Siems derives imagery from her own body and experiences as a point of departure for a way to visually understand a woman’s view and interaction with the world around her. She expresses non-traditional beauty by playing on nostalgia for traditional beauty and certain ideals of feminine behavior, while urging girls to grow to be strong independent women with a sense of reflection, a respect for our female predecessors, and a mind for changing the future.
Loren Siems is an American Artist, who has continuously exhibited for over ten years. She has shown globally at Envoy Enterprises in New York, NY, Antenna Gallery in New Orleans, LA, and the Siena Arts Institute in Italy, among others. Siems was included in the first edition of Starry Nights Program, Artist’s to Look Out For, and is listed in the Rutgers University, Institute for Women in Art, Momentum Directory.
She has worked as an artist assistant for professional artist Jacob Hashimoto. Siems was awarded Artist in Residence 2018 at Takt Kunstprojektaum in Berlin, Germany.
Siems is a Louisiana, USA native, who after almost a decade living in New York City moved her artistic practice to Berlin, Germany. Siems graduated with her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Painting from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette 2005, and received her Masters of Fine Arts in Sculpture from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth 2008. She also studied drawing at the University of Sussex in England, Summer Siems focuses on developing and growing as a professional artist.
SWADDLE/BOUND; 38” X 23” X 23”; HIGH CHAIR, BEDSHEETS, BEADS, PAPER COMPOUND, RIBBON; SCULPTURE
All images © Loren Siems
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