Lauren Lavitt is a multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles. She earned her BFA from Otis College of Art and Design and her MFA fromUCLA . A recipient of the Abbey Award, Lavitt completed a nine-month residency at the British School at Rome. In addition to her studio practice, she teaches Studio Art at Norco College.
Artist Statement
My work is grounded in daily observation and the act of making. I move fluidly between ceramics, painting, video, drawing, and photography to create a space where the domestic meets the uncanny, and the everyday slips into the surreal. I'm driven by personal history, emotional memory, experimentation, and expressionism. At the heart of my practice is an emotional core that traces back to my childhood in my family's flower shop. I grew up surrounded by cut stems, wet foam bricks, and scattered petals-immersed in life's big moments: births, weddings, losses, celebrations. I saw how flowers could say something words couldn't. That deep, sensory connection between material and emotion continues to guide my work, which aims to hold quiet power and invite reflection.