Laurie Hogin
Contemporary Surrealist artist Laurie Hogin creates beautiful yet bizarre apocalyptic landscapes and allegorical animal portraits saturated in brilliant color and imbued with elaborate narratives reflecting pop culture and the human experience. Hogin’s remarkable skill as a painter is inextricably intertwined with her message for humankind.
Hogin is deeply concerned by the social and political issues in our contemporary culture. Her dazzling yet disturbing narrative allegories portray the disastrous effects of drug abuse, altered food sources, over-consumerism and misguided political and economic forces. Her hope is to evoke empathy towards all creatures and the ecosystems that support them.
“My color palette has acquired the Day-Glo intensity of contemporary media landscapes; I revel in its visuality and vulgar seductiveness as much as cast a critical eye. My animals remain allegories of culture as much as avatars of my own psyche, whose expressions engage with the emotionality of daily fears joys, pleasures, desires and outrages, and whose furs and skins are both tactile and toxic.” Laurie Hogin
Hogin received her BFA, from Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, and herMFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has since gained recognition for her vibrant and surreal works. Throughout her career, Hogin has exhibited her work internationally and has received numerous awards and accolades for her contributions to contemporary art. Her paintings continue to captivate audiences with their imaginative imagery and thought-provoking themes, solidifying her place as a prominent figure in the contemporary art world.
Selected Museum Exhibitions
Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA and traveling; Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA; Art Institute of Southerm California, Laguna Beach, CA; New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, Summit, NJ; Charles A. Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI; Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinatti, OH; Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso, IN; Kemper Museum, Kansas City, MO; California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA; Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; New Museum, New York, NY
