TRASH TALK
FEATURES
NY1 · April 2024
“Brooklyn artist gives new life to what others throw away”
Roger Clark visits my first solo show, Through a Plastic Lens, at Compère Collective in Red Hook.
“It just makes me so happy to find things and upcycle them into something else.”
ZeeArts · May 2024
“Art Connects Women: Lenore Solmo, USA”
A video profile from Art Connects Women in Dubai, where I represented the USA.
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A.MANO Brooklyn · May 2026
“An Interview with Lenore Solmo”
Hands-on making, street-found materials, years of mentoring designers in fashion, and why I can’t stop creating.
“Well, I cannot NOT create.”
Made in NYC · Meet the Makers
A studio visit covering how I clean, cut, heat and shape street plastic into sea creatures, and what it really takes to go from fashion to fine art.
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Insights of a Young Ecological Artist · Narratives of Care
“Finding Beauty in Plastic Waste with Eco-Artist Lenore Solmo”
An interview about turning plastic waste into art with meaning.
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EXHIBITIONS & PROGRAMS
Washington Square Park Conservancy · July 2026
Park Open Studio: Upcycled Art with Lenore Solmo, Resident Artist.
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Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club · June 2026
Dreams of Water, Bodies of Earth, a two-person show with painter Chao Wang at the Gowanus Dredgers Boathouse.
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Freshkills Park
Upcycled Plastic Bottle Octopus Art Workshop
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Realty Collective · March 2024
“Compère Collective Presents: Through a Plastic Lens by Lenore Solmo”
The announcement for my debut solo show in Red Hook, organized as Garden, City and Ocean.
City life supplies “overflowing trash bins, yielding possible art materials.”