ABOUT LORI NOZICK
Lori Nozick was born in the northeast US, and lived in New York for 25 years. She lived in Miami Beach and had a studio in the Fountainhead Program for eleven years. She has recently relocated to Los Angeles, California.
Ms. Nozick holds a BFA from Philadelphia College of Art, and an MFA from Pratt Institute. The artist has exhibited her work in galleries and museums, done site-specific installations, been awarded public art commissions, and has received international, national, state, and foundation grants and fellowships for her work, including the Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant.
Recently completed is a premier public art commission at the new Monroe County Courthouse in Islamorada FL. The artist was commission by the Monroe County Cultural Commission and KeysArts Arts In Public Places Program. The 4 patinaed steel panels are wall hung and 85" x 45".
The artist was invited to the residency, "Proyecto En Sitio 2nd Edition", November 2018 at La Coyotera Taller Estudio, Umecuaro, Michoacan State, Mexico, creating "Masts and Anchors", a site-specific sculpture/earthworks with all local natural materials.
Ms. Nozick created an installation of walls at RAW/Art Basel Miami 2017, a light installation for the Bass Museum Contemporary Art In Unexpected Places in 2015 and invited to do a Featured Project at SCOPE Miami 2014, an interactive monumental (16' x 18' x 15') sculpture with reclaimed architectural elements, colored acrylic panels, and an 8' curved staircase.
The artist's public art commission , "Pensacola Beacons", sponsored by the FL Art in State Buildings Programs, is a series of 3 light beacons at the UWF College of Business Plaza, Pensacola, FL. Ms. Nozick was honored in 2006 for "Luce Et Vita Universae", selected as one of the Best Public Art Projects of the Year by the Americans For the Art Public Art Review, commissioned by the NYC % For Art, Public Art In Public School/SITES Program, and the School Construction Authority.
A photo interview in Sculpture Magazine, "The Girl Who Liked to Smell Dirt", was published in the January-February 2012 issue. Ms. Nozick had a solo exhibition of her drawings and sculpture at berlin art scouts Gallery in Berlin, Germany in September 2010 and gave a lecture at the US Embassy in Berlin. In recent exhibitions and installations, the artist has used solar energy and LED lighting, salt blocks, mud pigments, and moving water as elements in her work, with increasing consciousness of renewable sources in art.
Ms. Nozick has taught and lectured at William Patterson University, Pratt Institute, and the American University in Corciano, Italy. She is an Adjunct Professor at MDC and been an AIR with multiple arts organizations and museum education programs, done private mentoring and portfolio preparation, as well as other arts workshops and lectures.
She also has a design business doing decorative and unique surfaces for residential and public spaces, as well as specialized items, including unique map drawings, working with business, museums, designers, and real estate developers.
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