BIO:
Lilli Lanier was born and raised in San Francisco. She attended the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts and graduated from California College of the Arts in 2007 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. Lilli works in a variety of mediums and specializes in large-scale origami portraits. For the past twenty years, Lilli has taught art in public schools, museums, libraries and community centers.
ARTIST STATEMENT:
I have enjoyed making art my entire life. I start with an idea or image and map it out with colors and shapes and lines. I explore something interesting or sentimental to me and recreate it by breaking it down to its simplest form. Individual units are pieces of a story and the colors and patterns I use become my alphabet. The end result is a design inspired by everyday life. I love using pattern, color, repetition and materials to tell a story or capture a moment in time.
Lilli Lanier was born and raised in San Francisco. She attended the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts and graduated from California College of the Arts in 2007 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. Lilli works in a variety of mediums and specializes in large-scale origami portraits. For the past twenty years, Lilli has taught art in public schools, museums, libraries and community centers.
ARTIST STATEMENT:
I have enjoyed making art my entire life. I start with an idea or image and map it out with colors and shapes and lines. I explore something interesting or sentimental to me and recreate it by breaking it down to its simplest form. Individual units are pieces of a story and the colors and patterns I use become my alphabet. The end result is a design inspired by everyday life. I love using pattern, color, repetition and materials to tell a story or capture a moment in time.