Lorien Stern

Biography
portrait of Lorien Stern (blonde woman) in green and white crouched down and leaning on pedestal with pterodactyl sculpture. Plant sculpture to her right

Lorien Stern is an artist living in Inoykern, California, a small town in the Western Mojave Desert. She makes ceramic art and runs a small brand consisting of clothing, home goods, and accessories. Often in her work, Stern attempts to disarm subjects that are typically seen as dangerous or scary (sharks, ghosts, dinosaurs to name a few), making them more familiar and approachable for a viewer through subtle visual interventions. Choosing subjects that spark thoughts of nature, celebration, and death, Stern draws from shared human and animal experiences to fulfill her ultimate goal as an artist: making people feel happy when they see her work. She received her BFA from California College of the Arts in 2013 as an Individualized Major.

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Works
  • Lorien Stern - ceramic sculpture of a frog head with colorful polka dots.
    Balloons Frog, 2024
  • white ceramic ghost with various garden themed-details by Lorien Stern
    Garden Ghost, 2024
  • Lorien Stern - ceramic flat panel of a black bear head.
    Golden Black Bear, 2024
  • white ceramic ghost with green lizards by Lorien Stern
    Lizard Ghost, 2024
  • ceramic tiles with nine squares, each containing either a pattern, an animal, or organic shape by Lorien Stern
    Time Travel Bingo, 2024
  • wall hanging ceramic sculpture of an orange prehistoric shark
    Baby Megalodon, 2023
  • wall hanging ceramic sculpture of a blue aquatic prehistoric animal
    Kronosaurus, 2023
  • ceramic wall hanging of bright dinosaurs and prehistoric animals
    Old Friends, 2023
  • ceramic sculpture of a yellow Pterosaur with pink inner wings
    Pterosaur, 2023
  • red ceramic sculpture of a prehistoric lizard standing upright
    Saltoposuchus, 2023
  • ceramic sculpture of a smiling sabertooth tiger with large black polka dots
    Smilodon, 2023
  • ceramic sculpture of a pale green stegosaurus
    Stegosaurus, 2023
  • ceramic sculpture of a yellow lizard with a long tail and black polka dots
    Terrestrisuchus, 2023
  • ceramic sculpture of a prehistoric pink snake with pale green polka dots
    Titanoboa, 2023
  • ceramic wall hanging a red and pink prehistoric fish
    Tristychius, 2023
  • ceramic sculpture of an extinct plant with an orange body and green leaves
    Williamsonia, 2023
  • Lorien Stern's ceramic sculpture of a blue ghost with white dots
    Bubble Cloud Ghost, 2022
  • Lorien Stern, No-Face, 2019
    No-Face, 2019
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