LARRISSA LOCKSHIN
LARISSA LOCKSKIN
STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT
20 DECEMBER 2024 — 09 FEBRUARY 2025
MAYA FRODEMAN GALLERY
STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT
Larissa Lockshin creates gestural, scintillating abstractions in vibrant, coruscating hues. Using oil and soft pastels without the assistance of brushes or utensils, she marks amorphous forms and verdant blots on pearlescent, unprimed satin. Her works evoke lush foliage, winding roads, and rapturous landscapes speckled with flora but lean into abstraction as an exploration of texture, form, and materiality. Each element of her interdisciplinary approach reveals her hand: the milky, vivid pastels, the subtle hues of hand-dyed satin, and the faux-naïf frames she meticulously carves and adorns with sculptural elements. Subsequently, Lockshin’s creations blithely inhabit a space between painting and sculpture.
Star Light, Star Bright, Lockshin’s first exhibition with Maya Frodeman Gallery, presents eight of her most recent works.
In this body of work, she focuses on the glistening fabric that serves as her base, and the effects of its contrast with her matte, saturated pastels and hand-carved wooden elements. Areas of the satin left bare by pigment become breaks of light on the surface of the works, reminiscent of the sun peeking through clouds after a storm or the glittering surface of the ocean at dusk. This interplay of material and textural tension produces compelling sculptural objects that shift and shimmer as the day unfolds and as viewers move around them.
Lockshin’s paintings are powerful in their immediacy, suggesting glimpses of passing weather systems, ethereal landscapes, and dream-like visions. Citing inspiration from Milton Avery, The Group of Seven, and Tom Thomson, she deftly navigates the line between abstraction and realism. Working
with a range of motifs and symbols that spark recognition, Lockshin embraces elemental themes and landscapes as universal languages. Yet her emphasis remains on objecthood, over image content, where one mark guides the next in an organic, intuitive process. “It is a bit like weather,” she muses.
Her practice is informed by frequent visits to museums across New York City and beyond, where she studies the warm palettes of the French Impressionists, translating and electrifying their influence in her work. While she has long used satin as her base, she recently began hand-dyeing it with custommixed colors. This technique mimics the appearance of underpainting, infusing the works with a subtle luminosity. These new works evoke the mood of a specific time of day or season, deepening their atmospheric qualities.
Each of Lockshin’s works is named after historical racehorses, drawn from the
peculiar and often poetic pairings of names that no two horses may share. She delights in the unexpected poetry of these names and compares it to the distinct imprints and gestures in her work. “With the paintings, too, it’s the same apparatus, the same material, the same motifs, but no two are ever alike,” she explains.
Born in 1992 in Toronto, Canada, Lockshin earned her BFA in Painting from Parsons School of Design. Her recent solo and duo exhibitions include Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2024); Europa, New York, NY (2023); Cob Gallery, London, UK (2023); and Pipeline Contemporary, London, UK (2023). She has also participated in group exhibitions at James Cohan Gallery, New York City (2024); 12.26 Gallery, Dallas and Los Angeles, USA (2024); Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2023); and Baronian Xippas, Brussels (2021). Lockshin lives and works in New York City.
