Elaine Lorenz

Elaine Lorenz is a sculptor who works in clay for indoor pieces as well as fiberglass and cement for larger outdoor sculptures. She was born in the Bronx and is now living in New Jersey. She grew up with both the influence of NYC and the countryside of Massachusetts’ Berkshire Mountains where her parents grew up and later summered. Her parents were landscape painters and taught her to observe and appreciate the beauty of the natural world, which has been a major focus in her work. Over the years Lorenz has abstracted various aspects of nature, from the large rock formations of the Southwest to tiny seedpods. Her references to nature vary from ecological concerns, the uplifting joy and spirit found in living things and the repetitive patterns and textures observed. Lorenz received her M.F.A. is from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is an Associate Professor at William Paterson University, teaching Ceramic Sculpture.
Lorenz’s awards include: a MacDowell Colony Fellowship, NJ State Council on the Arts Fellowship Grants in 1988 and 1999, Athena Foundation Grant for Socrates Sculpture Park, a Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Grant in 2001, and a Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship in 2001.

M.F.A. Vermont College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT
B.A. Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio

Solo Exhibitions:
2021 “Fertile Ground,” The Court Gallery, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ closes May 7, 2021
2019 “Organic Abstractions, ”Ceramic sculpture by Elaine Lorenz, The Outside In Gallery, Piermont, NY
2012 "Channeled Earth," Sculptors Guild Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Jacobsen Sculpture Garden, Saddle River, NJ
2006 “Counter Balance” Tomasulo Gallery, Union County College, Cranford, NJ
“Nature’s Influences”, University College Art Gallery, Fairleigh Dickenson Univ., Teaneck, NJ
2004 “Breaking Space”, OCCC Center Gallery, Demarest, NJ
"Pivotal Gestures", 141 Cedar Arts Center, Corning, NY
2001 New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
“Somatic Traces,” The Interchurch Center, Riverside Drive, NYC
“Interior/Exterior,” Artspace, Richmond, VA
“Outdoor Sculpture”, Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ
1994 “Concrete Gardens” Fulcrum Gallery, 144 Mercer St., NY, NY
Quietude Sculpture Garden, East Brunswick, NJ
1992 “Introductions-1992” Artyard, Denver, CO

Two Person Exhibitions:
2019 “Forms and Layers, Passaic County Arts Center, Hawthorne, NJ
2017 “Sight Lines,” Carter Burden Gallery, Chelsea, NY
2009 “Portals and Layers,” Swain Galleries, Plainfield, NJ

Selected Group Exhibitions:
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