About

Veronica Lawlor’s work sits at the intersection of illustration and abstraction. For over 20 years, her reportage drawings have led her around the world, creating award-winning illustrations for numerous clients. Her expressionistic on-site work considers the sensation of place through formal aesthetic concerns. 

Veronica brings those same sensibilities into the studio, creating work that is reflective of the energy and atmosphere of the locations she has documented. Traces of realism and narrative elements are both hidden and revealed in her abstract pieces, which explore the palimpsest of experience that creates memory of place.

A native New Yorker and urban enthusiast, Veronica is on the faculty of Pratt Institute and Parsons School of Design, and conducts reportage workshops worldwide. Her work has been exhibited by the United Nations, the Mystic Seaport Museum, the Society of Illustrators, Emerge Gallery and 601 Artspace, among others. She is in numerous private and corporate collections, and in 2022 was commissioned to create a mural for SOHO House NY. In 2011 Veronica was selected as the North American representative for the Canson Prix, and her work was presented at the Louvre. 

2023 SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Material Memory, Emerge Gallery, NY July 15- August 27 HERE

Deconstructing the Kosciuszko Bridge Online Exclusive with Emerge Gallery HERE.

2023 GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Art & Words, Emerge Gallery, NY April 8 - May 14

Byrdcliffe Artist in Residence Show April 29-June 11 HERE

Queens Seen: What artists are creating in the World’s Borough, Long Island City, NY June 1 - July 2

JOIN THE MAILING LIST HERE

Ms. Lawlor is available for commissions or bespoke illustrations. Please visit her illustration website at studio1482.com/veronica for more information.

If you are interested in purchasing any of the work in this gallery, please contact the artist directly at veronica(at)studio1482.com

[photo courtesy of Neil Weisenfeld]