Trees II Palais Royale - Limited edition four of six Photograph

Laurie Victor Kay invites the viewer to escape through her work. Her visual language creates a psychological entrance into idealized and unique spaces. Influenced by her background in painting, she injects super-real hues and re-imagines places following a mathematical rhythm and perfectionist eye. Digitally manipulating the image allows her to construct energized spaces. The images photographed in-camera are simply a preface and function as the architecture for Laurie’s finalized works. Her work confronts conceptual opposites- dark subways are juxtaposed against saturated color and lightness, and symmetry is found in chaos. Laurie’s large-scale photographs are inspired by travel where she continually discovers poetic beauty in unexpected places. Her reimagined mathematically influenced works provoke exploration of the psychology of space, allowing for open interpretation and referencing perfectionism. LVK studied painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and photography at Columbia College Chicago, where she received her BFA in 1995. In 1996 she started her artistic collaboration with artist Charles Kay Jr as Laurie and Charles. Their photography of people and places all over the world includes a prestigious list of clients which can be viewed at . LVK's early work was recognized by Photo District News, Camera Arts, and the prestigious Review Santa Fe. In the fall of 2016, LVK was selected to participate in the Accessible Art Fair at the National Arts Club with jurors from Gagosian, Christies Collectrium, Artnet, and Sotheby’s. Recent projects include an artistic collaboration with Jim Thompson Thai Silk Co in Bangkok and a multi-work commission for the new Lauritzen Outpatient Building in Omaha. LVK’s works are in many collections in the US including three of works which are in 4 World Trade Center, NYC and the new Marriott in Omaha’s Arts District. Owner of Laurie and Charles Photographs in Omaha for 20+years. Selection of past exhibitions includes: Accessible Art Fair NYC 2016, Multi-work installation Lauritzen Outpatient 2016, 2016 artistic collaboration with Jim Thompson Thai Silk Co.