Biography
Lane Jay Twitchell was born on November 17, 1967, in Murray, UT. He was raised in the cities of Ogden and Salt Lake City, UT as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). He attended the University of Utah on a special departmental scholarship in 1986, and graduated with his BFA in 1993. He then went on to the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where he graduated with his MFA in 1995. He currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York, and also works as a professor at the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Twitchell uses paper craft to create visually interesting, kaleidoscope patterns inspired by American middle-class consumerism, urban and suburban landscapes and architecture, and, as he puts it, “American Religious Expansionism,” stemming from his faith journey in and out of the LDS Church. Once in New York City, he recognized the novelty his Mormon upbringing would represent to the New York art scene, and began to establish a voice within the downtown art community.Career
Twitchell was recognized early in his career with a solo exhibition at New York's legendary gallery, Deitch Projects (1999). Twitchell has received positive reviews in well-known publications including The New York Times, The New York Observer, The Washington Post, and Art in America. In 1998, Lane Twitchell was the recipient of a Rema Hort Mann Foundation grant. He is also a two-time winner of a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship in Drawing (1999) and Craft (2003). In 1998, he participated in the Museum of Modern Art's (MoMA) P.S. 1 National Studio Program. He completed his artist residency at Wier Farm Trust in Wilton, CT. He has completed two major New York City public art commissions, and two national commissions with the Chicago Public Art Program and the Department of Cultural Affairs Percent Art Program. His work is held in depth at The Goetz Collection in Munich, Germany, as well as The Museum of Modern Art, significant private collections internationally, the Springville Museum of Art (Springville, UT), and The Church Museum of History and Art (Salt Lake City, UT). View his process and work on Instagram @lanetwitchell.Works
*Art Bank Program, Washington D.C *The Goetz Collection, Munich, Germany *The Progressive Corporation, Mayfield, OH *Neuberger Berman Collection, New York City, New York *''Day Zoo'', U.S. Department of State Embassy *''Leap With Me'', Roebling Hall, New York, New York *''A-Frame (Green)'', MoMA, New York, New York (1998) *''Gas-n-Go (Red)'', MoMA, New York, New York (1998)Exhibitions
*''#inversion: Lane Twitchell'', Writ & Vision, Provo, UT (2017) * Roebling Hall, New York, NY (2008) * ''Revelation: Lane Twitchell Drawing & Painting'', Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, New York; University Art Museum, SUNY Albany, New York; Gibson Gallery, SUNY Potsdam, New York. Curated by Thomas Piche (2007) *''The Searchers'', Whitebox, New York, New York. Curated by Patrica Maloney (2006) *''Redefined: Modern and Contemporary Art from the Collection'', Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Curated by Johnathan Binstock. (2006) *''Drawings III'' (selected), G-Module, Paris, France (2006) *Small painting show, The Ulrich Museum, Wichita, Kansas. Organized by the General Store, Milwaukee (2006) *''Loveless (the shoegazer show)'', New York, New York (2006) *''I Love the Burbs'', Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York. Curated by Eileen Keiter (2006) *''The Early Show'', White Columns, New York, New York. Organized by the General Store, Milwaukee (2005) *''One of a Kind'', New York Academy of Sciences, New York, New York. Curated by Thomas Woodruff (2005) *''Group Loop'', G Fine Art, Washington D.C. Curated by Christoph Cox (2005) *''Here & There'', Greenberg Van Doren Gallery, New York, New York (2005) *''American Paradigms: David Opdyke and Lane Twitchell'', Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (2004) *''Foursquare'', G Fine Arts, Washington D.C. (2004) *''Beginning Here: 101 Ways'', Visual Arts Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York, New York. Organized by Jerry Saltz (2004) *''Emerging 2003: ACRIA Benefit'', Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, New York (2003) *''Perforations'', McKenzie Fine Art, New York, New York (2003) *''Terrible Beauty'', Satellite, a division of Roebling Hall, New York, New York (2003) *''The Nature of the Beast'', Caren Golden Gallery, New York, New York (2002) *''Some Assemblage Required: Collage Culture in Post-War America'', Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York; Madison Art Center, Madison, WI; Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL. Curated by Thomas Piche (2002) *''Snapshot'',References
Further reading
* Clements, Derrick (2017).