"Language labels only those few segments of the continuous color space which are important to us, and thus the study of color as we understand it becomes very much the study of color-language." - John Gage, Color and Meaning
Lauren Bierly draws on the synaesthetic condition to process sensory information in the form of mixed-media installations, photographic and A/V documentation, and color palettes. As a synaesthete, Bierly’s dot installations, called “Color Translations,” are a visual manifestation of her experience with letter-to-color synaesthesia. Her color palettes and site documentation, part of series “Architecture of Memory,” are studies in time and memory of place. She has exhibited at Harlem School of Arts (NYC), Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), Trestle Art Gallery (NYC), Panoply Performance Lab (NYC), Tagore Center (Kolkata, India), and Feldenheimer Gallery (Portland, OR) since 2015.
Bierly was an artist-in-residence at chashama, chaNorth Residency in Pine Plains, NY (2018); Starry Night in Truth or Consequences, NM (2017); and Brooklyn Art Space in Brooklyn, NY (2015). She joined artist collective Incredible Witness in 2015, developing conversations about neurological differences, like synaesthesia, through the lens of game theory. Bierly holds a Bachelor of Architecture and minor in Art History from Pennsylvania State University (2009), and Masters of Art in Modern Art, Connoisseurship, and History of the Art Market from Christie’s Education (2010).
As administrator, Bierly is Manager of Special Exhibitions and Projects for The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Productions include Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination (2018) and Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between (2017), Masterworks: Unpacking Fashion (2016), and Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology (2016).
Photo credit Matthew Vicari
Lauren Bierly draws on the synaesthetic condition to process sensory information in the form of mixed-media installations, photographic and A/V documentation, and color palettes. As a synaesthete, Bierly’s dot installations, called “Color Translations,” are a visual manifestation of her experience with letter-to-color synaesthesia. Her color palettes and site documentation, part of series “Architecture of Memory,” are studies in time and memory of place. She has exhibited at Harlem School of Arts (NYC), Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), Trestle Art Gallery (NYC), Panoply Performance Lab (NYC), Tagore Center (Kolkata, India), and Feldenheimer Gallery (Portland, OR) since 2015.
Bierly was an artist-in-residence at chashama, chaNorth Residency in Pine Plains, NY (2018); Starry Night in Truth or Consequences, NM (2017); and Brooklyn Art Space in Brooklyn, NY (2015). She joined artist collective Incredible Witness in 2015, developing conversations about neurological differences, like synaesthesia, through the lens of game theory. Bierly holds a Bachelor of Architecture and minor in Art History from Pennsylvania State University (2009), and Masters of Art in Modern Art, Connoisseurship, and History of the Art Market from Christie’s Education (2010).
As administrator, Bierly is Manager of Special Exhibitions and Projects for The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Productions include Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination (2018) and Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between (2017), Masterworks: Unpacking Fashion (2016), and Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology (2016).
Photo credit Matthew Vicari