Artist Bio

Lori Stanford's love of making art began in childhood, when drawing and creating were her favorite ways to spend her time. She went on to careers as an electrical engineer and then a pediatrician, but while raising her children she rediscovered her passion for art and committed herself to a life as an artist. Working in oil painting and paper maché sculpture, she creates work that promotes social awareness and invites viewers to look more closely at the world around them.

Stanford has shown her work publicly for more than 20 years. She donates a portion of the proceeds from her art sales to local non-profit organizations serving Los Angeles. She is a member of the Los Angeles Artist Association and lives in Los Angeles, where she works from her home studio.

Education
1999 Pediatric Residency, Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
1996 MD, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
1985 BSEE, University of Missouri School of Engineering, Columbia, MO

Solo Exhibitions
2018 "Elephant in the Room: Racism in America," Artlife Gallery, El Segundo, CA
2009 "Global Warning," private residence, Sherman Oaks, CA

Group Exhibitions
2026 "Bunk," Los Angeles Art Association online show
2026 "Hurly Burly," Los Angeles Art Association online show
2026 "Homegrown," Los Angeles Art Association online show
2026 "Ardent," Los Angeles Art Association online show
2026 "Root and Branch," Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2026 "Fact Finding," Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2025 "The Awful Truth," Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2025 "Forever Busy," Los Angeles Art Association online show
2024 "Factory Fresh," Los Angeles Art Association online show
2024 "User to User," Los Angeles Art Association online show
2024 "Indistinct Chatter," Los Angeles Art Association online show
2023 "Water and Wood," Resin Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2023 "Words on Printed Page," Los Angeles Art Association online show
2023 "Full Bodied," Los Angeles Art Association online show
2023 "Informationary," Los Angeles Art Association online show
2023 "Act 1," Galeria Azur, Miami, FL
2023 "Habitual," Los Angeles Art Association online show
2022 "Miami Art Exhibition," Galeria Azur, Miami, FL
2022 "Return to Harmony," Resin Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2022 "Undisclosed Location," Los Angeles Art Association online show
2022 "Enchanted Earth and Other Worlds," Agora Gallery, New York, NY
2022 "Love, South Bay Style," Resin Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2022 "Root and Branch," Los Angeles Art Association online show
2021 "2021 Member Show," Artist Alliance online show
2021 "All Media 2021," Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
2020 “Art in the Time of Corona, A Global Art Project,” Dab Art Co., Los Angeles, CA
2020 “LAAA Open Show," Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2020 “2020-Botanical,” Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna, CA
2020 “We the People,” Artist Alliance online show
2020 “2020-Political Discord,” Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna, CA
2020 “Subliminal,” Los Angeles Art Association online show
2019  El Segundo Art Walk, El Segundo, CA
2019  "Crowd Identity," Artlife Gallery, El Segundo, CA
2017  "Time and Space," Artlife Gallery, El Segundo, CA
2017  “Art in the Arthouse, Select Four Group Exhibit,” Pasadena, CA
2017  “Art in the Arthouse, Claremont Art Show,” Claremont, CA
2017  El Segundo Art Walk, El Segundo, CA
2017 “Art in the Arthouse, Pasadena Art Show,” Pasadena, CA
2017 “Imagine: A Visual Arts Exhibit,” Whizin Center, Los Angeles, CA

Books
2023 Los Angeles Art Association volume VI
2022 Los Angeles Art Association volume V
2021 Wild Lands, Jen Tough Gallery
2021 Art in the Time of Corona, Dab Art Co.
2021 Los Angeles Art Association volume IV
2020 Los Angeles Art Association volume III
2019 Los Angeles Art Association volume II

Awards
2022 Finalists Award, Global Painting Conclave

Artist Statement

Art is the signature of a culture and the communication of a society. My work begins with what is happening around me — protest, unrest, the quiet tension of daily life — and asks how it should be held and looked at again.

Painting and sculpture give form to what's in my head. I paint in oil because the medium demands time; the world moves fast, but a painting takes weeks, insisting its subject deserves more than a glance. My paper maché sculptures are built the same way, layer by layer, from torn pages of books on the subject at hand — the words becoming the piece itself, raw and exposed.

My art helps me process the world and communicate my thoughts. Each piece is my attempt to say something true — and to ask viewers to sit with it longer.

Art is the signature of the culture and the communication of the society.

Art for Positive Social Change

Art for Positive Social Change is a way for me as an artist to have an impact on my local community. As a physician, I’m deeply concerned about people’s well-being both physically and mentally, especially the most vulnerable, those experiencing homelessness. I’m committed to racial justice efforts, and as an artist I’m driven to create work that promotes social awareness. Combining my passion for art with my desire to help people is how Art for Positive Social Change came about. Click on the links below to make a donation directly, or purchase artwork through my website and proceeds will be donated to one of these nonprofit organizations. To specify which organization you'd like the money to go to, just drop me a line at lori@loristanford.com or use the contact form on this site.

Homeless Healthcare Los Angeles

is an organization that has been around more than thirty years assisting the most marginalized and disadvantaged individuals and their families in Los Angeles through medical, behavioral health, and quality of life services.

Take Part

The Valley of Change

is a small community-led organization fighting for systemic change in the San Fernando Valley that gathers every day from 12 – 8pm in front of the fountain at Sherman Oaks Galleria to protest in support of Black Lives Matter.

Take Part

I can’t help but think about ways to incorporate the objects I come across on a daily basis into art. The potential to be part of something bigger lies within everything we see and touch. It also lies within each of us.

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