Flowers of the Eastern Mediterranean | A solo exhibition by Naomi Lawrence

Flowers of the Eastern Mediterranean:
By artist Naomi Lawrence, this exhibition celebrates the yearning for a new season and the promise it brings. It features stunning works inspired by the vibrant colors of nature and the imagined beauty of our public spaces. Step into Naomi’s unique vision and experience her rich, expressive palette and designs up close.

This in-person event invites art lovers to immerse themselves in nature’s beauty, delicately captured in acrylic yarns. Don’t miss this evocative visual journey as it ushers in a new season.

Follow Naomi on Instagram: @naomilawrence.art

Website: www.naomilawrence.com

about the artist

Naomi Lawrence is a NYC Fiber Artist based in East Harlem. She works with acrylic yarn to create oversized 2-Dimensional crochet flowers, trees and wildlife. The site-specific installations are sewn onto chain-link fences in parks and public spaces.

Originally from England, UK, the first installation she created in 2014, Blue Iris endeared her to the East Harlem community that she now calls home. Her installations take a few months to create but have been approved by the city to stay in place for up to one year. They are often washed and refurbished to be reinstalled in various locations such as school playgrounds. Public engagement is a primary goal of each installation. The works become part of the urban landscape, and their audience is made up of people who live, work, and pass by the sites in their daily lives. Her work has become in demand by arts organizations and city agencies.

Lawrence studied Floral Design at the University of the Arts in London, 2007 and worked as a florist before immigrating to the U.S. She has been knitting since 1999 and crocheting since 2009. Naomi’s work is freeform crochet and does not follow a pattern. She works with photographs so that she can reproduce subtle changes in color found in nature.

Naomi and her family relocated to East Harlem from London England 12 years ago and in 2023 became United States citizens. As a family, they are committed to their neighborhood and enjoy raising their 4 children here in New York.

“Feeling close to our neighbors, school families and community organizations across the area and committing to our neighborhood has been essential in putting down roots and thriving as a family unit” says Lawrence.

“I love that neighbors and their children are familiar with my crochet work and so used to seeing them around the streets and parks where they live.”

Naomi and her husband Chris are members of InnerCHANGE East Harlem, a Christian order that journeys with those who are marginalized www.innerchange.org

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