Lori Larusso, 2012 James Rosenquist Artist in Residence with NDSU Visual Arts, is scheduled to present a solo exhibition April 17-May 31 at the NDSU Memorial Union Gallery. An opening reception is scheduled for April 19 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Admission to the gallery and reception are free and open to the public.

Larusso uses representations of generic and stereotypical middle America in her paintings to remind the viewer of the culture one maintains on a daily basis. She explores contradictions that exist in society’s system of beliefs by pointing to the complexity of individual situations.

At NDSU, Larusso will teach a seminar course and her residency will culminate with an exhibition and donation of a piece of artwork to the James Rosenquist Artist Residency Collection. Additional information about Larusso is available at www.lorilarusso.com.

Larusso earned a B.F.A. from the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning and an M.F.A. from the Maryland Institute College of Art’s graduate interdisciplinary program, the Mount Royal School of Art. In 2011, she was awarded a visual artist fellowship from the MacDowell Colony, the Kentucky Art Council’s Al Smith Fellowship and was a Milton and Sally Avery Fellow for 2010-11.

The James Rosenquist Artist Residency is funded in part by BisonArts, an organization designed to nurture and support the work of the NDSU Division of Fine Arts.

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