Lauren Berkowitz creates ephemeral and site-specific installations that evoke the passage of time, loss and renewal. Her work explores the poetic resonance of natural and man-made materials and their transformative qualities through light, volume and space. Often inspired by the landscape but disquieted by its precarious state, she recycles narratives and residual matter as a process of environmental regeneration.
Berkowitz acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. She pays respect to their Elders past and present and extends that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
Remnants, 2022
Plastic Topographies, 2018 – 2022
Fragile Ecologies, 2019 – 2021
Ecosphere, 2019
Residency Unlimited, Open Studio, 2019
Still Life, 2014–2017
Bottles, 1994–2017
Subterranean, 2016
Energy Fields, 2015
Verdure, 2015
Starlie Geikie and Lauren Berkowitz, 2014
Weeds and Wildflowers, 2014
Manna, 2009
Sustenance, 2010
Physic Garden, 2013–2014
Liquid, 2013
Visceral Forms, 2012
Cell Structures, 2012
White Residue, 2010
Lauren Berkowitz and Starlie Geikie, 2008
Drift, 2008
Cornucopia, 2007
Demeter's Garden, 2007
Karakarook's Garden, 2006–2007
Shadows and Light, 2005
Salt and Sand, 2004
Tide, 2004
Harvest Room, 2003
Salt and Honey, 2002
Colour Field, 2002
Verdant, 2001
Idyll, 2000
Strata, 1999
Cupola, 1999
Translucent, 1998
Weeds, 1998
Dystrophy, 1997
Celestial, 1997
Follies, 1997
Wall, Red, Yellow, Blue, 1997
Green Room, 1996
Polystyrene Room, 1996
Onion Sac Wall, 1996
Reclaiming Memory, 1995
Bags, 1994 (remade 2010)
Newspapers, 1994
Recyclable, 1993
Sightseeing Tours, 1993
Installation #4, 1993 (remade 2010)
Buffalo Dateline, 1993 (remade 1995)
Pine Grove Installation, 1993
Blue Wall, 1990
Twig Cluster, 1989