ARTIST STATEMENT
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Artist Statement -



Primarily, my inspiration is derivitive of the New York School art movement genre of abstract expressionism. Additionally, I incorporate expressionist painting influences, derived from the CoBrA art, German Expressionism, in creating my personal brand, of representational, expressionist painting.

Taking formal techniques from the CoBrA and New York School art movement, I blend subliminal nuances emanating from sources of inspiration, that are as diverse as Japanese calligraphy to the tribal art, of the Dogon.

Utilizing a layering of abstract expressionist painting applications, I reference the oevres of expressionist artists that includes: Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, Willem deKooning, Hans Hofmann, Robert Motherwell, and lesser known, abstract expressionism art movement painters.

Representational techniques have been strongly influenced by the bold, vibrant, and colorful expressionist painting genre of significant CoBrA art movement icons, including: Cornielle, Karel Appel, Rooskens, Eugene Brands, Lucebert and Asger Jorn.I prefer to work in mixed media, incorporating gesso, tempera, acrylic, enamel and oil on canvas.

My goal is to create individual series, dominated by influences from a combination of artists, overlaid with my personal interpretation or social commentary on events that effect us all.

Artist Exhibitions



GREY AREA
130 NW 24th Street
Wynwood Art District
Miami FL
Art Basel 2011 Satellite
Group Show
December 1 - December 5, 2011


MIAMI MUSEUM OF ART
BLACK ART IN AMERICA COMPENDIUM 2010
Forum Panelist
December 1, 2010
Miami, Florida


FORT LAUDERDALE MUSEUM OF ART
July 15, 2009
VISUAL PERFORMANCE WITH
WORLD CLASS ORCHESTRA And IMPACT ARTISTS
Fort Lauderdale, FL

FORT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
CHARITY GALA SILENT AUCTION
2008, 2010
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

ESTENSE CASTLE MUSEUM
Ferrara, Italy
TREVISAN INTERNATIONAL ARTE
Paula Trevisan, Curator
Upcoming Exhibition 2011

AGORA GALLERY
Chelsea
New York City, NY
"The Revelry of Energy"
Collaborative Exhibhition
January 6-27, 2009
Agora-Gallery.com
Art-Mine.com

MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAS
Group Show,
Miami, FL
August 15-30, 2008

ST'ART
Group Show
Strassbourg, France
November 24-26, 2008

ART-EVENT,
Antwerp, Belgium
November 28-30, 2008
Group Show


LINE ART
Group Show,
Gent, Belgium
December 5-9, 2008


ACT MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
Neustiftgasse 123,
Vienna, Austria,
Group Exhibition


TARPON RIVER ART CENTRE
INSIDE TRAC ART GALLERY
614 SW Flagler Ave.,
Ft Lauderdale, Florida
Solo Exhibition
March 2008
Group Show November-December 2008

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY,
Miami, FL
The Masters Mystery Art Show,
Off/Art Basel Group Show,
December 6-11, 2007

ARTISTS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS,
International Fine Arts Juried Show,
Sponsered by Anne Archer, Academy Award Actress Nominee
JAMES GRAY GALLERY,
Bergamot Station,
Santa Monica, CA
November 14-25, 2007

2007 ART FOR A CAUSE GALLERY,
Off/ Art Basel Juried Group Show,
Sals's Abatement-Wynwood Art District,
Miami, FL
December 6-10, 2007


MIDATLANTIC ART CONSORTIUM
The Barone Gallery
Perkasie, PA
Charity Benefit For
The Susan Korman Breast Cancer Fund
October 10-November 3, 2007
Juried Group Show

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Artist Publications



REVIEWS:


ARTisSPECTRUM, The Chelsea Perspective, Vol.20 November 2008

Bold gesture, powerful color, and sweeping movement characterize the dynamic abstract expressionist paintings of Laurie Vaughn. By synthesizing a broad range of global influences from the American Abstract Expressionist Action Painters, to the CoBrA Art Movement, Zen Calligraphy, and 19th century African textiles, Vaughn creates her own distinct aesthetic of Afro Expressionism, which reflects not only her cultural heritage and personal history, but her comprehensive art historical understanding and education. Her strong, gestural brushstrokes and aggressive color pallet evidence the influence of Robert Motherwell and Willem de Kooning

While Vaughn first captures the viewer’s attention with the sheer magnetic force of her imagery, her thematic content, thoroughly rooted in the pertinent issues facing contemporary society, makes her work intriguing and thought provoking.

