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 Born in Los Angeles, Lanski grew up in Pasadena and studied art from an early age. She received her degree from Yale, attended the Yale Summer School of Music and Art, and was a resident at the Vermont Studio Center. She is currently a graduate student in Otis’ fine arts program.
Lanski’s work examines the ways in which people experience their environment. Los Angeles has provided a rich subject for her investigations into the complex social, political and cultural issues of a major urban center.
Honors and Awards
Gail and Stuart Buchalter Scholarship, 2005
Ahmanson Graduate Foundation Scholarship, 2004
Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, 1999
Vermont Studio Center Artist’s Residency Grant, 1998
California Arts Scholar, 1996, 1995
Solo and Group Exhibitions
Incognito, (upcoming) The Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica CA, 2005
An Affair of the Art 2005, The Home of Martin and Leah Sklar, Los Angeles CA, 2005
Mid-Residency Exhibition, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles CA, 2005
Visual Scholars, SAC Arts at the Santora Building, Santa Ana CA, 2005
Incognito, The Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica CA, 2004
An Affair of the Art 2004, The Home of Martin and Leah Sklar, Los Angeles CA, 2004
Still Lives, (solo exhibition) The Farley Building, Los Angeles CA, 2004
Make Art Not War 2004, American Friends Service Committee Gallery, Pasadena CA, 2004
An Affair of the Art 2003, The Home of Martin and Leah Sklar, Los Angeles CA, 2003
Drawing a Tradition: The Ryman Program Past and Present, Carrier Center, Los Angeles CA, 2003
Make Art Not War, American Friends Service Committee Gallery, Pasadena CA, 2003
Landscape and Sculpture Exhibition, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles CA, 2002
Art for Dessert, (two person show) The Webb Schools, Claremont CA, 2002
Post Ryman: “10”, Gallery 835, Los Angeles CA, 2001
30 Years: Women Artists at Yale, Jonathan Edwards College, Yale University, New Haven CT, 2000
Senior Thesis Show, Yale School of Art, New Haven CT, 2000
Yale at Norfolk, Yale School of Art, New Haven CT, 1999
People, Places and Things, Watts Towers Art Center, Los Angeles CA; Traveling, 1998-2000
Summer Work, Yale School of Art, New Haven CT, 1998
I am interested in examining and changing the ways in which people experience their environment, what they really notice and see in their surroundings, and what they ignore or simply assume is there or not there. I am also interested in how we, as humans, first shape our world into these particular environments and then interact with and interpret our creations. While an initial impression of Los Angeles, for instance, might consist of traffic, smog, palm trees, superficiality, and a strong mass media presence, an extended investigation into the city will reveal different neighborhoods with widely varying demographics, and at least as many complex social, political, and cultural issues as any other major metropolis. Because geographically Los Angeles is, admittedly, a sprawl, its inhabitants and visitors usually do not get a full sense of the complexity of the city, much less the county, as a whole. If one attempts to achieve this comprehensive awareness, one may well miss the opportunity to understand and appreciate the small details that together create this larger environment. I seek to incorporate different dimensions of the environment and different types of information in my work, in order to present a complex and thought-provoking interpretation of the environment and to raise questions about the “truth” of a place and other people’s experiences of their environments.
In France, one of the more noticeable aspects of the environment was the coexistence of the old and the new, specifically in terms of the architecture. The artwork I produced in the Alsace region of France reflects this observation. The drawings each juxtapose two structures both currently existing in the given town or city, and both serving a similar function at the time they were built. Eguisheim is a walled town that was often besieged. It thus has a house for carrier pigeons, which, when under siege, were the town’s only way of communicating with the outside world. This structure is juxtaposed with the contemporary post office, serving a similar function today. In Strasbourg, the Palais de Justice is the historical structure, and the Palais des Droits de l’Homme the contemporary one, each, in their own era, serving the function of the house of justice.
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Eguisheim
On White
Strasbourg
On White
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