Oliver Vernon
About
Oliver Vernon is a contemporary abstract painter born in Brooklyn, New York in 1972. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Parsons School of Design in 1995, where he focused on abstract painting with special interest in work produced between 1910 and the 1960s. After living in Brooklyn for approximately 15 years following graduation, Vernon relocated to Northern California, where he currently maintains a large studio in Grass Valley in the Sierra Nevada region. His work explores the deconstruction and reconstruction of visual space, drawing from a diverse range of influences including abstract expressionism, surrealism, and figurative realism. Vernon's paintings are characterized by their exploration of form, movement, and the psychological states that shape perception of reality, often described as snapshots of primordial moments when chaos transforms into order.
Abstract expressionism with surrealist and figurative elements; explores deconstruction and reconstruction of visual space through juxtapositions of logic/illogic, physical/metaphysical, and imprisonment/liberation
Selected Exhibitions
- Macro/Micro (Irvine Contemporary Gallery, Washington DC, 2007)
- Microcosm Gallery (New York, 2007)
- Infinity Within (Lineage Gallery, Philadelphia, 2006)
- Lineage Gallery (Burlington VT, 2005)
- Identity Crisis (Lineage Gallery, Philadelphia, 2005)
- Convergence (The Showroom NYC, New York, 2005)
- Minds Wide Open (Light Space Gallery, LA; Microcosm Gallery, NYC, 2005)
- The Armory Show (New York, 2001)
- Start! (Modern Culture Gallery, New York, 2000)
- Exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego, Washington DC, Denver, Chicago, UK, Italy, France, and Canada