48 1/2 x 60 1/2 inches
Untitled (Bellwether), 2024
Oil and soft pastel on dyed satin
30 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches
Untitled (Iridium), 2024
Oil and soft pastel on dyed satin
Untitled (Palace Pier), 2024
Oil and soft pastel on dyed satin
24 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches
18 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches
Untitled (Heart To Heart), 2024
Oil and soft pastel on dyed satin
22 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches
Untitled (My Happy Holiday), 2024
Oil and soft pastel on dyed satin
18 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches
Untitled (Ideal Breeze), 2024
Oil and soft pastel on dyed satin
22 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches
Untitled (Midnight Boss), 2024
Oil and soft pastel on satin with wood frame
18 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches
Untitled (Paradise Wins), 2024
Oil and soft pastel on dyed satin
LARISSA LOCKSHIN
Canadian artist, born in Toronto in 1992
Lives and works in Queens, New York EDUCATION
2014 Parsons the New School for Design, BFA
SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 “Star Light, Star Bright”, Maya Frodeman Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY
“Hook Echo”, Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
The Armory Show, Europa Gallery, New York, NY
2023 “Clear Moon, Frost Soon”, Europa, New York, NY
“Under a Lilac-bleeding Star”, Cob Gallery, London, England
“Still There Are Seeds To Be Gathered” with Giorgio van Meerwijk, Pipeline Contemporary, London, England
2022 “Widow’s Walk”, Y2K Group, New York, NY
2021 “Violets Are Blue”, Galeria Pelaires, Majorca, Spain
2020 “Iced Rowanberries”, The Newsstand Project, Los Angeles, CA
2019 “Elephant Heart”, Y2K Group, New York, NY
“Fashion Club”, Thumbelina’s, New York, NY
“Odette”, Melanie Flood Projects, Portland, OR
2018 “Bad Dream House”, American Institute of Thoughts and Feelings, Tucson, AZ
MiArt Milano with Hannah Hur, L’INCONNUE, Montreal
2016 “Bone Dry”, Three Four Three Four, New York, NY
Art Brussels, Albert Baronian Gallery, Brussels
2015 “Please Walk In Between Not On The Green”, Miami, FL
“Far Side Of The Valley” Galerie Albert Baronian, Brussels
“Close But No Cigar” Johannes Vogt Gallery, New York
Material Art Fair with East Hampton Shed, Mexico City
2014 “Untitled Art Fair with Johannes Vogt Gallery, Miami Beach
“Abigail Vogel & Larissa Lockshin” East
Hampton Shed, NY
2013 “Paunting”, 77 Gordon Road, Toronto ON SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 “Field”, curated by Aisi Wang, D.D.D.D. Projects, New York, NY
“A Tale Of Small Moments”, Galerie Nicolas
Robert, Montreal, QC, Canada
“Metallurgy”, curated by Rebecca Poarch, Halsey McKay, East Hampton NY
“Arcadia and Elsewhere”, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
2023 “Apricity”, 12.26 TX, Dallas, Texas
“TERRA”, La Maison du Pommard with Pipeline Contemporary, Burgundy, France
KIAF Seoul, Cob Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
“New Landscapes”, Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
“These Walls, Thy Sphere”, Foundation for the Open Eye, curated by Nate Hitchcock, Margaretville, NY
“Nuevo Paisajes”, Alzueta Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Felix Art Fair, Europa, Los Angeles, CA
2022 NADA New York, Europa, New York, NY
2021 “Dal Segno”, Y2K Group, New York, NY
“Ceramicarpet”, Baronian Xippas, Brussels
“SHIFT”, Dimmitt Contemporary Art, Houston
TX
2020 “Cadmio Limon”, curated by Cristina Anglada, Galeria Pelaires, Majorca, Spain
“The Edge of Chaos”, The Newsstand Project x Autre Magazine, Los Angeles, CA
“Y2K-NOW”, curated by Y2K Group, NY (Online Group Show)
NADA, “This is Fair” with Melanie Flood Projects, Online Art Fair
ARCO Lisboa with Galeria Pelaires, Online Art Fair
BAM Auction, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, NY
2019
“Mal”, curated by the Sunroom & Tore Zhang, St. James River, Richmond, VA
“Scarecrow Show”, curated by Hadley Vogel, Dennis Witkin, Abby Lloyd, Watermill, NY
“Summer Soup”, Three Four Three Four, Brooklyn, NY
BAM Auction, Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, NY
“Metal Meadow”, Camp Eternal Hell Chamber, Cobleskill, NY
“The End of Winter?”, curated by Albert Baronian, Baronian/Uhoda Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
2018 “Shelter” curated by Calaboose, Lois Projects, Montreal
“Exit Soul” curated by Brian Kokoska, Liberal Arts Roxbury, New York
“MOONDOG” curated by Hadley Vogel, East
