Olga Lora

Artist Portfolio
2008
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A r t i s t Stat e m e n t

“Painting enriches my life and keeps my soul alive.

It’s a game between reality, imagination,
and creativity, and when I quit playing
I feel deprived of myself”.

One could see my paintings as still life. Basically as an

array of flowers, fruits and vegetables on a surface that
sit still and don’t move. But, I see those still lives as
reminders of life’s ephemeral qualities. When I paint
a still life is often permeated with a fragile melancholy
or a contagious happiness. They are similar feelings to
those which characterized my life as a human being
and as an artist.
In a still life I see the world differently, from countless
angles, each different, unique and always important.
My interest is not in the objects themselves but in using
them to experiment with shape, color, and lighting. I
arrange my still life so that everything locked together.
Edges of objects run into each other but have their own
space, their uniqueness. In giving form and mass to
objects through the combination of brushstrokes and
carefully balanced colors and textures, I feel that -for
an instant- I can stop time.
My paintings express everyday life exalting the
beauty of nature in flower arrangements, fruits and
simple kitchen appliances, retaining a fascination for
colors related to my dear tropic and my passion for
life and love. Art is that love that knows no dates, nor
schedules when expressed, it just flows.
In me inspiration flows, thanks to the support,
advice and friendship of my husband, but mainly
because of his immense love for me.
Manet once said: “A painter can express all that he
wants with fruit or flowers”.

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A rt ist Biogr a ph y

Olga Lora was born in Cali, Colombia in 1957. She

has a graduate degree in Environmental Engineering
from Universidad del Valle in her home country. Ms.
Lora has always been passionate
about a better environment and an
improve life quality, both principles
she defended while working in her
native city. She is an admirer of
beauty, nature and the enchantment
of the vivid colors that embraced her
childhood and her youth. Those who
woke up her interest for art as a way
of expressing what her eyes were
seeing.
Olga arrived in New York in 1999,
married and decided to change her life
as an engineer to that of an artist. Since
then she has, with the unconditional
support of her husband, dedicated her
time to oil painting study in The Art
Students League of New York where
Olga Lora she has had several instructors, but
At work in her studio in spend most of her time under the guidance of Leatrice
Venice Beach, CA Rose, from whom she has received knowledge, liberty
2004 and the necessary support to growing in her learning
process. In Ms. Rose’s Class Annual Exhibition of 2000
Olga was awarded with a “Blue Dot” in recognition to
her outstanding work.
In January 2004 she moved West to Los Angeles,
California to continue her painting and learning
experience in Venice, California at Martin Lubner’s
studio under Mr. Lubners tutoring. Most recently she is
painting at her owner study in Alpharetta, Georgia.

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A rt ist Ex hibi t ions

Olga’s work has been represented by prestigious

galleries in New York and Atlanta like Agora Gallery
at SoHo and Heaven Blue Rose Gallery at Roswell.

Throughout her career Ms. Lora has participated

in the following exhibitions:

2007 The Quinlan Visual Art Center, The 60th

Annual Exhibition, Gainesville, GA
2006 Limelight Gallery at Binders, Atlanta, GA
Heaven Blue Rose Contemporary Gallery,
Roswell, GA
2005 Heaven Blue Rose Contemporary Gallery,
Class Exhibition Poster Roswell, GA
Phyllis Harriman Art House Gallery, Los Feliz, Los Angeles, CA
Mason Gallery at
2004 Agora Gallery, SoHo, New York, NY
The Art Students
2003 Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, The Art
League of New York,
2002
Students League of New York, New York, NY
Flat Iron Gallery, Peekskill, NY
2002 Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, The Art
Students League of New York, New York, NY
2001 Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, The Art
Students League of New York, New York, NY
2001 Colombian Consulate, Hispanic Day Parade
Annual Exhibition, New York, NY
2000 Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, The Art
Students League of New York, New York, NY
2000 New York Hispanic Center. Hispanic Day
Parade Annual Exhibition, New York

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Hoboken
Oil on Canvas, 2004
48 in. x 36 in

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Reminisences of “Lago Calima”

Oil on Canvas, 2004
40 in x 30 in

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Window with an autumn view

Oil on Canvas, 2006
48 in x 30 in

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Bird house
Oil on Canvas, 2006
48 in x 30 in

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Expecting someone
Oil on Canvas, 2003
30 in x 30 in

Tropical fruits White flower on a silver vase

Oil on Canvas, 2004 Oil on Canvas, 2002
60 in x 48in 28 in x 22 in

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A r t i s t C o n t ac t I n f o r m a t i o n

Olga Lora

Cellphone: 678.925.0592
Home: 678.624.0357
E-mail: olga.lora@olgalora.com
Website: www.olgalora.com
Skype: olgalucialora

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