Lindsey "Flamgu" Orrin


Specialties: Abstract Style, Commissions, Acrylic Paintings

 

Statement

Flamgu represents energy. It is the love that connects and creates all things. As an artist, I seek to follow and embody this idea.

As an artist, I work in two styles. One is my conceptual, representational work and the other is my abstract flow. My abstract pieces are explorations of imagination, materials, and the state of flow. These paintings are meant to accentuate the importance of play and joy. Propelling my artistic vision, are my conceptual pieces that are meant to explore concepts of the human condition, death, rebirth, and duality.

I draw inspiration from my education in science, mythology, dreams, cross cultural mysticism, our connection with Mother Earth and each other. Exploring contrast is inherit to who I am and I believe it makes life richer. Contrast gives a deeper perspective and broader experience. My artistic practice and exploration is testament to this. My two styles give each other and myself a greater life.io coming soon.
 
Bio

As a native East Tennessean, surrounded by forests and lakes, Flamgu’s love of nature was inevitable. Creativity, especially in drawing, has always been instilled within her. Satisfying her two passions, she began her education double majoring in chemistry and art at San Diego State University. As she was both learning about the mechanics of Life through her school curriculum and metaphysically through her practices, she began to explore themes of unconditional love, gratitude for all that is, interconnectedness, and the power of imagination. From this, she connected with importance of our hearts, a theme found throughout her work. Through nurturing her heart connection, she came into the stance that her life is a masterpiece and that her work and process is one of her greatest teachers in life. With this, she directed her full focus into art.
 
Artistically, she has been most influenced by Roberto Matta’s Inscapes, which are manifestations of the artist’s interior world. Before learning of Matta’s work and process, Flamgu solely created representational compositions speaking her inner perceptions. Craving the challenge, she plunged head first into exploring the spontaneity and intuition behind this imagination based process. Flamgu still places great emphasis on her representational work and seeks to marry these two distinct styles to create visionary art that both carries the energy and the message of each piece.
 
Duality, death and rebirth are the common denominator in her work. Her work has been published in national magazines, Studio Visit (2018), and has been exhibited throughout the world, including the “Best of Undergraduates” in The 14th Annual Emerging Artists Exhibition (2018) at Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati, OH and in London at the Brit School of Performing Arts (2018). She has had solo exhibitions and her work belongs to the permanent collection of Pacha Moma, a visionary art museum in Irapuato, Mexico.
 
Upon received her B.A. from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in in printmaking and entrepreneurship, she spent many years traveling the country where she developed a knack for live event painting. She currently resides outside of Nashville. 

 

Next Exhibition:

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    Flamgu’s mission is to embody the Gu in all its delight. She seeks to celebrate Life through the power of Love, Imagination, Expression and Community through her art and life.

     

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      Flamgu is the essence that ignites every atom and creates the cosmos.
    It is Energy. It is Love. It is Life.

     

    flamgu values Love Dharma Imagination Delight

     

    Flamgu x NFTs
     

    Humanity is at the cusp of the digital revolution. Flamgu believes in NFTs for empowering both the artist and the people. She is excited to assist in bridging the physical and digital worlds to create a more innovation and free society.

     

    To assist in highlighting the phygital, Flamgu brings her skill set of live painting into the NFT world, where she creates direct onto the canvas IRL meetups. From the physical painting, any type of NFT can be created as a token of the memory. This is very exciting since it novel within the space.

     

    Currently, her NFTs are all 1/1 digital collectibles from her paintings. She is excited to explore the possibilities and genius of NFTs as she grows into a team.   Fascinated with the enigma of energy, my ideas stem from the things we cannot see. The subtle energy system and its sachets of truths inspire me to create synthesized, spiritual narratives. In the process of conceptualizing my realizations, I seek to excite love into the community.

     

     

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    Education

    2018 BA summa cum laude; printmaking/ minor; entrepreneurship – University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

     

    Professional Experience

    Current Flamgu – artist

    2017-18 Art Director for The Phoenix Literary Arts Magazine

    2016-20 Promotional Marketing – Representing the brand for various companies at events and promotions. Includes creating good rapport with customers and spreading brand knowledge.

