Lorena Salcedo-Watson
My current work consists of large-scale charcoal drawings and prints. My imagery focuses on the relationships between the structures and essential qualities of life forms. Based on a fascination with human anatomy, botany, and entomology, I transforms and re-interprets aspects of nature, filtering through personal experience, observation, and imagination.
Lorena Salcedo-Watson Proteus Pincushion. 2019 Charcoal & watercolor on paper Framed 54.5 x 42.5"
Lorena Salcedo-Watson lives and works in New York. Born in Guatemala, moving to NY as a child, she received a B.F.A. degree from the Cooper Union, and her M.F.A. degree from Stony Brook University. Her professional work has primarily been in the field of printmaking and in teaching. She worked at Universal Limited Art Editions (U.L.A.E), as a master printer and collaborator for 14 years. There she has collaborated with artists including Elizabeth Murray, Terry Winters, Jasper Johns, James Rosenquist, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Julian Lethbridge, Kiki Smith, Suzanne McClelland, Carroll Dunham, Susan Rothenberg, Jane Hammond, Lisa Yuskavage, Ellen Gallagher, and Malcolm Morley.
She teaches lithography, intaglio printmaking, and drawing at Stony Brook University, where she is also currently Undergraduate Director for Studio Art and Art History. She taught intaglio printmaking at Cooper Union for 7 years and was on the faculty of St. Joseph's College, teaching non- toxic Printmaking, and Art as Communication.