LaNia Sproles

LaNia Sproles lives and works in the segregated city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she graduated with a BFA from Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design in 2017. Her body of work spans several disciplines including printmaking, drawing, and collage. The philosophies of self-perception, queer and feminist theories, and inherent racial dogmas are essential to her work. Sproles examine the works of feminist artists and writers such as Octavia Butler, Kara Walker, and Rebecca Morgan. In 2020, she completed her year as a 2019 Mary L. Nohl fellow, continued her teaching as artist-in-residence at the Lynden Sculpture Garden in Milwaukee, and guest curated an exhibition hosted by NADA art fair with Green Gallery. Most recently, she created an illustration of Art Preserve artists for the west wall in the Social STUDIO, which will be on view until January 2022.