Laeh Glenn
Abstract painter (born 1979)
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Laeh Glenn (born 1979) is an American visual artist. She is based in Sebastopol, California.[1] Her work addresses the digital life of an image; namely, how repetition and sharing influence image quality and how painting has the ability to converse with damaged images.[2]
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| Born | 1979 (age 46–47) |
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Early life and education
Glenn received a BFA degree in painting from the California College of the Arts in 2008. She later earned an MFA degree in painting from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2012.[3]
Career
Glenn often begins her work with source material found online. Her process involves a “translation…from jpeg to painting” in which Glenn flattens and extracts elements in broad strokes from the reference image.[4] Her paintings recall image compressions that occur when a digital image travels from screen to screen––each painting shifts in tone, texture, or scale. Artforum describes Glenn’s work as “nostalgic yet eerily placeless”.[5]
Key exhibitions
Public collections
Glenn’s work is included in the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.