    2015-17 Scientific Illustrator at University of Tennessee

     

    Awards + Recognitions

    2019 “Best in Show” for Conception Art Show in Denver

    2018 Beauvais Lyons Printmaking Award 

    2017 Joseph Delaney Undergraduate Scholarship 

    2016 Pre-portfolio Scholarship at University of Tennessee 

    2013 Department Award for Studio Art 

    2013 Two Silver Keys and two Gold Keys in Scholastic Art Awards 

    2012 “Best in Show” for East Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition 

    2012 “Highest Point Total” in 48 Hour Photography Competition 

     

    Shows and Exhibitions

    2024 – Artist Showcase NFT NYC, Juried

    2024 – Interactive Live Painting for Official After Party at Coconut Grove Fine Art Festival, Miami, FL

    2024 – Delray Beach Beach Festival of the Arts, Delray, FL, Juried

    2024 – Boca Fest Fine Art Festival, Boca Raton, FL

    2024 – Boca Raton Fine Art Festival, Boca Raton, FL

    2023 – Bonnaroo Music and Art Festival, Manchester, TN

    2024 – Imagine Music Festival, Rome, GA

    2023 EDC Las Vegas, NV

    2023 The Other Art Fair, Dallas, TX, Juried

    2023 Okeechobee Music and Arts Festival, Florida

    2023 Super Fine Art Fair, Miami, FL, Juried

    2022 Art Basel Pop Up at Oasis in Wynwood, Miami, FL

    2022 Hamptons Fine Art Fair, South Hampton, NY

    2022-23 Imagine Music Festival, Rome, GA,

    2022-23 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Manchester, TN,

    2022 Branches Mobile Art Gallery at Lucidity Festival, Santa Barbara, CA, Juried

    2022 Gem and Jam Tribe 13 Gallery and Live painting, Tucson, Arizona, Juried

    2021 Soulshine Live Art Gallery  Summer Camp Music Festival – Chillicothe, IL, Juried

    2020 Gasprilla Festival of the Arts – Tampa, FL, Juried 

    2019 Shambhala BassCamp Gallery – Salmo, British Columbia, Juried 

    2019 Summer Meltdown – Performance Painting, Darrington, WA, Juried

    2018 Effervescent Utopias – Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN, Solo

    2018 Meraki – Hodges Library – Knoxville, TN, Solo

    2018 Mayor Show – City County Building, Knoxville, TN, Juried

    2018 Summer Art Showcase – Birdhouse, Knoxville TN, Performance Painting

    2018 New Earth – Obie Theater Brit School of Performing Arts and Technology, London, United Kingdom, Invited

    2018 Rites of Passage: 14th Annual Emerging Artists Exhibition – Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH, Juried

    2018 Arts in the Airport – Knoxville, TN, Juried

    2018 Feminance – Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN, Juried

    2018 University of Tennessee Student Awards Exhibition – Ewing Gallery, Knoxville, TN, Juried

    2017 Flamgu’s First Friday – Sapphire, Knoxville, TN, Solo

    2017 Knoxville Fine Arts and Crafts Center, Knoxville, TN, Solo

    2017 Summer Showcase Exhibition – University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, Group Invitational

    2017 Amalgam, Knoxville, TN, Group Invitational

    2017 University of Tennessee Student Awards Exhibition – Ewing Gallery, Knoxville, TN, Juried

    2016 Cosmic Energy: a story of Oca’s conscious evolvement – Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN, Solo

    2016 Group Show at 1400, Knoxville, TN, Invitational

    2016 Printerrific: Prints by UT Knoxville Undergraduates – University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, Group Invitational

    2015 “Intertwined: the Connection We Have to the Spiritual and Natural” – Flor y Canto Gallery, San Diego, CA, Curation

     

    Publications

    2018 Studio Visit: An International Juried Artist Magazine, Vol. 41

    2018 The Hand Magazine: A Magazine for Reproduction-based Arts, Vol. 20

    2018 Furrow: An Undergraduate Literary Journal from UW-Milwaukee, Vol. 19

    2016 Phoenix Magazine, Issue 58 Vol. 1

     

    Collections

    2019 Pacha Moma, Irapuato, Guanajuanto Mexico