Artist Biography
Louisa Lorenz was raised in California’s Central Valley around farming and agriculture. Growing up in an artistic household, she was engaged in the arts throughout her youth. She began painting murals in high school to pay her way through college. Louisa graduated from Brigham Young University-Idaho, where she studied painting under nationally recognized artist, Leon Parson. Louisa is enjoying her ongoing experimentation with oil paints to continue finding and “becoming more me”. Currently, she is found painting outdoors from life, in and around Bountiful, Utah where she now resides with her sweet husband.
Curriculum Vitae
Select Honors & Awards
2024, 21 Under 31: Young Artists to Watch, 2024 – Southwest Art Magazine
2024, 1st Place (Studio), 3rd Place & Purchase Award (Midway Paint Out), Honorable Mention (Main Plein Air) – Wasatch Plein Air Paradise – Midway, UT
2024, Honorable Mention – AIS 4th Annual Associate Member Online Exhibition
2023, Honorable Mention & Purchase Award – Spring City Plein Air, Spring City, UT
2023, 1st Place – Holladay Plein Air – Relic’s Gallery, Holladay, UT
2023, 2nd Place – Capitola Plein Air 2023 – Capitola, CA
2023, James C. Christensen Scholarship – Vision of the Arts Fund
2023, 1st Place – Plein Air Paint Out – Springville Art Festival, Springville, UT
2023, 1st Place & 3rd Place – For the Love of Nature – Intermountain Society Artists- SLC, UT
2023, Honorable Mention – Wasatch Plein Air Paradise- Main Professional– Midway, UT
2023, 1st Place – Bingham Arts Plein Air Paint Out – Blackfoot, ID
2022, 1st Place – Plein Air Paint Out – Springville Art Festival, Springville, UT
2022, 2nd Place – Holladay Plein Air – Relic’s Gallery, Holladay, UT
Select Shows & Competitions
2024, AIS 8th Annual Small Works Showcase (Juried) – St. Simons Island, GA
2024, AIS 4th Annual Associate Member Online Exhibition (Juried) – Online
2023-24, Midway Wasatch Plein Air Paradise – Midway, UT
2023, Rites of Passage: 19th Annual Emerging Artist Exhibit (Juried) – Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2023, Capitola Plein Air (Juried) – Capitola, CA
2023, Featured Artist – Heirloom Gallery, Provo, UT
2023, Art at the Park Show (Juried) – Salt Lake City, UT
2023, For the Love of Nature (Juried) – Intermountain Society of Artists – Salt Lake City, UT
2022-23, The $1,000 Art Show – JKR Gallery, Provo, UT
2022, A Framework of Spirituality & World Religions (Juried) – Eccles Art Center, Ogden, UT
2022-23, SLCC President’s Art Show (Juried) – Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, UT
2021, Certain Women Art Show: Reflections on a Mother in Heaven (Juried) – Salt Lake City, UT
Select Publications
Rising Stars: Meet Louisa Lorenz of Bountiful – VoyageUtah
Education
2022 – B.A. in Arts: Painting, Brigham Young University – Idaho
Mentors
Leon Parson – Painting, Brigham Young University – Idaho
Shae Warnick – Painting, Brigham Young University – Idaho
Brian Astle – Painting, Brigham Young University – Idaho
Chad Hunter – Murals, Manteca, CA