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Jan 20, 1958 66 years old
American artist
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About Lori K. Gordon
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- Gordon (born January 20, 1958) is an artist and founder and president of Six Degrees Consortium, a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to the creation and dissemination of art that addresses compelling social issues and that builds bridges across cultures.
- She is also Founder and President of El Fenn Maroc, a NGO based in Marrakech, Morocco and dedicated to supporting artists in Morocco.
- She is known for The Katrina Collection, her series of mixed media assemblages which incorporates debris from the massive hurricane which ravaged the Mississippi Gulf Coast in August 2005, for The Labat Project, a piece of which has been acquired by the Smithsonian Institution, and for Six Degrees: West to East" which addresses the gulf between the western and Islamic worlds.Born and raised on the Northern Plains, Gordon settled near Bay St.
- Louis, Mississippi in 1991.
- Gordon introduced her first mixed media series in 2001.
- One of her major works from this period is the 8' by 10' biographical art quilt "Labat: A Creole Legacy" which has been acquired by the Smithsonian Institution for inclusion into their permanent collection. In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina obliterated her home and studio in the small community of Clermont Harbor, Mississippi.
- With her tools and supplies destroyed by 140 mile per hour winds and a 43 foot storm surge, Gordon resourcefully returned to work using the only materials available to her.
- She began collecting debris and transforming it into mixed media assemblages.
- Her "Katrina Collection" has been exhibited in dozens of venues around the nation.
- Private collectors of her work include President and First Lady Michelle Obama,former President and First Lady Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Good Morning America's Robin Roberts, singer Faith Hill, and ESPN announcer Jon Miller.
- Pieces of The Katrina Collection may be found in the public collections of the Mississippi Humanities Council, Thea Foundation and William J.
- Clinton Foundation's Art Across Arkansas, Hancock Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Kentucky, University of Southern Mississippi and the Safeco Corporate Collection, as well as two museums in South Dakota.
