LORI HOROWITZ

ARTIST STATEMENT:

Lori Horowitz explores the unfolding of humanity within the natural world, using sculpture to reveal facades, confront social and emotional complexities, and speak to the need for belonging in an increasingly divided society. Materiality is signature to practice: wire mesh, papier mâché, encaustic wax, torched copper, brass mesh, photography, and paint are pushed to their expressive limits through cutting, torching, fuming, and shaping, allowing the artist to collapse and expand the boundaries between two- and three-dimensional space. Drawing from relief-sculpture traditions, she creates copper wire–mesh figures whose transparent, precarious forms—patinated through fuming to rich organic tones—cast haunting shadows that echo the fragility of contemporary life. Horowitz’s series Exodus and Rooted in Humanity, is inspired by photographs of anthropomorphic roots and unusual plant life, coax human figures from nature, integrating symbolic elements like carnivorous plants and fungi to suggest hidden dangers beneath social surfaces. By merging nature’s serenity with the tensions of modern conflict, the work reflects recurring struggles throughout history, reconnecting us to one another, to the environment, and to the shared responsibility of nurturing harmony between humanity and nature.

Bio:

Lori Horowitz is a NY native. In addition to her studio art, Horowitz has worked as an arts educator, scenic designer, scenic artist for film, theater, and television, and as a curator and gallerist. Each has brought new perspectives and informed the development of her artwork and career. Through experimentation and knowledge of diverse materials, Lori incorporates painting, sculpture, drawing and photography pushing inventive methods to reflect her message. Horowitz explores the overlooked interactions between humanity and the environment, exploring their social disconnect as well as harmony. Her work unveils facades and penetrates issues, revealing underlying truths by addressing topics of nature, belonging and place in society. Since 2016, Lori Horowitz has shown extensively with fourteen solo exhibitions. She has participated in over 100 national gallery and museum group shows. In 2016 Horowitz founded a not-for-profit ArtSpace, showcasing more than 400 artists. As director and independent curator, she produced 25 shows and continues curating independently.  In 2019,2020,2024 she participated in residency programs in Bushwick NY, Havana, Cuba and Massachusetts MOCA. Horowitz serves as President for the NY Society of Women Artists and on the board of directors for the Long Island Craft Guild. Horowitz is represented internationally with Zeitt Blatt media group, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Art Trends, Paris, Fine Art Prospectus International, Project High Art International, and International Fine Art Movers. National publications include, The NY Optimist, Newsday, Metropolitan and 25A magazines, NY., Hampton's and Palm Beach, and by Long Island Advance, Shout Out and Canvas Rebel magazines and most recently, Artist Magazine.