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Lara Orman’s art practice explores solitary experiences into metaphysical, paradoxical dimensions and otherworldly places. Through Printmaking, surreal and automatic drawing and painting her art is deeply inspired by her innate nature; drawn to the patterns of flow that make up the world and what lies beyond the material surface. Orman views her practice as though it is a gradient, fading through the shadows, cycles and spirals, unfolding gradually before the light. Her art draws influence from Eastern and western philosophies, esoteric literature, Cosmic Horror fiction and the many sub-genres of Metal music and record cover art, Speculative realism, Mythology and the artwork of the Romantics. Orman’s artwork evokes the weird and the uncanny, stretching far beyond the quiet woodland valley where she resides, into a deep world of mystery that is forever gazing into the abyss and beyond. The artwork draws from her subconscious environment, incorporating a Mercurial Darkness descending from years of internal isolation exploring her disconnection from her inborn nature, imbodying a need for a deeper understanding of the world and our existence as a whole.
Future Exhibitions
OCTOBER 2020 - Arusha Gallery Solo Show - Edinburgh
Group Exhibitions
2020- Exercise Three - Arusha Online Gallery ( https://www.arushagallery.com/news/56/ ) until 30/06/20
2020- Satellite - Alma College- Michigan -USA
2020- Circle - Printmaking Gallery - DJCAD - Dundee
2019- MFA AH- Descend beneath the Surface - Cooper Gallery - Dundee
2019- New Contemporaries- Forgotten Lands - Royal Scottish Academy - Edinburgh
2018- Degree Show - Mysteries of the Beyond - DJCAD - Dundee
2018- Print Exchange between DJCAD and NSCAD - Reception Gallery, DJCAD - Dundee
2017- Shelter Stone – The Artist and The Mountain, Multiple locations - Scotland
2017- Resources - Anna Leonowens Gallery - Halifax, Nova Scotia - Canada
2017- Virtual Landscapes- VRC space- Dundee Contemporary Arts - Dundee
2017- The Undiscovered Landscape - Matthew Gallery, DJCAD - Dundee
Awards
2019- Arusha Gallery Award
2018- William Sangster Philips Scholarship
2018- Making Matters Award
2018- RSA New Contemporaries selected Artist
Education
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee – Scotland
2018- 2019 - MFA Art and Humanities
2014- 2018 - BA Fine Art
