Laura Lappi is interested in observing and examining how architecture and spatial environments influence our perceptions and affect reality; in particular, her focus is on the experience and emotional charge of different places and the fluid boundaries between reality and fiction. Her sculptural practice explores the relationship between physical spaces, man-made structures, and the human mind – the psychogeography of places.
The starting point of her work usually comes from a real, existing location, which she explores by researching its history and geography. Based on these places, she creates sculptures and site-specific installations, using photography and videography as a means to document them.
Born and raised in Finland, Lappi is a visual artist currently based in Queens, NY. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions at Firetti Contemporary, Dubai (2024), Galleria Sculptor, Helsinki (2023), Lorimoto Gallery, Queens (2019), and Galleria Uusi Kipinä, Lahti (2016). She has been commissioned for public sculptures at LUT University in Finland (2025), Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens (2020), and The Yard in Colorado Springs (2018).
Lappi’s work has been in numerous group exhibitions, including Tampere Art Museum, Serlachius Museum and Riihimäki Art Museum in Finland, Bronx Museum in New York, Firetti Contemporary and DIFC Sculpture Park in Dubai, Madison Gallery in San Diego, Abu Dhabi Art Fair, and Recyclart Art Center in Brussels, among others.
Her residencies include Silver Art Projects, ISCP, Yaddo, Marble House Projects, SIM, and Vermont Studio Center. She has been awarded grants from Queens Arts Fund, Alfred Kordelin Foundation, Arts Promotion Centre Finland and Finnish Cultural Foundation, and fellowships at the Bronx Museum of the Arts and NYFA in New York. Lappi’s artworks have been acquired by Serlachius Museum in Finland, DIFC Sculpture Park public collection in Dubai, and Fidelity Art Collection in Boston.
Contact: laura@lauralappi.com
Portrait by Alisa Poturaeva