About Lauretta

LAURETTA LOWELL BIOGRAPHY

(American, b. 1951)

Lauretta Lowell is an awarding-winning mixed media assemblage

artist from Santa Barbara who now resides in La Quinta, CA. Her

contribution to the arts is to unite the past and present with her

Paintings and Mixed Media Art that harvest relics of the early

twentieth century with our expectations for cerebral sculptures and

wall art today.

The whimsical creations that leave her collectors, and those new to

her work, raising their eyebrows is her inspired output that fills

galleries, her studio and her website with wonder. When she was

asked her process on how she comes up with her ideas for her

sculptures and wall art she said:

"My art isn't planned in advance; I just let it happen. The story just

seems to write itself when I wander around my workshop picking up

this and that, combining treasures to see if they talk to me or spark

some sort of electrical current through my veins. Using found

vintage objects; I hope to offer you an interesting and fulfilling

moment that captures your curiosity and makes you smile, creating

an experience for you that you have never felt before."

Lauretta's work is ready to start a conversation in a gallery or a

home. No wall, no table, no showcase is safe from her willingness to

put so many things together, to construct each finished piece.

With enigmatic titles come the wink of a sophisticated patron adding

a whimsical curiosity to a collection. And with a study of each

creation, after we puzzle over the puzzle, we always see more. There

is always another layer or detour in each multi-media story. The

whole is much greater than the sum of the parts in Lauretta's world.

But the parts come from so many places and memories, each holds

its own. Lauretta Lowell has art gliding in new definitions. That is

Lauretta at her best. She is always at her best.

GALLERIES/PAST EVENTS/ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• CODA Gallery, 73151 El Paseo, Palm Desert, CA, www.codagallery.com - June 2015-Present
• LOTUS GARDEN CENTER Gallery Store, 45350 San Luis Rey Ave, Palm Desert, CA (Off El Paseo)
• Shock Box Gallery, Hermosa Beach, "DON'T TOUCH YOUR FACE", June 20, 2020.
• Chimaya Gallery, Los Angeles, CA October 2019-December 2019
• Thomas Lee Gallery, Ashland, Oregon, 2019 - present 
• Chimmaya Gallery, Low Angeles, CA, September - December 2019
• UCR Art Show, GEOMETRY 101, Palm Desert, CA, September-Oct. 2019
• UCR Art Show, Assemblage and Collage, INCLUSION, Palm Desert, CA, November-December 2019
  Vault Gallery, 2289 Main Street, Cambria, CA, www.vaultgallery.com, 805-927-0300 - May 2018 to present
  ChimMaya Gallery- FRIDA KAHLO EXHIBIT and HUMAN EQUALITY EXHIBIT, Los Angeles, CA - September 11, 2015-July  2017
  ART -n- SOUL Gallery, Encinitas, CA . 2017-2019
  Borrego Art Institute, 665 Palm Canyon Dr, Borrego Springs, CA 92004 - May 2016 to Sept. 2016
  Indigo Interiors Gallery – Santa Barbara, CA 2016-2017
  Onward Art & Design - Santa Barbara, CA, 2016-2017

FINE ART FESTIVALS:
 

• Sand Castle Championship and Dimensional Art Challenge, San Diego, CA -  2017
  Art on Main Street - La Quinta, CA, 2016-
  Indian Wells Art Festival, March 31-April 2, 2017, Indian Wells Tennis Gardens
  Waterfront Fine Art & Wine Festival - Scottsdale, AZ 2017
  Rancho Mirage Art Festival (Featured Artist) - Rancho Mirage, CA 2014
  Indian Wells Art Festival– Indian Wells, CA (Won Blue Ribbons in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 shows)
  Southwest Arts Festival – Indio, CA
  Ojai Arts Festival, “DISCARDED Art from Trash” – Ojai, CA
  Art Under The Umbrellas - La Quinta, CA
  La Jolla Art & Wine Festival – La Jolla, CA
  Palm Springs Art Festival (Best in Show) – Palm Springs, CA
  Malibu Fine Art Festival - Malibu, CA
   

PUBLICATIONS/AWARDS:

• WON CA Desert Arts Council "KEEP ART ALIVE" Grant for 2020  Covid 19 virus crisis, April 2020.
• Palm Springs Art Patron Magazine, Winter 2019, The Gift of Being An Artist, Pages 54-57
  Art Doll Quarterly, Spring 2016 Issue, Fairy Dolls
  Cover Art for "Bogie, Golf as it Was" by Charles Hellman, 2016
  Cover Art for "Altrice Nike Rutherford & the Ancients" by Mary Ann Eisenberg  & Wendie Willson, 2015
  Palm Springs Life Magazine, Oct. 2014 Issue – Cover of The Guide and Article
  Art Doll Quarterly, August 2014 Issue, Page 110
  Valley Woman - Oct. 2014, Volume 1, Issue 3
  More Magazine - "Art + Humor = My Second Career"
  More Magazine - "She Turns Furniture Into Art"
  The Creativity Portal - "My Discovery of Self-Fulfillment and Happiness