Lauren Godfrey

Lauren Godfrey navigates the spaces between word, image, and material, crafting works that transform sculpture, performance, film, and printmaking into poetic investigations of presence and form. She approaches making as if forming a sentence on the tip of the tongue, producing pieces that balance concept, gesture, and subtle poetics. Her sculptures often take the shape of domestic-scale objects, quasi-furniture, or seemingly functional items, blending influences from design history, popular culture, and fine art into playful, unexpected compositions that invite curiosity and reflection. Godfrey’s work fuses high and low, past and present, the refined and the crude, generating a space that is both inquisitive and propositional. Her objects invite interaction and collaboration, encouraging viewers to engage physically and conceptually with the work. In recent projects, fountains, sundials, and other elemental forms are combined with postmodern silhouettes, layered patterns, and bold colors, creating a sense of potential functionality while also serving as sites for reflection and play. Her installations offer viewers space to pause, contemplate, or experiment, whether through observing trickling water, navigating sculptural forms, or responding to playful, interactive elements. Through this synthesis of material, form, and engagement, Godfrey crafts environments that are immersive, dynamic, and open to interpretation. ...