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Artist CV
Lori Love (AKA IRol)
Website: www.irolstudios.com
Education:
MA University of South Carolina
BA University of South Carolina
University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Awards:
2019 Art Pop RecipientArtslant Showcase Winner Round 8, 2017Artslant Showcase Winner Round 7, 2016Artslant Showcase Winner Round 7, 2013Artslant Showcase Winner Round 5, 2013Artslant Showcase Winner Round 4, 2013Professional Artist, Award Winner: “Creative Quarterly Journal,” Vol .29 , 2012Professional Artist, Award Winner: “Creative Quarterly Journal, “ Vol. 28 , 2012VAE Award, “Unfettered,” Paul Bright, Juror2nd Place, “The Power of Innovation,” Siemens Show, Jane Allen Nodine, Juror
Professional Affiliations:
Charlotte Art League Resident Artist,
Mosaic Studio, 2013-2014 Artist, Arts and Science Council, 2012-present
Artist, Visual Art Exchange, 2012-2015
Emerging Artist, American Juried Art Salon 2012-present
Instructor, Creative Spark Center for the Arts, Mt. Pleasant, SC 2007-2009
Docent and Studio Assistant, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC 2006-2007
Museum Educator, Gibbes Museum, Charleston, SC 2003-2005
Exhibits:
Solo Exhibitions -
2018 “Iconic Muses,” The Evening Muse, 3227 North Davidson, St, Charlotte, NC 28205
2017 “Mixing it Up,” The Art Institute of Charlotte,
Guinan Gallery, Charlotte, NC, August-September 2017
"Layers: Mixed Media in the 21st Century, Butteroni's Emporium, 516 E. 15th St, Charlotte, NC 2015
“Iconic Muses", The Evening Muse, 3227 North Davidson St, Charlotte, NC (ongoing)
2011 Queen City Gallery, Charlotte, NC 2011Group Exhibitions/Exhibitor
2019
LA the other Art Fair, exhibitor, Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA September 2019
Kaaboo, Music and Art Festival, exhibitor, Del Mar, CA, September 2019
Art Pop Charlotte Artist-ongoing outdoor gallery throughout the City of Charlotte 2019
2018
Kaaboo, Music and Art Festival, exhibitor, Del Mar, CA, September 2018
Beverly Hills Art Show, exhibitor, Beverly Hills, CA, Spring 2018
“Recycle,” Brooklyn Waterfront Arts Coalition, Juror: John Cloud Kaiser, 481 Van Brunt., St., Red Hook, Brooklyn NY May 2018
2017
“Free For All,” Hart Witzen Gallery, 136 E. 36th St, Charlotte, NC 28205
"Dada Soiree: An Absurd Art Show, " C3Lab, Charlotte, NC 20172015"Deja Vu Part 2," Art Institute of Charlotte, Guinan Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2015
"Fall into Art," Charlotte Art League, Group Show, Juror: Edward J. Burnham Jr, Charlotte, NC
"Free For All," Hart Witzen Gallery, Group Show, Charlotte, NC 2015
"Kulture Klash 8," Meminger Auditorium, Group Show, Charleston, SC 2015
"Showdown," Hart Witzen Gallery, Group Show, Charlotte, NC 2015
"Art in the Village," Ballantyne Village, Pop up Gallery, Charlotte, NC 20152014"Art in the Village," Ballantyne Village, Pop up Gallery, Charlotte, NC 2014
" Free For All", Hart Witzen Gallery, group show, Charlotte, NC 2014
"Layers", Kavanagh Gallery, Fine Lines Creative Art Center, jurors: Joe Eddy Brown and Charles Heinrich, National Juried Show, 37W570 Bolcum Rd, St Charles, IL 2014
"Revolve", Mid Century Salvage, 3530 Dewitt Ln, Charlotte, NC 2014"rawArtist -Charlotte," Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte, NC
2014
"Artfields 2014", jurors: Andreas Beroutsos, Juan Logan, Ruba Katrib, Michael Brooks, S.Marquette Foley, South Eastern juried show, Lake City, SC 20142013Exchange Gallery, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC 2013
"Showdown," Hart Witzen Gallery, group show, Charlotte, NC 2013
"Tossed & Found," Charlotte ARTery, juried show, 1515 South Mint Street, Charlotte, NC 2013Mac Worthington Gallery, Columbus, OH
2013
"Modern Poverty: An Introspective", Watkins Gallery, Queens College, Charlotte, NC 2013
"Contemporary South", juror: Noelle Rice, Assistant Curator, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC2012"N.E.W." Visual Art Exchange, juror: Seth Thompson, Curatorial Assistant of Modern and Contemporary Art, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, G.A. 2012
