Caryl Burtner | Sonya Clark | Talia Greene | Ruth Marten | Althea Murphy-Price | Loren Schwerd

Curated by Mark Sloan, “Hair on Fire” represents six contemporary artists who explore the diverse history of human hair through their art—from its significance in mythology, cultural anthropology, fashion, and folklore, to its rich metaphorical possibilities. Each artist creates works that are either made of, incorporate, or relate to the hirsute. Artists featured are Caryl Burtner, Sonya Clark, Talia Greene, Ruth Marten, Althea Murphy-Price, and Loren Schwerd.

Loren Schwerd received her BFA in Studio Art from Tulane University in New Orleans in 1993, and her MFA in Sculpture from Syracuse University in New York in 1999. She was an instructor and visiting Assistant Professor at the College of Charleston from 1999 to 2005, and is currently an Assistant Professor of Sculpture at the Louisiana State University School of Art in Baton Rouge. Her installations, videos, costumes, and sculpture have been exhibited nationally at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, NC; Mobile Museum of Art, AL; Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina; Louisiana Artworks in New Orleans; Urban Institute for Contemporary Art in Grand Rapids, MI; and the Dana Women Artists Series at Rutgers in New Brunswick, NJ.