Lola Lefrançois is a French artist based in New York City. Inspired by her childhood in Auroville, India, she explores the intricate relationship between humanity, nature, and violence. Through large-scale landscape paintings and immersive installations, she challenges viewers to reflect on the relationship between possession, control, and beauty.In 2019, she completed her Bachelor of Studio Art at The École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Lyon. In 2021, she came to New York to pursue an MFA in Studio Art at the City College of New York, graduating in 2023. Since then, she has actively participated in residency programs such as ChaNorth, Monson Arts, the NARS Foundation Program (2024), and The Rockella Residency Program (2023).
Lola has showcased her work in several exhibitions in New York City and France, including a recent solo exhibition, “A Parakeet’s Whisper?” at One-Eyed Studios, NY (2023), and “Fish Don’t Die With Their Eyes Closed” at C&G Gallery, City College of New York, NY. Her group exhibitions include “Bodiless Body” at the NARS Foundation (2024), “What We Did Last Summer” at C&G Gallery, NY (2022), and Les ÉVAsions des Arts (“The Escape of the Arts”) in Villy en Auxois, France (2020). She was also awarded the 1st Prize of The Kenza Scholarship for the Arts in 2021.
EDUCATION
2023 Master of Fine Arts, Art Studio, The City College Of New York, CUNY, New York City, NY
2021 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art studio, École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Lyon, Lyon, France.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 «A Parakeet’s Whisper» One-Eyed Studios at Rockella Space, NY.
2023 «Fish don’t die with their eyes closed,» Compton-Goethals Gallery, City College of New York, NY.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024. «Bodiless Body», NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY.
2022 «A tribute to Colin Chase,» Compton-Goethals Gallery, City College of New York, NY.
2020 «What we did last summer,» Compton-Goethals Gallery, City College of New York, NY.
2021 «What we did last summer,» Compton-Goethals Gallery, City College of New York, NY.
2020 Festival EVAsions des arts, Villy-en-Auxois, France.
2020 « Aux seuils, voir et toucher le son », École Nationale de Musique, Danse et Art Dramatique Villeurbanne, France.
AWARD AND RESIDENCIES
2024 ChaNorth, Pine Plains, NY.
2024 Monson Arts, Maine, ME.
2024 NARS Foundation, New York City, NY.
2023 Rockella Artist Studio Program, New York City, NY.
2021 Kenza Fondation for the Arts Grant, 1st Prize, France.