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Seminar & Hand Ins
Thoughts
Responding to, and answering questions raised in feedback from my presentation: How do other neurodivergent artists or writers translate...
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Oct 103 min read


Critique
Work being critiqued: https://www.laurensimons.art/post/install-and-artist-statement-1 This critique session provided valuable insights...
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Sep 263 min read


Install and Artist Statement
Untitled Lauren Simons, 2025 This body of work engages with the disruption of traditional portraiture by deliberately fragmenting and...
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Sep 241 min read


Critique
Work being critiqued: https://www.laurensimons.art/post/install-and-artist-statement When first viewing my work, the critique group was...
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Jul 82 min read


Install and Artist Statement
Self Lauren Simons, 2025 Self is a body of work that addresses the effort required to present and maintain a socially legible self. This...
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Jul 71 min read


Install / Layout Planning
My install space (circled in red and marked with my name) has two parallel facing walls. My initial plan is to install my paintings on...
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Jul 72 min read


Drafting a Statement
I have been drafting a statement to sit alongside my most recent works seen in my previous posts: https://www.laurensimons.art/post/paint...
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Jul 21 min read
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Jun 20 min read
Research Proposal - Version 3
I decided that it would be best to go through my research proposal again and rewrite it putting it into stages that would be beneficial for the development of my practice. I have broken it down into three stages: Neurodivergence in Contemporary Art Neurodivergent Portraiture and Layered Identity Visual Phenomena and the Phenomenological Encounter These stages will help me focus on the position of neurodivergence within the contemporary arts, as well as the content and context
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May 65 min read


Critique 2
The expressions in these portraits were again noticed to be neutral/unknown. They were not sad or angry, but rather portrayed a more...
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Apr 172 min read


Critique 1
Having used crisp white paper felt pure, intimate, and present, especially with the extensive use of negative space (unused space). The...
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Apr 151 min read


Pre Seminar Critique
Having a little pre-critique session of what I have been working on and producing over a couple weeks has been helpful in pinpointing...
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Mar 281 min read
Research Proposal - Version 2
Light, Colour, and the Act of Seeing This research engages with phenomenological aesthetics, exploring how perception is shaped by embodied experience and sensory engagement. By examining the dynamic relationship between the viewer and the artwork, I aim to deepen my understanding of how light, colour, and materiality influence the subjective experience of an artwork. Rather than treating perception as a passive process, this research considers vision as an active, bodily exp
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Mar 32 min read
Research Proposal - Version 1
Light, Colour, and the Act of Seeing This research engages with phenomenological aesthetics, exploring how perception is shaped by embodied experience and sensory engagement. By examining the dynamic relationship between the viewer and the artwork, I aim to deepen my understanding of how light, colour, and materiality influence the subjective experience of an artwork. Rather than treating perception as a passive process, this research considers vision as an active, bodily exp
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Feb 262 min read
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