Lola Collins

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Bio: Collins earned an MA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art in London, UK, in 2023, following a BA in Art History and Anthropology from Colby College in Waterville, Maine, in 2020. Her artistic practice has been featured in several solo and group exhibitions across the US and Europe. She has shown at prominent venues, including the Brooklyn Museum, Diego Rivera Gallery, and the Institute of Contemporary Art in London. Her recent work was featured in Intrinsic Tools at the D.C. Art Center in Washington, D.C., in 2024 and Crossing Borders at Millbank Tower in London, UK. Collins lives and works in San Francisco, CA.

Statement: Lola Collins (Washington, D.C.) investigates the possibility of form and space, and their relationship to her lived experience as a Black femme moving through the world. Her work consistently centers the historical, the social, and the temporal—treating each as inseparable elements within the structures she creates and deconstructs. Through painting, sculpture, public work, performance, and text-based art, Collins explores the act of building—not only as a physical gesture, but as a conceptual and emotional process. For her, building inherently involves both deconstruction and reconstruction. These processes may unfold literally or metaphorically, and often occur simultaneously within her practice. This layered approach mirrors Black life and the ways in which individuals within the Black diaspora continuously rebuild, reframing their pasts, presents, and futures to more authentically represent their identities.