THE TRIENNIAL 2025
Lan Tuazon
Matters of Consequence, 2025
Steel, concrete, biolith tile, and recycled pressed plastic
Lan Tuazon creates architectural spaces that set new habits towards social and ecological customs. Using new techniques in material invention, Tuazon shifts our understanding of consumption and its by-products when wasted materials are reclaimed and redesigned for an extended use.
Matters of Consequence was inspired by a 15th-century painting of a “studiolo,” a private space for study and reflection. This artwork becomes a platform for conversation, workshops, and exchanging materials and ideas, a public place for practicing climate-conscious behavior. It also serves as a pedestal to honor the work of grassroots groups in Mattapan who are creating their own social systems through food access, health, and fitness.
The installation supports reflection on the impact of individual consumption and invites visitors into shared storytelling, “deep hanging out,” and survival strategies drawn from lived experience. Developed in partnership with Mattapan Food and Fitness Coalition, the Urban Farming Institute, and Mattapan neighbors, the project celebrates the powerful alternatives that can emerge through collective action.
Collaboration is at the heart of the Triennial’s work. After receiving additional feedback from the Mattapan community, we will be relocating the installation currently installed at Almont Park. The Triennial is working closely with the City of Boston and the artist to identify a new location for the piece.
Lan Tuazon
b. 1976, based in Chicago
Lan Tuazon lives and works in Chicago where she is an Associate Professor of Sculpture at the School of Art Institute in Chicago. Tuazon is a Rome Prize Fellow in Terra Foundation Fellowship at the American Academy in Rome (2024). She has received solo presentations at the Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago (2021); Visual Arts Center, University of Texas at Austin (2018); Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York (2012); and Brooklyn Museum, New York (2011). She has participated in group exhibitions at venues that include the 8th Floor Rubin Foundation, New York (2015); Bucharest Biennale, Romania (2010); REDCAT, Los Angeles (2007); Sculpture Center, New York (2007); and Artists Space, New York (2006). Tuazon was awarded residencies and fellowships at the American Academy in Rome (2024); the Headlands Art Center, Sausalito, CA (2013); Civitella Ranieri, Umbertide, Italy (2012); and Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart (2009). She earned an MFA from Yale University, New Haven, CT (2002) and a BA from The Cooper Union, New York (1999). She participated in the Whitney Independent Study Program (2003).
