About
Lori Anne Boocks lives in Maryland and earned a BFA from Old Dominion University in 1992. Her work is included in private collections in New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, Paris, and the Metro DC area, and in corporate collections in Washington, DC and Australia.
Solo Exhibitions
2017 Discreet Objects, Artists & Makers Studios, Rockville, MD
2017 The Shape of Memories, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
2016 Seeking, Johns Hopkins University, Montgomery County Campus, Rockville, MD
2015 Continuum, Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick MD
2013 Any Ordinary Day, Hoyt Center for the Arts, New Castle, PA
Narratives & Numbers, Sitar Arts Center, Washington, DC
2012 Evidence, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC
2011 The Distance Between, Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick MD
Two-Person & Group Exhibitions
2018
Marksmanship, Kentlands Arts Barn, Gaithersburg, MD
2017
Camp Artscape, Center for the Arts Gallery, Towson University, MD
Emulsion, PEPCO Edison Place Gallery, Washington, DC
2015
Artomatic, Hyattsville, MD
Resident Artist Exhibition, Artists & Makers Studios, Rockville, MD
2014
Alchemical Vessels, Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery, Washington, DC
Words and Letters, The Athenaeum, Alexandria, Virginia
Things that Scare Me, The Rouse Company Foundation Gallery, Howard County Community College, Columbia, MD
2013
Mathematics, Maps, and Myths, Adah Rose Gallery, Kensington, MD and Studio 1469, Washington, DC (with Joan Belmar)
Similar Differences, MAXgallery, Baltimore, MD
Remembrance, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD
2012
Hickok Cole Art Night/Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
Altered States, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC
2011
The Mysteries of Place and Space, Adah Rose Gallery, Kensington, MD (with Elizabeth Grusin-Howe)
The 9/11 Arts Project, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC
Strokes of Genius, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
Coming Home / Lighting Out, Capitol Hill Arts League, Washington, DC
Living Gallery, Annmarie Arts Center, Solomons, MD
2010
small boxes... some on fire, Studio Gallery, Washington, DC (with Jan Willem van der Vossen)
Lust, artdc Gallery, Hyattsvile, MD
Exposed, Mayer Fine Art, Norfolk, VA
Mind, Body & Spirit, University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, MD
2009
Members’ Group Exhibition, Studio Gallery, Washington DC
New Narratives, John Cade Fine Arts Gallery, Arnold, MD
Artomatic, Washington, DC
Corporate Collections
Marriott Marquis, Washington, DC
Monash Health, Victoria, Australia
Mark G. Anderson Consultants, Washington, DC
SK & A Structural Engineers, Washington, DC
Awards & Honors
2018 Trawick Prize Finalist
2012 Bethesda Painting Awards Semi-Finalist
2011 The Living Gallery Residency, Annmarie Arts Center, Solomons, MD
2000 Contemporary Art Center of Virginia Wine Label Competition, First Place
Education
1992 BFA, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Press
The Town Courier, 6/14/18, Making Their Marks, M. Bono
The Washington Post, 8/11/17, The Shape of Memories, M. Jenkins
North Potomac Times, January 2017, Local Artist's Work is Abstract and Highly Personal, D. O'Keefe
The Washington Post, 5/22/14, Words and Letters at the Athenaeum, M. O'Sullivan
Washington City Paper, 4/24/14, Vessel Mania: 125 Plain White Bowls Get a Makeover, C. Cauterucci
The Youngstown News, 11/6/13, Exhibits at Hoyt Explore Nature
The Washington Post, 11/1/13, Galleries: Mathematics, Maps and Myths, M. Jenkins
The Gazette, 9/14/11, A Beginning Space, T. Forchecz
The Frederick News-Post, 8/4/11, Germantown Artist Depicts Emotional Paths with Rope, L. LaRocca
Georgetowner, 6/09, Art Runneth Over at Artomatic, J. Blee
The Clipper (Virginian-Pilot), 11/25/01, Close-Up: Lori Boocks, S. McCaskey