Laeh Glenn (born 1979) is an American visual artist. She is based in Sebastopol, California. Her work addresses the digital life of an image; namely, how repetition and sharing influence image quality and how painting has the ability to converse with damaged images.
Glenn received a BFA degree in painting from the California College of the Arts in 2008. She later earned an MFA degree in painting from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2012.
Glenn often begins her work with source material found online. Her process involves a âÂÂtranslationâ¦from jpeg to paintingâ in which Glenn flattens and extracts elements in broad strokes from the reference image. Her paintings recall image compressions that occur when a digital image travels from screen to screenâÂÂâÂÂeach painting shifts in tone, texture, or scale. Artforum describes GlennâÂÂs work as âÂÂnostalgic yet eerily placelessâÂÂ.
GlennâÂÂs work is included in the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.