“Paperworks 2012, b.j.spoke gallery, juror: Laura Phipps, Assistant Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY 2012
“Showdown”, Hart Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2012
“Unfettered”, Virtual Art Exchange, jury prize; juror: Paul Bright, Assistant Director and Curator, Hanes Art Gallery, Wake Forest University, Raleigh, NC 2012
2011
"The Power of Energy," Siemens Energy, Inc., jury prize; juror: Jane Allen Nodine, Professor of Art and Director of the Curtis R Hurley Art Gallery, University of South Carolina Upstate, Charlotte Art League, Charlotte, NC 2011
“Co-Evolution”, Dual show, The Art Station, Gastonia, NC 2011“Black and White”, BWAC, juried show; jurors: Fritz Weiss and Scott Hemstrand, Brooklyn, New York 2011
“Showdown”, Hart Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC 2011
MC Art Gallery, juried group show, Honorable Mention; juror: Moises Camacho, Santa Ana, CA 2011 2010“Juxtaposition: A Collaboration between Poet and Artist”, Walk Gallery, juried show; Charleston, SC 2010
“Abstract Juried Exhibition”, Honorable Mention, 2010 2009 “Abstract Exposure”, Honorable Mention, 2009 BTG represented Artist, Charleston, SC
2007
South Carolina State Fair Juried Show, Abstract, Columbia, SC 2007
Publications
www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mckibbon-hospitality-celebrates-the-opening-of-its-ac-hotel-and-residence-inn-charlotte-city-center-300705093.html
Charlotte Home & Garden, “Designer Beth Keim’s Black and White Bliss,” January 2016
Charlotte Business Journal: Book of List 2015
Borgen Magazine: Humanity, Politics and You, Nov. 3, 2013
VL, Visual Language of Contemporary Art, Vo.2 #9, 2013
Creative Quarterly Journal, Vol.29, Winter Edition, 2013
Creative Quarterly Journal, Vol.28, Fall Edition, 2012
Corporate Collection: Commissions
AC Hotel by Marriott, Uptown, Epicenter, Charlotte NC
The Underground, NC Music Factory, Live Nation, Charlotte NC
Cadence Music Factory, Woodfield Development, Charlotte NC
Cons Properties, Montreal, Canada
Website: www.irolstudios.com
Education:
MA University of South Carolina
BA University of South Carolina
University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Awards:
2019 Art Pop RecipientArtslant Showcase Winner Round 8, 2017Artslant Showcase Winner Round 7, 2016Artslant Showcase Winner Round 7, 2013Artslant Showcase Winner Round 5, 2013Artslant Showcase Winner Round 4, 2013Professional Artist, Award Winner: “Creative Quarterly Journal,” Vol .29 , 2012Professional Artist, Award Winner: “Creative Quarterly Journal, “ Vol. 28 , 2012VAE Award, “Unfettered,” Paul Bright, Juror2nd Place, “The Power of Innovation,” Siemens Show, Jane Allen Nodine, Juror
Professional Affiliations:
Charlotte Art League Resident Artist,
Mosaic Studio, 2013-2014 Artist, Arts and Science Council, 2012-present
Artist, Visual Art Exchange, 2012-2015
Emerging Artist, American Juried Art Salon 2012-present
Instructor, Creative Spark Center for the Arts, Mt. Pleasant, SC 2007-2009
Docent and Studio Assistant, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC 2006-2007
Museum Educator, Gibbes Museum, Charleston, SC 2003-2005
Exhibits:
Solo Exhibitions -
2018 “Iconic Muses,” The Evening Muse, 3227 North Davidson, St, Charlotte, NC 28205
2017 “Mixing it Up,” The Art Institute of Charlotte,
Guinan Gallery, Charlotte, NC, August-September 2017
"Layers: Mixed Media in the 21st Century, Butteroni's Emporium, 516 E. 15th St, Charlotte, NC 2015
“Iconic Muses", The Evening Muse, 3227 North Davidson St, Charlotte, NC (ongoing)
2011 Queen City Gallery, Charlotte, NC 2011Group Exhibitions/Exhibitor
2019
LA the other Art Fair, exhibitor, Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA September 2019
Kaaboo, Music and Art Festival, exhibitor, Del Mar, CA, September 2019
Art Pop Charlotte Artist-ongoing outdoor gallery throughout the City of Charlotte 2019
2018
Kaaboo, Music and Art Festival, exhibitor, Del Mar, CA, September 2018
Beverly Hills Art Show, exhibitor, Beverly Hills, CA, Spring 2018
