Artist CV

Name: Lori Love (aka IRoL eVoL)
Irol Studio
Commission, Event and Media Inquiries contact: sknight@knightmovespro.com

                                                                                                                 
Education
MA  University of South Carolina
BA   University of South Carolina
University of Warwick, Coventry,   UK
Studied drawing under Janet Orselli at the Columbia Museum of Art

Awards
Artslant Showcase Winner, Round 8, 2017
Artslant Showcase Winner, Round 7, 2016
Artslant Showcase Winner, Round 7, 2013
ArtSlant Showcase Winner, Round 5, 2013
Art Slant Showcase Winner, Round 4, 2013
Professional Artist, Award Winner:  ”Creative Quarterly Journal,” Vol. 29, 2012
Professional Artist, Award Winner: “Creative Quarterly Journal, “Vol. 28, 2012
VAE Award, “Unfettered”, Paul Bright, Juror
Second Place, “The Power of Innovation”, Jane Allen Nodine, Juror
Abstract Exposure Finalist  

Professional Affiliations
CAL Member present
Resident Artist, Mosaic Studio, 2013-2014
Artist, Arts and Science Council, 2012-present
Artist, Visual Art Exchange, 2012-2015
Emerging Artist, American Juried Art Salon   2012-present
Instructor, Creative Spark Center for the Arts, Mt. Pleasant, SC 2007-2009
Docent and Studio Assistant, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC   2006-2007
Museum Educator, Gibbes Museum, Charleston, SC   2003-2005


Exhibits

Solo Exhibitions
2017
"Layers: Mixed Media in the 21st Century,"  Butteroni's Emporium, 516 E. 15th St, Charlotte, NC
2015
"Vinally...Icons", The Evening Muse,  3227 North Davidson St, Charlotte, NC  (ongoing)
2011
 Queen City Gallery, Charlotte, NC  2011

Group Exhibitions
2017
"Free For All," Hart Witzen Gallery, 136 E. 36th St, Charlotte, NC 28205
2016
"Dada Soiree: An Absurd Art Show, "  C3Lab, Charlotte, NC 2016
2015
"Deja Vu Part 2," Art Institute of Charlotte, Guinan Gallery, Charlotte, NC  2015
"Fall into Art," Charlotte Art League, Group Show, Juror: Edward J. Burnham Jr, Charlotte, NC  2015
"Free For All," Hart Witzen Gallery, Group Show, Charlotte, NC  2015
"Kulture Klash 8," Meminger Auditorium, Group Show,  Charleston, SC  2015
"Showdown,"  Hart Witzen Gallery, Group Show, Charlotte, NC  2015
"Art in the Village," Ballantyne Village, Pop up Gallery, Charlotte, NC  2015
2014
"Art in the Village,",  Ballantyne Village, Pop up Gallery, Charlotte, NC  2014
" Free For All", Hart Witzen Gallery, group show, Charlotte,  NC  2014
"Layers", Kavanagh Gallery, Fine Lines Creative Art Center, jurors: Joe Eddy Brown and Charles Heinrich, National Juried Show, 37W570 Bolcum Rd, St Charles, IL  2014
"Revolve", Mid Century Salvage, 3530 Dewitt Ln, Charlotte, NC  2014
"rawArtist -Charlotte,"  Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte, NC  2014
"Artfields 2014" , jurors: Andreas Beroutsos, Juan Logan,  Ruba Katrib, Michael Brooks, S.Marquette Foley, South Eastern juried show, Lake City, SC  2014
2013
Exchange Gallery, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC  2013
"Showdown," Hart Witzen Gallery, group show, Charlotte, NC  2013
"Tossed & Found,"  Charlotte ARTery, juried show, 1515 South Mint Street, Charlotte, NC  2013
Mac Worthington Gallery, Columbus, OH  2013
"Modern Poverty: An Introspective", Watkins Gallery, Queens College, Charlotte, NC  2013
 "Contemporary South", juror: Noelle Rice, Assistant Curator, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC
2012
"N.E.W,"Visual Art Exchange, juror: Seth Thompson, Curatorial Assistant of Modern and Contemporary Art, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, G.A. 2012
 “Paperworks 2012, b.j.spoke gallery, juror: Laura Phipps, Assistant Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY 2012
 “Showdown”, Hart Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC   2012
 “Unfettered”, Virtual Art Exchange, jury prize; juror: Paul Bright, Assistant Director and Curator, Hanes Art Gallery, Wake Forest University, Raleigh, NC  2012
 Occasio, Charlotte, NC   2012
 2011
 "The Power of Energy,"  Siemens Energy, Inc., jury prize; juror: Jane Allen Nodine, Professor of Art and Director of the Curtis R Hurley Art Gallery, University of South Carolina Upstate, Charlotte Art League, Charlotte, NC  2011
 “Co-Evolution”, Dual show, The Art Station, Gastonia, NC   2011
“Black and White”, BWAC, juried show; jurors: Fritz Weiss and Scott Hemstrand, Brooklyn, New York   2011
“Showdown”, Hart Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC   2011
 MC Art Gallery, juried group show, Honorable Mention; juror: Moises Camacho, Santa Ana, CA   
2010
“Juxtaposition: A Collaboration between Poet and Artist”, Walk Gallery, juried show; Charleston, SC   2010
“Abstract Juried Exhibition”, Honorable Mention,   2010
 2009
 “Abstract Exposure”, Honorable Mention,   2009
 BTG represented Artist, Charleston, SC
  2007
South Carolina State Fair Juried Show, Abstract , Columbia, SC   2007

Publications

"Charlotte Home+Garden, "Designer Beth Keim's Black and White Bliss,"  January  2016
"Charlotte Business Journal:  Book of List 2015" , December, 2014
"Borgen Magazine: Humanity, Politics & You," New Reports,  November 3, 2013
"VL, Visual Language of Contemporary Art," Vol.2 no.9,2013
“Creative Quarterly Journal, Journal of Art and Design, Vol. 29,” Winter Edition, 2013
“Creative Quarterly Journal,   Journal of Art and Design, Vol. 28,” Fall Edition, 2012
 "Artist Portfolio Magazine" Winter, 2010
"Abstracting with Lori Love Penland"  Persepolis arts agency The Artist's Champion

"The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind."
 - Marina Abramovic