Friend Pile Painting

Lauren Denitzio (1983) is a Los Angeles-based artist and writer. Their interdisciplinary work encompasses drawing, painting, and mixed media as well as site-specific text works and collaborative projects. Their practice addresses the representation and re-imagining of domestic space as it reflects one's physical and political identity. Their work has been exhibited in New York at The Kitchen, Recession Art Culturefix, Storefront, Rush Arts Gallery, and Wayfarers as well as a The University of Maryland Stamp Gallery. Their writing and visual work has appeared in Brass in Pocket, Sick Zine, International Girl Gang Underground, Impose, Hoax and RE/VISIONIST. Interviews on various aspects of their practice have been featured in Pitchfork, All Songs Considered, NPR, AMP Magazine, Bitch Magazine, , Alternative Press and FRHC: Creative Fuel. Denitzio was a founding member of For The Birds, a New York based feminist collective dedicated to challenging social inequality through DIY feminist cultural activism. They are now the vocalist/guitarist of the band Worriers.