Marie Lorenz is an artist in Brooklyn, New York.[1] Her work focuses on discarded objects in urban spaces, such as the rivers of New York.[2] She also navigates these waterways and records her experiences with video and photography.[3]

Career

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Marie Lorenz has an MFA from Yale School of Art at Yale University. She is a recipient of a Joseph H. Hazen Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome and a Creative Capital award.[4]

Lorenz's had a project called the Tide and Current Taxi. She studies the tides and uses them to propel her homemade rowboat around New York, often taking passengers.[5]

In 2015, Lorenz created an exhibition for Artpace in San Antonio, Texas. It consisted of sculptures made from casts of debris found on the coastline.[6] She has also exhibited at the Everson Museum of Art.[7] Her work is included in the permanent collection of the Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida.

References

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  1. ^ "'Wanderlust' exhibit opens at Des Moines Art Center". Des Moines Register. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  2. ^ "Marie Lorenz". Interview Magazine. 2014-05-04. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  3. ^ "Marie Lorenz » Artpace". www.artpace.org. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  4. ^ "Marie Lorenz". Creative Capital. Retrieved 2024-07-26.
  5. ^ McGrath, Ben (2005-10-10). "At Sea". The New Yorker. ISSN 0028-792X. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  6. ^ "Flotsam and Derelict » Artpace". www.artpace.org. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  7. ^ "The Everson Museum of Art presents 'Marie Lorenz: Tide and Current Taxi' Exhibition". syracuse.com. Retrieved 2018-05-30.