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1 - 3. all our plans that lead back to beginnings, 2007, mixed media drawing installation,
        11' x 16' each wall
        The Hall, Inliquid at the Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, PA

4 - 5. our secret conversations traveled farther then we knew, 2007, mixed media drawing, 60" x 62"

6. little room – wall B, 2006, silkscreen print on frosted vinyl, 12-1/4” x 12”
7. little room – wall D, 2006, silkscreen print on frosted vinyl, 9” x 12-1/4”
8. little room – wall E, 2006, silkscreen print on frosted vinyl, 9-1/4” x 12-1/4”
9. little room – wall G, 2006, silkscreen print on frosted vinyl, 11-1/4” x 12-1/4”
10. lab plans (detail), 2005, graphite on paper, 45” x 51-1/4”
11. cleanrooms (detail), 2005, graphite on paper, 38-3/4” x 44-1/2”

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1 - 2. I will find us a path to everything we hope for, 2008 site-specific inflatable
          installation, dimensions variable
          NURTUREart, Brooklyn, NY
3 - 6. I will find us a path to everything we hope for, 2008 - 2009 site-specific inflatable           installation, dimensions variable
          Constance S. and Robert J. Hennessy Project Space, Delaware Center for the Contemporary
           Arts, Wilmington, DE

7 - 8. what if I told you that I was tired of being independent, 2008 site-specific, but portable,
           inflatable installation, dimensions variable
          Cavalier Hotel, Miami Beach, FL
9 - 10. what if I told you that I was tired of being independent, 2009 site-specific, but portable,
             inflatable installation, 76" x 100" x 30"
             UD@Crane, Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia

Images 8 and 10: documentation of the installation packed

11 - 12. I’m not coming out until this is all over, 2006, mixed media,
              150' square

15 - 16. (you might have to think of how you got started working) In your little room, 2006, mixed media,
                80' square

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Contact Information
Philadelphia, PA
tel: 302-367-4063
e-mail: janellolah@gmail.com
www.janellolah.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement
My work revolves around an exploration of places through systems, space, and memory. On a comprehensive scale, these are the systems that guide movements such as airflow, plumbing, or electricity; while on a personal scale, they aid in the organization of ones belongings or thought patterns.

I am specifically interested in mapping, creating, or focusing on systems found in inhabited buildings or domestic settings. I pull from different experiences and periods in my life, distilling time and literal space into drawings that can connect a place from my past to places that I currently inhabit. These connections, both physical and personal, can take the form of a drawn house-system, a chart, or even the repeat of a pattern.

I continue this inquiry through my site-specific and sculptural work. The structural architecture acts as a vessel whose main purpose is to hold the system(s). Through the addition of a new object into an existing space, systems that are perceived, but unseen, become apparent; often times because these additional objects subvert their intended function. When creating a new space or environment, the architectural structure and the systems become interdependent, in turn functioning as one organism.

Education
2006 
University of Delaware, Newark, DE
MFA

2001
Millersville University, Millersville, PA
BFA

Affiliations
Nexus, Foundation for Today’s Art, Philadelphia, PA
NURTUREart, Nonprofit Inc., Brooklyn, NY

Residencies
2007
Apprentice Training Program, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA

Summer Residency Program, Cooper Union School of Art,
New York, NY

2002
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

Selected Exhibitions

Solo

2008 - 2009
I will find us a path to everything we hope for, Constance S. and Robert J. Hennessy Project Space, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

2007
all our plans that lead back to beginnings, The Hall, Inliquid at the Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, PA

2003
why don’t you take the day off and try to repair, Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster, PA

Two-person

2008
Connect to Future Modules, Pool Art Fair, Cavalier Hotel, Miami Beach, FL

Absurd Situations, New Wilmington Art Association,
Wilmington, DE

Group

2009
Beyond Matter, University of Delaware MFA Alumni Exhibition, UD@Crane, Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Nora Lawrence

2008
My Little / Membrane, NURTUREart, Brooklyn, NY
Curators: Zeljka Himbele-Kozul and William Heath

2007
Art of the State 2007, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA
Juror: Kevin Wixted

2007 Miami University Young Painters Competition for the William and Dorothy Yeck Award, Hiestand Galleries, Oxford, OH
Juror: Jerry Saltz

Young Talent 2007, Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT

2006
draw_drawing_2, the foundry gallery, London Biennale, Shoreditch, London

2005
MFA Biennial Exhibition,Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
Juried Exhibition