Botanicals in Blue

A SOLO EXHIBITION BY lauren Fiasconaro

Exhibition Runs: July 29 - October 21
Opening + Artist Talk: Saturday, August 1 from 2:30 - 3:30pm at Atria Center City

About the exhibition:

“I first remember collecting wildflowers on a family trip out west in the early 2000s. I pressed them in my notebook and recorded the places they came from. Objects became memories from a specific time and place. 

I can’t seem to stop collecting plants and recording places. It occurred to me that nature has inherent value. Weeds, grass, leaves, wildflowers. I expose them to sunlight and iron salts and wash them in water. Now I have the impression of the plant, an echo, a ghost. These are botanicals in blue.”

ABOUT THE Artist:

Lauren Fiasconaro (b. 1992, Ellicott City, MD) is a visual artist working primarily in experimental and alternative photographic processes. She often creates work on her rooftop in Philadelphia, PA using plant matter and negatives. Her home studio is powered by a mix of solar, wind and low impact hydro energy. Lauren graduated from Pratt Institute with a BFA in Photography and minors in Sustainable Studies and Art History, and has since exhibited domestically as well as online. In 2022, she left her seven year career as a project manager to pursue her artistic practice. Lauren’s work spans unique individual pieces as well as editioned prints and is held in multiple private collections in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Colorado.