Iris Ward Loughran
Iris Ward Loughran is a multi-racial sculptor, photographer, and urbanist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. Her artistic practice is initiated through investigations into place, where she takes photos, scavenges for objects, and makes site-responsive installations.
They have a BA in Urban Studies and Planning from University of California San Diego and an MFA in Visual arts from Mason Gross School of Art at Rutgers University with a full tuition scholarship. She has exhibited at Wild Project in New York, NY; Zimmerli Art Museum in New Brunswick, NJ; Williamsburg Art & Historical Center In Brooklyn, NY; LeRoy Neiman Gallery at Columbia University in New York; and Heroes Gallery in New York, NY, among others. She was a participant of the 2021-2022 Interdisciplinary Art and Theory Program hosted by Jack Shainman Gallery in New York. In 2022 they were a resident at Urbane Künste Rhur in Dortmund, Germany. Most recently they were a Participent of Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2023.
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