ARTisSpectrum.com


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Originally from New York City, Laurie Vaughn travels extensively and lived throughout the United States and in Ghana. Her international experiences continually shape her acclaimed works of art, which are exhibited around the world



A great hole in the experience we call art fills up with the work of Laurie Vaughn. In all times and along with all ages, artists disappear (sometimes by their hand, sometimes through accident) as they just approach the top of their powers, right as they can see a light break across the hard-edged crest. I can think of their names as I'm sure can you.
Their power, their energy to create that which comes at us in a startled flash, has been caught by this one Laurie Vaughn. Her color and texture form a planed mystery released only by her will to create. Step with us into what surely once could have been......and now has become the art of Laurie Vaughn.

-OUTSIDERART.COM, December 2007...

Artist Collections



Suzanne Hock, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Charlene Taber, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Sal Bakar, Miami, Florida, USA
Decades, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Derrick W. Smith, A+S Architects, Planners, P.A., Miami
Rowan University, New Jersey, USA
ACT Museum of Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria
Barbara Capitsman, Miami, Florida, USA
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, USA
Mr. and Mrs. Andreas Rovatti, Venice, Italy
Grant Genova Architects, P.A., Miami, FL USA
Hollis Karman Architecture, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
Peter Keil, Berlin, Germany
Kapil Sethi, Forest Hills, New York, USA
Steven Sheppard, Naples, Florida USA
Guy Meulemans, Ganshoren, Belgium
Maria Butcher, New York, New York, USA
Mehul Gandhi, Forest Hills, New York, USA
Dr. H. James Brown, Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA
Orrin Benn, President CAMSC, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Eric Bedelian, Cuges Les Pins Bouches Du Rhone, France
Kim Anderson, McLean, Virginia, USA
Yuri Dikshtein, Haifa, Israel
M. Rohde, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA
Marc Latrique, Jackson Heights, New York, USA
Patricia Jensen, London, UK
Dr. Alexander Shikhman, Escondido, California, USA
Etienne Rain, Paris, France
Guadalupe Gutierrez, Col. La Paz, Puebla, Mexico
Therese Kleinkauf, Schnectady, New York, USA
Bill Wisener, Dallas, Texas, USA
Steve Bass, Phoenix, Arizona
Benoit Charraudeau, Buxerolles, France
Amir Pilch, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Annick Richardson, Dayton, Ohio, USA
Jan Trypaluk, Saratoga Springs, New York, USA
Philip Bongiorno, Hamilton, Massachusetts, USA
Michael Fiess, Konstanz, Germany
Joachim Delazer, Blozano, Italy
Rainer-Maria Weiss, Hamburg, Germany
Jean-Michel Pouliquen, Morlaix, Bretagne, France
Bernard Kirsner, Parkland, Florida, USA
Steve Sladek, Krafft, France
Warren Kelly, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Alain Regad, Nancy, Lorraine, France
Maria Ramos Almeida, Lisbon, Portugal
Scott Dundee, Glendale, California, USA
Steven Watson, Denver, Colorado, USA
Raffaele Baldon, Madrid, Spain
Thierry Mace, Change, Mayenne, France
Mindy Hirsch, Tucson, Arizona, USA
Nick Thoburn, London, UK
Lee Coppack, London, UK
Paul Moat, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, UK
Robert Morcomb, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Willem Visscheddijk, Delden, Netherlands
L.J. Corneck, New York, New York, USA
Maureen Sloan, Nashua, New Hampshire, USA
T. Burns, Santa Barbara, California, USA
J. Van der Woude, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Tara Saul, Loveland, Colorado, USA
A. Ohanessian, Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Ram Raviv, Forest Hills, New York, USA
Peter Marber, New York, New York, USA
Erik Weinrecih, Kalundborg, Denmark
Miriam Jasper, Herzogenrath, Germany
Reona Sato, Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan
David Rosenstein, Southport, Connecticut, USA
Edan Mordechai, Haifa, Israel
Angelo Rispoli, Caserta, Italy
Dr. Sylvain Loric, Creteil, France
David Zachman, Kailua Kona, Hawaii, USA
Maurice Pace, Chignin Rhone-Alpes, France
Mauro Peruzzo, Vicenza, Italy
Jacqueline Riccio Riccio, Sarasota, Flordia, USA
Avner Stepak, Tel Aviv, Israel






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Artist Favorites