About 9 Sirens Creative
9 Sirens Creative was initially inspired by The Nine that appeared to Lauren shortly after her return to Virginia. It started slowly with number 2’s introduction while Lauren was working. Quickly, and quite forcefully, 3 made her presence known and demanded to be the first drawn. Lauren asked if any more were around once 2 and 3 had been drawn and 1 came. After that, the rest of The Nine slowly began to arrive. These [women came with their own stories and personalities, all of which will be revealed in time. The companionship of these ladies and their inspiration lead to the fitting name, 9 Sirens, for this creative endeavor.
About the Artist
Lauren Walke is an artist living amongst the folklore and trees of Appalachia. She creates art based on ritual, folklore, and the aspects that call (loudly) to her. Lauren’s work is amplified and enhanced by her focus on daily rituals, seeking for moments of magic in life alongside her family, an unending consumption of books and music, and by tending the shrines of tiny treasures and plants around her house.
Lauren got her BFA in 2-Dimensional Studies at Weber State University in 2013. There she began and grew her magpie collection of bones, feathers, and other found treasures before heeding the call to return back to the older mountains of Virginia. Lauren favors the traditional mediums of pencil and watercolor for her current work, mostly steeped in symbolism and the depiction of figures but occasionally ventures to paint with words to craft immersive stories.
About the Work
Lauren works to create stories, ideas, and concepts that make it possible for her creative visions to be experienced, explored, and enjoyed more deeply by viewers. With each piece of art, she works to further enhance and bring to life her worldview as a gift to others. Her goal is to cause the viewer to, for a moment, lose themselves and become lost in the horror and beauty of the stories and images presented before them.
Contact me: 9sirenscreative@gmail.com
Social Media:
Facebook: New work, news & events, connect
Instagram: Work in progress, slice of life, videos
Pinterest: A magpie collection of images that inspire me
Published Work:
2023 - Exponent II , Vol 43 No. 1
2023 – Katabasis: Monologues for the Dead, BCC Press
2023 – Cherish, BCC Press
2023 – Exponent II, Guest Post
2022 – Wayfare Magazine, Volume 1, Winter 2022
2022 – MER Online, Volume 20,
2022 – Exponent II, Guest Post
2022 – Exponent II, Guest Post
2021 – Young Ravens Literary Review, Issue 15, Winter 2021
2021 – Exponent II, Vol 41 No. 2
2021 – The Dialogue Journal Sunday School, August 22, 2021
2021 – Artemis Journal, Vol XXVIII
2021 – Exponent II, Vol 40 No. 3
2021 – Hexen’s Wane
2020 – Young Ravens Literary Review, Issue 13, Winter 2020
2020 – Rabbit Rabbit Rabbit by Molly Meador
2019 – Hexen’s Binding
2018 – Exponent II, Vol 38 No. 1
2018 – Hexen’s Cross
2014 – Freddie the Penguin
2013 – Mixitini Matrix, Volume 3 Issue 1
Selected Shows:
2021 – Certain Women Art Show, Salt Lake City, Utah
2020 – Breathe: Protections, Paradigms, Pandemic, Shenandoah Valley Art Center, Waynesboro, Virginia
2018 – Handed Down and Altered, The Mormon Arts Festival at Columbia University, New York, New York
2018 – The Kitchen Sink, Delurk Gallery, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
2015 – Salt Lake Gallery Stroll Solo Show, Underbelly Creative, Salt Lake City, Utah
2015 – Salt Lake Gallery Stroll Group Show, Underbelly Creative, Salt Lake City, Utah
2013 – BFA Thesis Exhibition, Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery, Ogden, Utah
2013 – BFA Seminar Exhibition, Department Of Visual Arts Lobby, Ogden, Utah
2013 – Opening Exhibition, Pandemonium Art Gallery, Ogden, Utah
2013 – Student Exhibition, Mary Elizabeth Dee Shaw Gallery, Ogden, Utah
Recognition:
2013 – Juror Award, Disappearing Series (1,2, and 4)