhibition • SCAPE • Corona del Mar, CA Gold • Group Exhibition • Linda Durham Contemporary Art Stochastic II • Solo Exhibition • R Duane Reed Gallery • St. Louis, MO

2008

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LAWRENCE FODOR SEL ECT ED EXHI B I T I ONS,

2007 2006 2005 2004

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2002 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998

1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990

1989 1983 1981

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Stochastic • Solo Exhibition • Linda Durham Contemporary Art • Santa Fe, NM Summer Moon • Solo Exhibition • SCAPE • Corona del Mar, CA Moment of Inertia • Solo Exhibition • Linda Durham Contemporary Art • Santa Fe, NM Winter Group Exhibition • Linda Durham Contemporary Art • Santa Fe, NM Sustained Resonance • Two-Person Exhibition • SCAPE • Corona del Mar, CA Beneath the Surface • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID Beneath the Surface • Two-Person Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA Greek Contributions to Mankind • An Exhibition of Contemporary American Art • Group Exhibition, catalog • United States Embassy • Athens, Greece • Curator: Virginia Shore A Given Moment – Part 2 • Two-Person Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM Group Exhibition • Jeannie Denholm • The Shed • Newport Beach, CA Outside Within • Group Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA The Art Collection • Embassy of the United States of America • Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania A Given Moment • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID Group Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM Stream from the Clearing • Two-Person Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM Group Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA Group Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM Group Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA Vestiges II • Solo Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM Into the Clearing • Two-Person Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM The Romantic Landscape • Group Exhibition • Turner Carroll Gallery • Santa Fe, NM Vestiges • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA The Dialogue Within • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID Setting Prayers on Fire • Solo Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM Solo Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM Two-Person Exhibition with Lucy Brown • Diane Nelson Fine Art • Laguna Beach, CA • Curator: Jeannie Denholm Setting Prayers on Fire • Solo Exhibition • Zenith • Denver, CO • Curator: Kyle Belding Two-Person Exhibition with Peter Joseph • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM Solo Exhibition • Jan Maiden Contemporary Art • Columbus, OH Two-Person Exhibition with Holly Roberts • Jeannie Denholm Fine Art • Newport Beach, CA Solo Exhibition • Canyon Contemporary Art • Columbus, OH Perigrinari • Solo Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM Ex Arcanum Locus • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Seattle, WA A Sense of Place • Group Exhibition • Peyton Wright Gallery • Santa Fe, NM In Lucem Proferre • Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID Monotypes from Black Mesa Workshop • Group Exhibition • Lone Pine Gallery • Irvine, CA Ritual Images/Ritual Objects • Two-Person Exhibition with Ann Mallory • Lone Pine Gallery • Irvine, CA Solo Exhibition • Friesen Gallery • Sun Valley, ID Solo Exhibition • Pamela Auchincloss Gallery • Santa Barbara, CA Solo Exhibition • Pamela Auchincloss Gallery • Santa Barbara, CA

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LL A AW WR R EE N NC C EE FF O DO OR R OD PUBLICATIONS PUBLICATIONS

2017 2017 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2015 2012 2012 2009 2009

2007 2007

2002 2002 2001 2001 1997 1997

1994 1994

The The Beauty Beauty in in Painting Painting A A Time Time After After Time.

Time. Sun Sun Valley Valley Property Property News, News, article article by

by Courtney Courtney Lauck.

Lauck. 30 30 July July 2017 2017 “Chaco Issue,” Pasatiempo, Santa Fe New Mexican.

Multiple photographs illustrating various articles about Chaco Culture “Chaco Issue,” Pasatiempo, Santa Fe New Mexican. Multiple photographs illustrating various articles about Chaco Culture National Historical Park. 21 April 2017.

National Historical Park. 21 April 2017.

Eclipse: obscured memories / Lawrence Fodor paintings, recent paintings and essays by Cyndi Conn, Andria Friesen and Lawrence Fodor, Eclipse: obscured memories / Lawrence Fodor paintings, recent paintings and essays by Cyndi Conn, Andria Friesen and Lawrence Fodor, Andrews Art Books, Santa Fe, NM, Andrews Art Books, Santa Fe, NM, Chaco Canyon: Wandering the Past in the Present. Photographs & essay by the artist of Chaco Culture National Historic Chaco Canyon: Wandering the Past in the Present. Photographs & essay by the artist of Chaco Culture National Historic Park. Publisher: Andrews Art Books, Santa Fe, NM. Park. Publisher: Andrews Art Books, Santa Fe, NM. Apparatus: in a Painter’s Studio. Photographs of vignettes in the studio of Lawrence Fodor by the artist, essay by Aline Apparatus: in a Painter’s Studio. Photographs of vignettes in the studio of Lawrence Fodor by the artist, essay by Aline Branduaer.

Publisher: Andrews Andrews Art Art Books, Books, Santa Santa Fe, Fe, NM. NM. Branduaer. Publisher: Holding for an an installation installation of of paintings paintings at at the the Laguna Laguna Art Art Museum, Museum, essay essay by by Holding Light, Light, aa catalogue catalogue documenting documenting the the work work for Cyndi Conn. Publisher: Andrews Art Books, Santa Fe, NM Cyndi Conn. Publisher: Andrews Art Books, Santa Fe, NM Speak for the Trees, Composed by Andria Friesen, publisher Marquand Books, Inc., Seattle, WA. Illus.: In Lucem Proferre Speak for the Trees, Composed by Andria Friesen, publisher Marquand Books, Inc., Seattle, WA. Illus.: In Lucem Proferre VIII, 1989-90, oil on canvas.

VIII, 1989-90, oil on canvas.

Sarah S. King, Lawrence Fodor – Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Art in America, National Reviews, October 2009.

