Nayana LaFond - Artist

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Nayana LaFond - Artist

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Artist Nayana LaFond

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About Me

My Background

My Inspiration

My Background

 After leaving art school I went on to own and run a cafe and record label as well work as a curator for over 20 years in various galleries and museums, 8 of which as Chief Curator. Through my work as an art organizer I have been honored to now sit on the executive board for Artist Organized Art as well as several other arts and cultural 

 After leaving art school I went on to own and run a cafe and record label as well work as a curator for over 20 years in various galleries and museums, 8 of which as Chief Curator. Through my work as an art organizer I have been honored to now sit on the executive board for Artist Organized Art as well as several other arts and cultural boards. My paintings and sculptures can be found in galleries, museums and private collections around the world.  

My Medium

My Inspiration

My Background

My Art is primarily acrylic paint on canvas, sometimes integrating ink, cloth, thread and other materials into my work. 

I paint paintings & sculpt using epoxy, metal, glass and concrete as well as found objects and my old medical supplies.

My Inspiration

My Inspiration

My Inspiration

Life has been my inspiration. Through challenges and surviving seemingly insurmountable odds art has been my outlet and the place I could express that which could not be said.  The majority of my work carries themes of social justice and as such I have been labelled as an "Artivist" (art-activist). My work reflects themes from my experien

Life has been my inspiration. Through challenges and surviving seemingly insurmountable odds art has been my outlet and the place I could express that which could not be said.  The majority of my work carries themes of social justice and as such I have been labelled as an "Artivist" (art-activist). My work reflects themes from my experiences as a woman of mixed race and a Domestic abuse and cancer survivor. 

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Time lapse of sculpture for Boston project

Installed on Boylston St in the Fenway Triangle in Boston for August, September and October of 2022. The sculpture was then moved to the Wood Memorial Museum in South Windsor CT where it will be on display for 2022-2024 after which it will be moved to its permanent home at Tomaquag Museum in Rhode Island.

Portraits in red - lichtenstein center for the arts

From the display which took place in September 2022

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Prints of MMIWG/P Painting project

Prints of some of the MMIWG/P Painting Portraits are availabe on the Etsy link below. Families give permission to have the images reproduced in order to keep the project going. 

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