Bio/Statement

 

Lori Sikorski is a Los Angeles-based artist whose interdisciplinary work takes form in film and installations that utilize projected video, sculptural environments, performance and site-specific interventions. Interactive installations rely on the viewer to complete the work. Her films explore ideas about human conditions and shared experiences. 

Her work has been shown in solo and group shows in New York, Los Angeles and  Connecticut. She has received grants from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts and Pratt Institute. Her work has been awarded and is in numerous private collections.

Ms.Sikorski has been involved in higher education and secondary art school curriculums since 1997 in both teaching and administrative roles. Her most recent teaching experience included figure sculpture, storyboarding and stop-motion at the New York Film Academy in Burbank. As an Assistant Professor at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, she taught anatomy drawing from 2004-2013. A former registered nurse, she worked in research and clinical settings and was a triage responder on 9/11.