Hampton Shed, New York
“Intimacy of Form”, curated by Alexandria Rojas, OOF Books, Los Angeles
“Apertura”, Albert Baronian, Knokke, Belgium
“#98” curated by Clark Filio, Museum Gallery, New York
2017 “Larissa Lockshin, Brian Kokoska & Adrianne
Rubenstein”, Art Toronto with L’INCONNUE
“Cool World”, Club Pro, Los Angeles, CA
“Happy Birthday To Me” curated by Gabrielle Jensen and Theo Shure, 768 Putnam, NY
“Nightline”, 44th Drive Pier, New York, NY
“Watermill Benefit Auction”, Watermill Museum, NY
Dallas Art Fair with 10 Hanover Gallery, Dallas,
TX
MiArt with Albert Baronian Gallery, Milan Italy
“Laurel” curated by Laurence Dujardyn & Rosie Motley, 126 Meserole Ave, New York, NY
“Poison Apple” with Kelly Akashi & Mindy Rose
Schwartz, East Hampton Shed, NY
“Third Space / Shifting Conversations About
Contemporary Art”, Birmingham Museum of Art
“Last Paradise” curated by Special Ops (NOYFB), Pacific Ocean, Oahu, Hawaii (Online)
2016 “Blue Plate Special” at Dead Horse Bay, New York, NY
“Watermill Benefit Auction”, Watermill Museum, NY
“The Armory Show with Albert Baronian Gallery, New York, NY
2015 “Shoot the Lobster at Deauville” curated by S. Gernsbacher & JPW3, Miami, FL
“Rumpus Room” Four AM, New York, NY
“Jerry Bruckheimer Films” Sensei Gallery, NY
“Annual Watermill Benefit Auction”, Watermill, NY
“SURPH”, Barn in East Hampton, NY
“Dallas Art Fair with Johannes Vogt Gallery,
Dallas
The Armory Show with Albert Baronian Gallery, New York
2014 “To The Happy Few” Jeanroch Dard, Paris
“Picture/Painting/Object” Albert Baronian Gallery, Brussels
“Showtime” Johannes Vogt Gallery, NY
“NUHAUS: Family Style” 25 E.13th St., NY
“Sad Plinth” Chelsea Mini Storage, NY
“Cointemporary” curated by Andy Boot & Valentin Ruhry, Online
Art Rio with Johannes Vogt Gallery, Rio
ArteBo with Johannes Vogt Gallery, Bogota
“Shakti” Brand New Gallery, Milan
“QSM” 80/80, New Bedford, MA
“Dogue Goes to Town” The Gym, Toronto ON
“Find The Crack” Ed. Varie, NY
2013 “Space Whole Karaoke” Middlemarch Gallery, Brussels
BIBLIOGRAPHY & PRESS
2024 Byline Magazine, “A Room Of Our Own With Ace Hotel Brooklyn”
Artsy, “The Artists Garnering the Most Attention in Foundations”, Online
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Forbes Magazine, “This Iconic NYC Hotel… Celebration of Female Art”, Online
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This November”, Feature
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Elle Decor, “A Warm and Welcoming Houston Home”, Online
Canal 4 Diario, Cadmio Limon, Television, print and online
Diario de Mallorca, “Frederic Pinya pide a las instituciones...”, Print and online
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Architectural Digest, An Uptown Bachelor Pad
That Breaks the Mold, Online
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Site Symbiotic Configuration & Larissa
Lockshin’s Bad Dream House, Essay by Nathaniel Hitchcock, published by UBOI, Tucson
2018 Le Journal Des Arts (France), Baronian et Uhoda
Ouvrent une Galerie
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AQNB, Nightline on 44th Drive Pier, Feature, Online
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ARTNEWS Magazine, Consumer Reports, Online
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Elle Mexico, East Hampton Shed, (Print)
OFLUXO Online, Blue Plate Special at Dead
Horse Bay, Feature
2016 Daily Lazy, Stephanie Hier and Larissa Lockshin at 3434, Feature
BUNK CLUB presents Larissa Lockshin
PACKET Bi-weekly, Contributor
Artforum Online, Big Game
10 Must-Own Works from Watermill, featured, Artsy Online
SFAQ (San Francisco Arts Quarterly), Material
Art Fair, Feature
The Word Magazine, Ten Best Belgian Galleries
Hyperallergic, In Mexico City, An Alternative Art Fair Builds a Community, feature
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ARTNEWS Magazine, Gone To Texas, The Art
World Flocks to Dallas
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Two Coats of Paint, Miami Part III, Online
BLOUIN Art Info, Unsellable Greens and Destroyed Paintings at Art Brussels
Forbes Magazine, Dallas Arts Week: Where the Art World Meets Southern Hospitality
2014 Tunica Magazine, Feature by Antonia Marsh (Print and Online)
BLOUIN Art Info, Afros, Abstraction, and
Photographic Experimentation at UNTITLED,
Online 2014 Line and Dot, with Georgia Cronin, HAUS
2013 HAUS 1, Contributor
Pussycrippler #3, Editor and contributor
2012 Pussycrippler #2, Editor and contributor
2011 Pussycrippler #1, Editor and contributor
GRANTS
2021 Queens Art Fund, New Work Grant Recipient
