Lorien
Suarez specializes in colorful organic designs and geometric abstract
compositions. She strives for a dynamic interplay of color, light
and form inspired by the fundamental principles of geometry and
biomorphic-organic references commonly found in nature.
Suarez's artworks, particularly her large scale paintings, build
multiple layers of design and depth that are relatively rare within
the practice of the watercolor medium. These elaborate designs and
patterns create a strong sensation of movement. Working much larger
in scale than the vast majority of watercolorists, Suarez addresses
the contemporary art vernacular dialect of abstraction and op-art
utilizing the unique combination of transparent watercolor with
a splash of opaque acrylic painting.
Ms. Suarez's work is influenced by geometric and organic formalism,
constructivism and the artistic movements advanced by the Bauhaus
school, the Abstract Creation and Blue Rider groups, alongside the
Latin American Geometric Abstraction artists of the early 20th Century.
Artists of particular interest to Suarez are Sonia and Robert Delaunay,
Auguste Herbin, Frantizek Kupka, Kazimir Malevich, Carlos Cruz-Diez
and Jesús Rafael Soto, Stanton MacDonald-Wright, Joseph Stella
and Victor Vasarely.
Ms. Suarez's work has been included in many curated exhibitions including a group show in California with Charles Arnoldi and Roland Reiss, titled “Refraction: an Exploration of Light and Color.” Her work was featured in Geometrics II a group show in New York City featuring fellow artists from Geoform, an online scholarly resource, international forum and curatorial project whose focus is on the use of geometric form and structure in Contemporary abstract art. Suarez's painting is on permanent display at UC Berkeley, College of Engineering in Cory Hall.
Ms. Suarez holds a BA from the University of California at Berkeley
with High Honors and a MA cum laude from Katholieke Universiteit
Leuven, Belgium, in addition to pursuing extensive full-time graduate
work in Spain at the University of Salamanca and at ESADE in Barcelona.
Lorien was raised in Venezuela and currently resides with her husband
and son in Riverside, California.