Lauren dela Roche portrait by Macayli Hausmann
Lauren dela Roche portrait by Macayli Hausmann
June 22 | Lauren dela Roche [US]
In 2022, Eritage Studio Gallery proudly presented the very first Feedsacks series by Lauren dela Roche.
Lisbon, Portugal 2022
Lauren dela Roche (b. 1983, Santa Rosa, California)
In 2022, Eritage Art Gallery proudly presented the very first Feedsacks series by Lauren dela Roche for her duo exhibition with Delia Hamer, “Do Sandclocks Dream of the Wind?” — where she developed seven original works that marked a turning point in her practice.
Lauren dela Roche is a self-described queer punk feminist artist whose autodidactic approach weaves together zines, European modernisms, and autobiography. Her paintings merge influences from Egon Schiele, transgressive cinema, Persian miniatures, Greek mythology, and folklore into her own unmistakable, contemporary visual language.
Her works are deeply psychological and mythological — the artist’s inner experiences give rise to vivid, dreamlike landscapes where powerful female figures inhabit intimate, symbolic worlds. These women, often accompanied by wild felines and mythic beasts, embody both vulnerability and strength, negotiating the tension between fear and solace, submission and empowerment.
Working on found and hand-mended cotton feedsacks, dela Roche explores themes of resilience, the feminine psyche, and humanity’s connection to the land — a reflection of her own off-grid life in rural Minnesota and her ancestral roots in farming. Each surface carries traces of labor, healing, and renewal, transforming humble materials into potent vessels of myth and memory.
Dela Roche has exhibited widely and is represented by Eric Firestone Gallery. Her work is held in the collections of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the North Dakota Museum of Art, and the Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, among others.
