CAA @ Canal Window Gallery – LOLA

Sponsored by BioMed Realty

The Gallery Window at CAA @ Canal provides an expansive opportunity for visual artists and organizations to engage with the public in Cambridge’s vibrant Kendall Square area.

Sept 19, 2026 – Jan 11, 2027

Location | 650 E. Kendall Street, adjacent to the CAA @ Canal Gallery

Hours | Open 24/7

Artist Bio | Shelly “Lola” Freund is a mixed media artist born and raised in El Salvador, currently based in Boston. Working primarily in painting, printmaking, and mixed media, Lola draws inspiration from her personal life, engaging with themes of identity, language, and belonging. She holds a BFA in Painting and Intermedia from Elon University and an MFA in Studio Art from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. She has exhibited in various group and solo exhibitions, including Country at the Attleboro Arts Museum (Attleboro, MA), the 2026 Emerging Artist Exhibition at the Cambridge Art Association (Cambridge, MA), ArtExpo 2026 (NYC, New York), and Menjunje at The Drawing Rooms (Jersey City, NJ). Lola’s work is collected by Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Elon University, and Tufts University Art Galleries.

Artist Statement | Born and raised in El Salvador in a Jewish household, Lola uses painting and mixed media to address the bilingual experience, and the diaspora she grew up in. She begins each painting by enlarging her own fingerprints, and transforming them with color and texture. Through this process, she reflects on how identity is recorded, categorized, and interpreted. Threading together Spanish, Hebrew, and English, she titles her works after foods and memories from her home country. Her work embraces the complexities of a diasporic identity, celebrating cultural fusion while mourning what is lost in translation.

Website | artistlola.com

Instagram | @worksbylola