Larissa Lockshin creates gestural, scintillating abstractions in vibrant, coruscating hues. Using oil and soft pastels without the assistance of brushes or utensils, she marks amorphous forms and verdant blots on pearlescent, unprimed satin. Her works evoke lush foliage, winding roads, and rapturous landscapes speckled with flora but lean into abstraction as an exploration of texture, form, and materiality. Each element of her interdisciplinary approach reveals her hand: the milky, vivid pastels, the subtle hues of hand-dyed satin, and the faux-naïf frames she meticulously carves and adorns with sculptural elements. Subsequently, Lockshin’s creations blithely inhabit a space between painting and sculpture.
Born in 1992 in Toronto, Canada, Lockshin earned her BFA in Painting from Parsons School of Design. Her recent solo and duo exhibitions include Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2024); Europa, New York, NY (2023); Cob Gallery, London, UK (2023); and Pipeline Contemporary, London, UK (2023). She has also participated in group exhibitions at James Cohan Gallery, New York City (2024); 12.26 Gallery, Dallas and Los Angeles, USA (2024); Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2023); and Baronian Xippas, Brussels (2021). Lockshin lives and works in New York City.