Lori Glavin is an abstract painter, printmaker and collage artist who has been involved in the visual arts for over 35 years. Originally from Rochester, NY, Lori earned her BFA from Syracuse University’s School of Visual and Performing Arts. She worked in New York City for over a decade as a graphic designer and art director. For the past 20+ years Lori has focused on her fine art practice. In 2007, she co-founded Wilson Avenue Loft Artists, a community of artist studios in Norwalk, CT. In 2015 and 2018, Lori received a fellowship grant to attend the Vermont Studio Center Residency Program in Johnson, VT. She has exhibited her work in over 100 group and solo shows nationwide. “My work is inspired by the visual clatter of the mundane places I know best, the domestic environment, or the tilted landscape of my weekend garden. In my home, possessions are stacked and scattered, organized and misplaced, remembered and forgotten. This dichotomy informs and inspires my studio practice. I make piles to gain control and find order in a world of excess data, information and consumer goods. In my work I combine, collect and sort – layering small bits to make an arrangement of color and shape that becomes a monument to the minutiae of my daily life.” - Lori Glavin
b. Buffalo, New York, 1958
EDUCATION
BFA School of Visual and Performing Arts, Syracuse University
Private Studies with Constance Kiermaier, Patricia Miranda, Robert Reed
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020
“Pink Window,” The George Gallery, Charleston, SC
2023
“Rotate”, the George Gallery, Charlotte, NC
“Pink Window,” The George Gallery, Charleston, SC
2019
“Formal Play,” The Drawing Room, Cos Cob, CT
2017
"New Between," The George Gallery, Charleston, SC
"Interplay," with Karen Dow, New Canaan Library, New Canaan, CT
"Interplay," with Karen Dow, New Canaan Library, New Canaan, CT
2016
"Alterations," The Drawing Room, Cos Cob, CT
2011
"Line by Line," Silvermine Guild Art Center, New Canaan, CT
Mill Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
UCONN Stamford Art Gallery, Two Person Show with Sam Wiener
2010
"Abandoned Beauty," Art Place Gallery, Fairfield, CT
2008
Cooper Jackson Gallery, Portland, ME
"Balance," Two Person Show with Karen Ford, 22 Haviland Street Gallery, Norwalk, CT
2007
The Darien Library, Darien, CT
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
2024
Color Theory, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL (with Stephanie Henderson and Maura Segal)
2023
Blue Print Gallery, Dallas, TX
Creative Crush - Online Feature, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Color - Warm Springs Gallery, Warm Springs, VA
2022
Fresh, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Post It, World Collage Day, De Krook, Ghent, Belgium
Blue Print Gallery, Dallas, TX
Shift, Dimmitt Contemporary Art, Houston, TX
Making Their Mark, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL
Chroma, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
Group Invitational, Catskill Art Society, The Laundry King, Livingston Manor, NY
Blue Print Gallery, Dallas, TX
2019
Time and Place: Works on Paper, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Among Friends, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center, NYC
Pattern Play, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
FiberArts: Textile Artists on The Cutting Edge, Rye Arts Center, Rye, NY. Curated by Jill Parry
Kaleidoscope, UB Schelfhaudt Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
Blueprint Gallery, Dallas, TX
Down To Earth, Spotte Art, New York, NY
Time and Place: Works on Paper, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT
Among Friends, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural & Educational Center, NYC
Pattern Play, Anne Irwin Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
FiberArts: Textile Artists on The Cutting Edge, Rye Arts Center, Rye, NY. Curated by Jill Parry
Kaleidoscope, UB Schelfhaudt Gallery, Bridgeport, CT
Blueprint Gallery, Dallas, TX
Down To Earth, Spotte Art, New York, NY
Space. Travel. Landscape Reconsidered Curated by Debbie Hesse, Whitney Center, Hamden, CT
2018
"Emergence," Dimmitt Contemporary Art, Houston, TX
Silvermine Gallery, curated by Susan Ely, New Canaan, CT
"OnEdge," curated by Susan Post, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Blueprint Gallery, Dallas, TX
"Small Works," The George Gallery, Charleston, SC
2018
"Emergence," Dimmitt Contemporary Art, Houston, TX
Silvermine Gallery, curated by Susan Ely, New Canaan, CT
"OnEdge," curated by Susan Post, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Blueprint Gallery, Dallas, TX
"Small Works," The George Gallery, Charleston, SC
2017
"Woman’s Work," Western Connecticut State University
Blueprint, Group Show, Dallas, TX
Small Works, Big Impressions, The George Gallery, Charleston, SC
Unbound, curated by Nancy Moore, CT Surface Design Association, River Street Gallery, New Haven, CT
Faber Birren National Color Award Show, Stamford, CT
Come to Bovina, Open Barn and Studio Day, Bovina Center, NY
Unbound, curated by Nancy Moore, CT Surface Design Association, River Street Gallery, New Haven, CT
