LORI LARUSSO

Lori Larusso makes paintings and installations that explore issues of class and gender and how both reflect and shape culture. She has exhibited her work widely in the US and abroad and it is included in numerous public and private collections. Lori has been awarded numerous residency fellowships including Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Sam & Adele Golden Foundation, Art + History Museums Maitland, chaNorth, and MacDowell where she received a Milton and Sally Avery Fellowship. She is a recipient of the Kentucky Arts Council’s Al Smith Fellowship, multiple grants from the Great Meadows Foundation and the Kentucky Foundation for Women. Lori is the 2019 Kentucky South Arts Fellow and is the recipient of the 2020 Fischer Prize for Visual Art. 

Lori Larusso earned an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and a BFA from the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP). She currently lives and works in Louisville, Kentucky and is represented by Mulberry & Lime in Lexington, KY and Galleri Urbane in Dallas, TX.

Press

Marin Living Magazine: Garvey|Simon: Preview of Lori Larusso’s New Exhibit

Lori Larusso: Freshly Bloomed will be on display from May 11 to June 24 at Garvey|Simon gallery in San Anselmo.

Reality Check: Shifting Perspectives featured in Art Daily
LORI LARUSSO: PRECARIOUS PANOPLY at Aronoff Center for the Arts at the Weston Art Gallery Opening reception: Friday, June 17 from 6-8pm
Garvey│Simon announces the sixth annual exhibition of work by emerging and mid-career artists Select6 in ArtDaily
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Review: Artist Lori Larusso’s ‘Rogue Intensities’ Is Food For Thought An interview on WFPL - Louisville