“Recycle,” Brooklyn Waterfront Arts Coalition, Juror: John Cloud Kaiser, 481 Van Brunt., St., Red Hook, Brooklyn NY May 2018
2017
“Free For All,” Hart Witzen Gallery, 136 E. 36th St, Charlotte, NC 28205
"Dada Soiree: An Absurd Art Show, " C3Lab, Charlotte, NC 20172015"Deja Vu Part 2," Art Institute of Charlotte, Guinan Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2015
"Fall into Art," Charlotte Art League, Group Show, Juror: Edward J. Burnham Jr, Charlotte, NC
"Free For All," Hart Witzen Gallery, Group Show, Charlotte, NC 2015
"Kulture Klash 8," Meminger Auditorium, Group Show, Charleston, SC 2015
"Showdown," Hart Witzen Gallery, Group Show, Charlotte, NC 2015
"Art in the Village," Ballantyne Village, Pop up Gallery, Charlotte, NC 20152014"Art in the Village," Ballantyne Village, Pop up Gallery, Charlotte, NC 2014
" Free For All", Hart Witzen Gallery, group show, Charlotte, NC 2014
"Layers", Kavanagh Gallery, Fine Lines Creative Art Center, jurors: Joe Eddy Brown and Charles Heinrich, National Juried Show, 37W570 Bolcum Rd, St Charles, IL 2014
"Revolve", Mid Century Salvage, 3530 Dewitt Ln, Charlotte, NC 2014"rawArtist -Charlotte," Tremont Music Hall, Charlotte, NC
2014
"Artfields 2014", jurors: Andreas Beroutsos, Juan Logan, Ruba Katrib, Michael Brooks, S.Marquette Foley, South Eastern juried show, Lake City, SC 20142013Exchange Gallery, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC 2013
"Showdown," Hart Witzen Gallery, group show, Charlotte, NC 2013
"Tossed & Found," Charlotte ARTery, juried show, 1515 South Mint Street, Charlotte, NC 2013Mac Worthington Gallery, Columbus, OH
2013
"Modern Poverty: An Introspective", Watkins Gallery, Queens College, Charlotte, NC 2013
"Contemporary South", juror: Noelle Rice, Assistant Curator, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC2012"N.E.W." Visual Art Exchange, juror: Seth Thompson, Curatorial Assistant of Modern and Contemporary Art, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, G.A. 2012
“Paperworks 2012, b.j.spoke gallery, juror: Laura Phipps, Assistant Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, NY 2012
“Showdown”, Hart Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2012
“Unfettered”, Virtual Art Exchange, jury prize; juror: Paul Bright, Assistant Director and Curator, Hanes Art Gallery, Wake Forest University, Raleigh, NC 2012
2011
"The Power of Energy," Siemens Energy, Inc., jury prize; juror: Jane Allen Nodine, Professor of Art and Director of the Curtis R Hurley Art Gallery, University of South Carolina Upstate, Charlotte Art League, Charlotte, NC 2011
“Co-Evolution”, Dual show, The Art Station, Gastonia, NC 2011“Black and White”, BWAC, juried show; jurors: Fritz Weiss and Scott Hemstrand, Brooklyn, New York 2011
“Showdown”, Hart Witzen Gallery, Charlotte, NC 2011
MC Art Gallery, juried group show, Honorable Mention; juror: Moises Camacho, Santa Ana, CA 2011 2010“Juxtaposition: A Collaboration between Poet and Artist”, Walk Gallery, juried show; Charleston, SC 2010
“Abstract Juried Exhibition”, Honorable Mention, 2010 2009 “Abstract Exposure”, Honorable Mention, 2009 BTG represented Artist, Charleston, SC
2007
South Carolina State Fair Juried Show, Abstract, Columbia, SC 2007
Publications
www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mckibbon-hospitality-celebrates-the-opening-of-its-ac-hotel-and-residence-inn-charlotte-city-center-300705093.html
Charlotte Home & Garden, “Designer Beth Keim’s Black and White Bliss,” January 2016
Charlotte Business Journal: Book of List 2015
Borgen Magazine: Humanity, Politics and You, Nov. 3, 2013
VL, Visual Language of Contemporary Art, Vo.2 #9, 2013
Creative Quarterly Journal, Vol.29, Winter Edition, 2013
Creative Quarterly Journal, Vol.28, Fall Edition, 2012
Corporate Collection: Commissions
AC Hotel by Marriott, Uptown, Epicenter, Charlotte NC
The Underground, NC Music Factory, Live Nation, Charlotte NC
Cadence Music Factory, Woodfield Development, Charlotte NC
Cons Properties, Montreal, Canada
Artist Bio
Lori Love AKA Irol Mixed Media Artist
