Caren’s bio

Caren Lorber is a Los Angeles native, graduate of USC and resident of San Francisco.  After spending 25 years in broadcast advertising sales for CBS and NBC, she chose to pursue new directions and fulfillment in the arts, living in Taos,  New Mexico and traveling extensively.

Caren is a self-taught artist who began creating her assemblages during a time of self-reflection and a re-examination of her emotional and material attachments. Using sentimental charms, found objects and recycled materials, she assembles portraits and stories of everyday life. Caren’s life-long desire to create art has been a joyful return to her fondest childhood memories.

Since dedicating herself to living her passion as a full-time artist, Caren’s mirthful assemblages have been shown in dozens of galleries and venues throughout the Bay Area.  In 2002, Caren was chosen as an Artist in Residence at the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco,  selected by the 2008 San Francisco International Arts Festival and recently included in an exhibition presented by the Women’s Caucus for the Arts.

Caren is now living the artist’s life that she always dreamed of filled with passion, purpose and playfulness.

About Assemblage

Assemblage is an artistic process in which 3-dimensional compositions are created with preformed natural or manufactured materials, objects or fragments not originally intended for the creation of art.  Assemblages, like collages, are groups of objects and images which emerge as an original artistic composition in the way they are selected, collected and presented.

The practice of creating these works was first introduced in the early 1900’s with the Dada Movement, whereby artists of the era challenged traditional art forms and societal definitions of art while expressing their criticism for widespread industrialization in the aftermath of World War I.

Noted assemblagists include Marcel DuChamp, Robert Raushenberg, Max Ernst, Joseph Cornell, Hannah Hoch, Man Ray, and Pablo Picasso.

Assemblage on Wikipedia

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