Sophie Friedman-Pappas & Maren Karslon

In Lieu is pleased to present Lacker, an exhibition of new work by Los Angeles-based artists Sophie Friedman-Pappas and Maren Karslon. Friedman-Pappas displays new installation and drawing works and Karlson debuts a suite of new oil paintings.

Sophie Friedman-Pappas (b. 1995) is an artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. She is currently working towards an MFA at University of California, Los Angeles. Friedman-Pappas has held a solo exhibition at Alyssa Davis (New York) and has participated in group exhibitions at Meredith Rosen (New York), Simone Subal (New York) and In Lieu (Los Angeles).

Maren Karlson (b. 1988) lives and works in Los Angeles. She is currently working towards an MFA at University of California, Los Angeles. Selected one and two person exhibitions include Soft Opening (London), Ashley (Berlin), Springsteen (Baltimore), in lieu (Los Angeles), 427 Gallery (Riga), and Interstate Projects (Brooklyn). Selected group exhibitions include Chapter (New York), François Ghebaly (Los Angeles), The Drawing Center (New York), Intersticio (Madrid), Futura (Prague), in lieu (Los Angeles), Fused / Jessica Silverman (San Francisco), among others.