Jennifer Lugris. When Life Hands You Lemons (provided courtesy of the artist)
What: Artist Talk with Jennifer Lugris. When Life Hands You Lemons: Radical Joy in the Age of the Internet
When: Thursday, November 17 from 12:30-1:45PM PT
Zoom Link: https://ucsb.zoom.us/s/
Website: www.jenniferlugris.com
Instagram: @jenniferlugris
Jennifer Lugris. Esperanza (provided courtesy of the artist)
Artist Bio:
Jennifer Lugris is best known for her colorful, patterned, paintings that transform ordinary scenes to show the simple world as vibrant and astonishing. As the granddaughter of North Korean refugees on her mother’s side and a Franco Spanish refugee grandfather on her father’s side, she comes from a long line of ancestors who fled from persecution. Her paintings reflect this multi-layered, complex family history of tragedy and triumph, which has given her a sense of the fragile nature of life. In her paintings, she shows the beauty and joy that exist in everyday moments, which are often taken for granted. Her award-winning work has been exhibited and published internationally. Solo exhibitions include Verge Center for the Arts, Richmond Art Center, Merced College, and Maturango Museum, among others. Her work is included in the permanent collection of the Art, Design & Architecture Museum in Santa Barbara, CA and as a mural installation for the Meta Open Arts artist-in-residence program in San Francisco, CA. She received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is Chair of the Sierra College Art Department and currently lives in Sacramento, CA with her family, dogs, and cats. For Lugris’s full CV click here.
