I am a multidisciplinary artist based in Savannah, Georgia, and my work transforms the ordinary into something strange, joyful, and deeply human. Rooted in absurdist humor and childlike curiosity, my practice revolves around building playful objects, installations, and paintings that blur the line between nostalgia and new possibilities. From small-scale to large-scale, my work includes weapons of mass imagination, fantastical inventions, 2-dimensional critiques of education, and ginormous public pencils. Using play as a form of protest, I create imaginative work that encourages viewers to tackle the tougher aspects of reality by breaking free from conventional norms and reconnecting with their sense of wonder.
Contact: abbylaurenedwards@live.com
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Exhibitions
SOLO
2024
Dirt and Stardust, Jepson Center, Savannah, GA.
2023
Upside Around, Westobou Gallery, Augusta, GA.
GROUP/DUO/TRIO
2025
Impressed with Ben Tollefson, The Thompson, Curated by Cleo the Project Space, Savannah, GA.
Artfields, Lake City, SC.
2024
One by One, Gallery 2424, Savannah, GA.
International Day of Peace, SCRAP Gallery, Cathedral City, CA.
Seeds X, Westobou Gallery, Augusta, GA.
Off the Wall, ARTS Southeast, Savannah, GA.
COMPULSION, ATHICA, Athens, GA.
2023
Materia Prima, ARTS Southeast, Savannah, GA.
Fast Forward, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA.
Pieces for Peace, SCRAP Gallery, Cathedral City, CA.
Best of the East Coast, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC.
SURFACE, ATHICA, Athens, GA.
Seeds IX, Westobou Gallery, Augusta, GA.
2022
Our Golden Coast, ARTS Southeast, Savannah, GA.
LUSH, Bedford Greenhouses and Westobou, Augusta, GA.
Fourth LaGrange Southeast Regional, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, GA.
2021
Spring Open Studio, SCAD, Savannah, GA.
White Elephant VII, ARTS Southeast, Savannah, GA.
Projects + Collabs
UNFK Earth + Amplify Art, poster design, 2023
Fantastic Fungi, illustrations, L.A., Ca., 2023
CAT Headquarters Wellness Center, mural, Savannah, Ga., 2022
SCAD, bus wrap design, Savannah, Ga., 2021
Talks
Boxed In/Break Out: Dirt and Stardust, Jepson Center, 2024
Residencies
Alumni Atelier, SCAD, 2024
Education
Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Graphic Design, 2016