Emily Lazerwitz
Emily Lazerwitz is an artist and mathematician born in 1991 in Washington D.C. (USA). She studied at Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London and Columbia University, New York.
For Lazerwitz a myth is defined as a complex widely believed story that is inherently false yet explains phenomena that are inexplicable in nature. Her work tries to untangle this paradox by looking into structures that use a mythological system of logic to function. She takes complex qualitative and quantitative data from these systems and transforms it into simple infographic textile forms. She also explores the relationship between belief and truth.
Awards
Julia Wood Memorial Prize, Slade School of Fine Art, 2016
2nd Prize at 25th International Juried Exhibition (awarded by Katherine Brinson, curator of the Guggenheim Museum), Viridian Artists, 2014
Promising Artist Award, Rhode Island School of Design, 2010
Honorable Mention in Congressional Art Competition, Washington, DC, 2009
Certificate of Merit, Society of Arts and Letters for Art, 2009
Shaped Clay, Syracuse University, 2008
Exhibitions
2024
Fresh Salad x KOPPEL Collective, London | In The Corner Of My Eye
Open 205, London | Open: Wide 1
2023
London Design Festival, London | On Purple: The Purpose of Hue
The Koppel Project Mayfair, London | Turboflair
2022
Christie’s, London | Un/sense - Next at Christie’s
Kingshill House, Dursley | Mind - be here present, be here now
2021
Drawing Lab, Paris | DRAWING POWER - Children of the Compost
Frac Picardie, Amiens | DRAWING POWER - Children of the Compost
Copeland Gallery, London | Every Woman Biennial
2020
The Koppel Project Exchange, London| The Koppel Project Showcase
Copeland Park and Bussey Building, London | Back Room Open Call (Solo Exhibition)
Art Number 23, Athens | Athens Open Call
2019
Dentons, London | Dentons Art Prize 8.0
2018
White Crypt, London | To the core
Royal Academy of Arts, London | Summer Exhibition 2018
Fora, London | Unframe Showcase
2017
Cheers'Apero, London | Tapestries (Solo Exhibition)
The Museum of Sheffield, Sheffield | The 4th John Ruskin Prize
2016
Slade School of Fine Art, London | Postgraduate Degree Show
Ceres Gallery, New York | 12th National Juried Exhibition
Chelsea Waterside Art Space, London | Future Relics
Science Museum, London | Greater Together
2015
Mall Galleries, London | Passion for Freedom Festival
Schwartz Gallery, London| The Red Files
W3 Gallery, London | The Story So Far
Jewish Museum London, London | Journeys
Bank Space Gallery, London | Protecht
2014
Christie’s, London | Multiplied Print Fair
Gallery Dust, New York | Silence?
333 Park South, New York | Tapestries (Solo Exhibition)
Tate Britain, London| BP Spotlight: Source - Order and Compulsion
Viridian Artists, New York | 25th International Juried Exhibition
The Nolitan Hotel, New York | art:i:curate - Curated by NoLita
Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn | Small Works Salon Show
Tate Britain, London | BP Spotlight: Source - Pattern, Graphics, and Print
Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn | May 16th Special Guest Juror Salon Show
Hackney Peddler, London | A-side B-side Showcase
A-side B-side Gallery, London | Speculative Future
2013 - 2008
Goldsmiths, London | Fall and Summer Open Studios
Brooklyn Museum, New York| Open Studios
Trestle Gallery, New York | Summer Members Salon, Small Works
Ceres Gallery New York | Rejoice!
Postcrypt Gallery, New York | Flashback, Labyrinths, Art as Protest, Bodies of Sound, Mind the Gap, ART/WORK, Hyperbolic Paraboloids
Smithsonian, Washington, DC | Congressional Art Competition,
Syracuse University, Syracuse | Shaped Clay