Sarah S. King, Lawrence Fodor – Linda Durham Contemporary Art, Art in America, National Reviews, October 2009.

Illus.: Ligature 12 Green/Blue-Green/Violet, oil/wax/alkyd on canvas.

Illus.: Ligature 12 Green/Blue-Green/Violet, oil/wax/alkyd on canvas.

K ō an Boxes, catalogue to accompany Lannan Foundation Exhibition, essay Timothy Rodgers Ph. D., Chief Curator, New K ō an Boxes, catalogue to accompany Lannan Foundation Exhibition, essay Timothy Rodgers Ph. D., Chief Curator, New Mexico Publisher: Lannan Lannan Foundation, Foundation, Design Design Twin Twin Palms Palms Press, Press, 2009.

2009.

Mexico Museum Museum of of Art. Art. Publisher: Hollis Walker “Larry Fodor – Linda Durham Contemporary Art,” Art News, Reviews: National, November 2007. Illus.: Hollis Walker “Larry Fodor – Linda Durham Contemporary Art,” Art News, Reviews: National, November 2007. Illus.: Stochastic – Gamma, 2007, oil/wax on canvas.

Stochastic – Gamma, 2007, oil/wax on canvas.

Hollis Walker, “Triumph of Intuition,” Albuquerque Journal, Santa Fe/North, 31 August 2007. Illus.: K ō an Yellow/Green, Hollis Walker, “Triumph of Intuition,” Albuquerque Journal, Santa Fe/North, 31 August 2007. Illus.: K ō an Yellow/Green, 2006-07, oil/wax on canvas.

2006-07, oil/wax on canvas.

Marcia Mayo, Editor, Greek Contributions to Mankind – An Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, Catalogue to Marcia Mayo, Editor, Greek Contributions to Mankind – An Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, Catalogue to accompany exhibition, 2002, United States Art in Embassies Program exhibition. accompany exhibition, 2002, United States Art in Embassies Program exhibition.

Illus.: Pegasus One, oil/wax on canvas, 1999-2000.

Illus.: Pegasus One, oil/wax on canvas, 1999-2000.

Teri Thompson Randall, “An Unscripted Dialog,” Santa Fe New Mexican, 7 September 2001.

Teri Thompson Randall, “An Unscripted Dialog,” Santa Fe New Mexican, 7 September 2001.

Illus.: Dragonfly, oil/wax on canvas.

Illus.: Dragonfly, oil/wax on canvas.

Kathleen McCloud, “Larry Fodor’s Continuing Process Dialogue,” Santa Fe New Mexican, 5 September 1997. Illus.: Kathleen McCloud, “Larry Fodor’s Continuing Process Dialogue,” Santa Fe New Mexican, 5 September 1997. Illus.: Setting Prayers on Fire #10, oil/wax on canvas.

Setting Prayers on Fire #10, oil/wax on canvas.

Perrin Patterson, “Artists to Watch in 1997,” Santa Fean, Santa Fe, NM, May 1997. Illus.: Setting Prayers on Fire #4, Perrin Patterson, “Artists to Watch in 1997,” Santa Fean, Santa Fe, NM, May 1997. Illus.: Setting Prayers on Fire #4, oil/wax on canvas. oil/wax on canvas.

Suzanne Deats, “Varied Artistic Approaches Reflect Gender Differences,” Albuquerque Journal, 15 September 1994.

Suzanne Deats, “Varied Artistic Approaches Reflect Gender Differences,” Albuquerque Journal, 15 September 1994.

SEL ECT ED P UB L I C & PRI VAT E C OL L E C T I ON S SEL ECT ED P UB L I C & PRI VAT E C OL L E C T I ON S

New New Mexico Mexico Museum Museum of of Art Art •• Santa Santa Fe, Fe, NM NM New Mexico History Museum • Santa Fe, NM New Mexico History Museum • Santa Fe, NM Forth Worth, Worth, TX TX Modern Museum of of Art Art •• Forth Modern Museum • Santa Fe, NM Lannan Foundation Lannan Foundation • Santa Fe, NM LIOLI Museum • Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN MN LIOLI Museum • • Wichita, KS Wichita Art Museum Wichita Art Museum • Wichita, KS Embassy of the United States • Dar Dar Es Es Salaam, Salaam, Tanzania Tanzania Embassy of the United States • SEL ECT ED AW ARDS & RE S I DE NCI E S SEL ECT ED AW ARDS & RE S I DE NCI E S

2022 2022 2014 2014 2013 2013

2009 2009

Art Art 1307 1307 Cultural Cultural Institution, Institution, Napoli, Napoli, Italia Italia City of Santa Fe Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts • Santa Fe, NM City of Santa Fe Mayor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts • Santa Fe, NM National Endowment for the the Arts Arts Grant Grant •• For For the the concept, concept, curation curation & & design design of of Cumulous Modernist Cumulous Skies: Skies: The The Enduring National Endowment for Enduring Modernist Aesthetic in New Mexico • In In conjunction conjunction with with the the Santa Santa Fe Fe Arts Santa Fe, Fe, NM NM Arts Commission Commission •• Santa Aesthetic in New Mexico • Santa Fe Art Institute Residency • Santa Fe, NM Santa Fe Art Institute Residency • Santa Fe, NM

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LAWRENCE FODOR STUDIOS LOS ANGELES / SANTA FE

Work in progress for Increscent, Lawrence Fodor Los Angeles studio, November, 2021

For more information on the work in this exhibition please contact Andria Friesen via the email on the right or call Friesen Gallery.

For more information on the work of Lawrence Fodor, please contact the studio: 505.699.3146 I www.lawrencefodor.online I lf@lawrencefodor.online

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