Faber Birren National Color Award Show, Stamford, CT
Come to Bovina, Open Barn and Studio Day, Bovina Center, NY
2016
"Small Works," The George Gallery, Charleston, SC
"Artists in Dialogue," Miranda Arts Project Space, Portchester, NY
"Come to Bovina," Open Barn and Studio Day, Bovina Center, NY
"Summer Exhibition", SpotteArt.com, New York, NY
"Mixmaster," curated by Elizabeth Denny, Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
Blueprint, Group Show, Dallas, TX
"By A Thread, The Fine Art of Fiber," curated by Nancy Moore, Ridgefield Guild of Art, Ridgefield, CT
2015
"Open Call (North-Northeast)," curated by Richard Klein, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT
"Big Impressions, Large Format Printmaking," curated by Jane Rainwater,
The Dehn Gallery, Manchester, CT
Blueprint, Group Show, Dallas, TX
"Mark on the Wall," Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
"On The Fringe," Explorations in Fiber, Bruce S Kerschner Gallery, Fairfield
Public Library, Fairfield, CT
"Nestings," 22 Haviland Street Gallery, Norwalk, CT
2014
"Fluent - The Language of Paint," The Drawing Room Gallery, Cos Cob, CT
"Art of the Northeast," Silvermine Art Gallery, New Canaan, CT, juried by Andrew Russert
"Dialogue of Color," The Drawing Room Gallery, Cos Cob, CT
"We Love Art," Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, NY
"Re-Imagined," Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT
Blueprint, Dallas, TX
2013
"In the Layers," juried by Suzanne Julig, Silvermine Art Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Blueprint, Dallas, TX
Avran Art + Design, Laguna Beach, CA
2012
"Boundless," Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT, juried by Ann Coffin
Blueprint, Dallas, TX
Featured Artist, CCNS Art Show, Rowayton, CT
2011
"Somewhat Off the Wall," O’Donnell Company, New Haven, CT
GE Corporate Headquarters, Fairfield, CT
"Dialogues in Color," Kershner Gallery, Fairfield, CT, Juried by Adrienne Ruger Conzelman
2010
"FreshPics," Contemporary Art in CT, curator Camilla Cook, Ridgefield, CT
"Transformations: 21 Artists Works on Paper," The Norwalk Museum, Norwalk, CT
"Artist as Curator," Kehler Liddell Gallery, New Haven, CT
2009
"Textures: Artists as Alchemists," curator Lynn Dunham, Surface Library Gallery, E. Hampton, NY
"Lush," juror Robbin Zella, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Bridgeport, CT
"Spectrum," juror Barbara Grossman, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
"Making Connections," Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
2008
Breakdown Lane Gallery, Hyannis, MA
Central Gallery, Old Saybrook, CT
"Art of the Northeast," juror Thom Collins, Silvermine Art Gallery, New Canaan, CT
"Spectrum 2008," juror James Grashow, Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
"The Shape of Time / The Nature of Change," The Carriage Barn, New Canaan, CT
"Point of View," Higgins Art Gallery, Cape Cod Community College, West Barnstable, MA
Featured Artist at Thomas Moser, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
Vertrue Corporate Headquarters, Norwalk, CT
Cooper Jackson Gallery, Portland, ME
New Members Show, Silvermine Guild Art Center, New Canaan, CT
2006
New Members Show, Art/Place, Southport, CT
57th Annual Art of the Northeast, juror Ben Barzune, Silvermine Guild Arts Center,
New Canaan, CT
The-Clown, Portland, ME
AWARDS
Artist Fellowship Recipient, Vermont Studio Center, October 2018
Third Place, Faber Birren National Color Award Show, 2017, Stamford, CT
Artist Fellowship Recipient, Vermont Studio Center, February 2015
Best of Show, Darien Art Show, June 2013, juror Joe Fucigna
William Arthur Grupe Award, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT, June 2005
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2018
Parallel Practices, co-curated with Patricia Spergel, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury CT (catalog)
Parallel Practices, co-curated with Patricia Spergel, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury CT (catalog)
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
UVA Orthopedic Center, Charlottesville, VA
Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, GA
White Plains Hospital, White Plains, NY
Axis Global Accident and Health Insurance Co, Princeton, NJBaywater Properties, Darien, CT
Central National Gottesman, Inc., NY
Grant & Eisenhofer P.P., Wilmington, DE
Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan LLP, New York, NY and Valhalla, NY
OSV Currency Advisors, Inc., Darien, CT
Unilever US, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
SELECTED REVIEWS/PUBLICATIONS
Featured artist, The Gathered Gallery Blog, October 4, 2017
Phillips, Holly, Artist Spotlight Series
Abby Luby, Collages incorporate personal memorabilia, Stamford Advocate, March, 11, 2011.
Jennifer Hassell. "The gorgeous art of Lori Glavin", Orange and Pear, March 31, 2011
Jennifer,Landes. "Artists as Alchemists",The East Hampton Star. July 20, 2009.
Kaleidoscope: Variance in Views...Empowering You Works Depicting Multiple Perspectives of Life by Women Artists
Still Point Arts Quarterly, Fall 2011 Issue
Fresh Pics, Catalogue, January 2010