LANA ABRAHAM-MURAWSKI

“Envision A New Reality” – LAM

Lana Abraham-Murawski is a Guyanese-American artist who’s work is inspired by personal journeys and challenges. Her work navigates through abstract, fantastical landscapes using oil, acrylic, ink, colored pencil and pen and/or other mixed mediums, often highlighting our wondrous connection with nature versus industry.

These environments are designed to tell stories about the moral balances of life. The adventurous use of bright colors, symbolic shapes and forms, repeating patterns and personified figures (using animals and organic elements) sew together a purposeful composition to define planes of existence with contrast and connections, creating a transformative experience. The aim of her work is to provoke self-reflection.

These landscapes are designed to produce a disconnection from the “real world” highlighting unusual, even awkward interactions to awaken ones imagination. To “envision an alternate/new reality”. It takes us outside our normal surroundings, where all can interact regardless of race or background. We all can experience something different, yet connecting together. Abraham-Murawski wants us to go past a place of bias or social expectations, opening up the conversation about our world and community without initial judgements.

Abraham-Murawski won the Arts Award for Excellence from St. Andrew’s School in Delaware where her work blossomed and accredits that to the support of mentor, teacher and artist Peter W. Brooke. In addition, his own work of the imagined landscape, resonated. Abraham-Murawski interned for renowned artist Sol LeWitt in the late 90’s, painting one of his conceptual color forms onto an architectural feature wall at Trinity Collage in Connecticut. This experience influenced and extended her powerful use of color and how they interact with each other to elicit a story.

Lana Abraham-Murawski received a Bachelors in Studio Arts from Trinity College in Hartford, CT where she later assisted/TA’d undergraduates in printmaking and drawing. She started her company Lana Abraham Inc. in 2016 to showcase her art and vision; and has exhibited in NY, NJ, CT, MD, DE, VA, DC, and TN.

Abraham-Murawski’s work was also honored to be a part of “The Underground Library: An Archive of Our Truth,” a @badguild Lab initiative commissioned by the prestigious @CooperHewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in NYC for their exhibition “Making Home” – Smithsonian Design Triennial. On view November 2, 2024, through August 10, 2025. Current exhibits include “Creative Expressive Soul” curated by The Bridge Art Gallery and the Firmament Gallery+Boutique located at Nimbus Art Center in Jersey City, NJ; and at the Bridge Art Gallery’s new location in Wilmington, DE for their grand opening exhibit.

Abraham-Murawski resides in New Jersey with her husband and son. Her art studio #B92 is located in @ManaContemporary, a cultural center dedicated to celebrating the creative process, supporting artists, and serving as a bridge between creative hubs worldwide.