Prior to moving to Charlotte, NC from Charleston, SC in 2010, Lori was primarily an abstract painter working in oils and acrylics. The move to Charlotte proved to be a pivotal turning point in her journey as an artist as the move opened a door to experimentation and artistic freedom. It provided a “safe” space for experimentation and a fertile environment for pushing the traditional boundaries of acceptable artistic mediums.
Her work with vinyl, while somewhat happenstance, in hindsight, was not that unpredictable as her natural curiosity had already begun to percolate with the use of gunpowder as an artistic medium and combustion as a process. The idea of deconstructing material by changing its property and or the way in which the material was originally intended, was a “welcomed challenge. “ “For me, vinyl and the process and engineering of vinyl to a new artistic platform, suited my artistic temperament.”
As an avid music lover covering many different genres and a lover of the analog sound, she was intrigued as to what else this “archaic” artistic medium could be useful for once it was no longer viable for its original intent. “My goal was to return the material to its original glory in the form of iconic portraits of music icons and other artist vital to popular culture.”
Most recently, Lori has also begun incorporating CD’s, DVD’s and VHS tape, more recent causalities of the techno age, into her portraits. These materials bring a new level of texture, color and light to these larger than life figures of the past and present.
In the age of mass production and an ever increasing awareness of the by products of this mass consumption, Lori’s art gives these "by products" of a bygone era another life in a unique visual form.
Lori is a national and international exhibiting artist who’s portraits can be found in both private and corporate collections stateside and abroad. Recent corporate patrons include Live Nation, Mckibbon Hospitality and Woodfield Development.
Prior to moving to Charlotte, NC from Charleston, SC in 2010, Lori was primarily an abstract painter working in oils and acrylics. The move to Charlotte proved to be a pivotal turning point in her journey as an artist as the move opened a door to experimentation and artistic freedom. It provided a “safe” space for experimentation and a fertile environment for pushing the traditional boundaries of acceptable artistic mediums.
Her work with vinyl, while somewhat happenstance, in hindsight, was not that unpredictable as her natural curiosity had already begun to percolate with the use of gunpowder as an artistic medium and combustion as a process. The idea of deconstructing material by changing its property and or the way in which the material was originally intended, was a “welcomed challenge. “ “For me, vinyl and the process and engineering of vinyl to a new artistic platform, suited my artistic temperament.”
As an avid music lover covering many different genres and a lover of the analog sound, she was intrigued as to what else this “archaic” artistic medium could be useful for once it was no longer viable for its original intent. “My goal was to return the material to its original glory in the form of iconic portraits of music icons and other artist vital to popular culture.”
Most recently, Lori has also begun incorporating CD’s, DVD’s and VHS tape, more recent causalities of the techno age, into her portraits. These materials bring a new level of texture, color and light to these larger than life figures of the past and present.
In the age of mass production and an ever increasing awareness of the by products of this mass consumption, Lori’s art gives these "by products" of a bygone era another life in a unique visual form.
Lori is a national and international exhibiting artist who’s portraits can be found in both private and corporate collections stateside and abroad. Recent corporate patrons include Live Nation, Mckibbon Hospitality and Woodfield Development.
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"The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the mind."
- Marina Abramovic 
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