LJ Lindhurst

LJ Lindhurst was born in the rural town of Antonia, Missouri in 1969.  A graduate of Webster University in St. Louis, Lindhurst studied art with acclaimed video artist Van McElwee, and took part in some of the earliest experiments with interactive digital video.  She has a professional background in graphic design, broadcasting, and sign/mural painting.

In 1996, Lindhurst was awarded honorable mention by art historian Barbara Rose at the 59th Annual Juried Exhibition of the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio. In 2002, she was commissioned to paint The Presidents and the Vice-Presidents, a series of nine black-and-white portraits for the Center For Democracy and Technology in Washington, DC. In 2006, Lindhurst was one of 22 emerging artists recognized by The Aljira Center for Contemporary Art's Emerge program. Her work is currently featured in a solo exhibition at Gawker Headquarters in New York City. LJ Lindhurst lives and works in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn.

"I am a contemporary realist painter. My work is medium- to large-scale paintings of imagery from our daily lives and mass culture that communicate a sense of isolation, alienation, comedy, threat, and modern decay.

A large portion of my work is based on the Photorealist movement's philosophy that Photorealism should be without style or embellishment, and adhere with devotion to reproducing the photographed image as accurately as possible. Form, composition, and style occur naturally, and are illuminated as a result of this neutral approach.

Thematically, the subjects of my paintings are varied, but tend to focus on the often overlooked detritus of our popular culture. By closely examining otherwise ordinary images from our daily life, such as advertising, packaging, television, or our print media, an underlying sense of uneasy comedy is revealed."