Statement

My work explores the complex relationships of humans and nature from an ecocentric point of view. It is often driven by concerns with climate change and environmental degradation.

Focusing on alternative and experimental photographic processes, I continually seek to evolve my practice by using sustainable materials and minimizing waste.

My small scale pieces evoke the dichotomies of beauty and darkness, power and fragility, eternity and transience within a warming world.

Lauren seated at desk looking over left shoulder

Four cyanotypes hanging on clothes line with view of city and sunset in the ackground.

Bio

Lauren Fiasconaro (b. 1992, Ellicott City, MD) is a visual artist who creates work on her rooftop in Philadelphia, PA using plant matter and negatives in both traditional and non-traditional photographic processes. Her eco-minded home-based studio is powered by a mix of solar, wind, and low-impact hydro energy.

Lauren graduated from Pratt Institute with a BFA in Photography, and with dual minors in Sustainable Studies as well as Art History. Since 2013, she has been included in numerous group exhibitions both domestically, and internationally. Lauren held her first solo exhibition in 2014, followed by two more in 2022 and 2023.

In 2024, she was awarded an Environmental Art Activism grant from the Puffin Foundation for a new project,“Plant Based Portraits”.

Lauren’s work spans unique individual pieces as well as editioned prints and is held in multiple private collections in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Colorado.