Oliver Vernon is a contemporary Artist
based in Grass Valley, California
Oliver’s work is cemented in his commitment for exploring form and movement, and its relationship with the psychological states that create the nature of reality.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Vernon attended the University of Vermont, Burlington and later received his Bachelor’s of Fine Arts from Parsons School of Design in 1995. He focused his studies in abstract painting with a special interest in work produced between 1910 and the 1960s.
The incredibly wide pool of influences is tangible in his work – from his beloved abstract expressionism, to pop surrealism and the polished finish of figurative realism. Formally, his work is about the deconstruction, and hence the necessary reconstruction of visual space. From this central dichotomy stems many other juxtapositions: logic/illogic, physical/metaphysical, imprisonment/liberation.
His paintings come to us, perhaps, as detailed snapshots of the few primordial milliseconds when the blueprint of the universe was being sculpted from the final throes of chaos.
Drawing inspiration from his metropolitan surroundings in New York, and the great early surrealists such as Miro, Matta and Ernst, and painters of the mid 20th century, including Motherwll, Kline, Pollack, Mitchell and Dekooning, Vernon’s early work began displaying modernists inspirations that yielded novel, fantastical possibilities for capturing form and movement.
His move from Brooklyn, NY to Grass Valley, CA in 2010 changed his relationship with nature, and nature changed his relationship with his work. In this new partnership with his surroundings, Vernon’s work presents new visualizations of interdependent organic and humanity-constructed environments. Using multiple layers and planes of space, his paintings capture both macro and micro views of worlds in convergence – a dance between man-made infrastructures and the origins of life.
Vernon’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, and it is featured in numerous collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Oliver Vernon is represented by:
The Chambers Project
627 E Main Street, Grass Valley, CA 95945
(530) 777-0330
brian@thechambersproject.com
Kirk Gallery
Danmarksgade 8, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark
+45 98 14 11 44
mail@kirk-gallery.com
Ascension: Hyatt Commission
Oliver Vernon: Renegade Trajectories
Unexpected Occurences, Joshua Liner Gallery
Solo Exhibitions
2019
Awaken the Chrysalis, Mirus Gallery, Denver
Brushing Away the Veil, Kirk Gallery, Denmark
2018
With or Without, collaborative exhibition with Oliver Vernon and Christian Calabro,
Kirk Gallery, Denmark
2013
Renegade Trajectories, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York
2012
Tilt, David B. Smith Gallery, Denver
2011
Sprung, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York
2010
David B. Smith Gallery, Denver
Oscillation Throttle, Meta Gallery, Toronto
2009
Unexpected Ocurrences, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York
Double Down, Irvine Contemporary Gallery, Washington DC
New Works on Paper, Meta Gallery, Toronto
2007
Macro/Micro, Irvine Contemporary Gallery, Washington DC
Microcosm Gallery, New York
2006
Infinity Within, Lineage Gallery, Philadelphia
2005
Lineage Gallery, Burlington VT
Group Exibitions
2022
Kirk Gallery, Alborg, Denmark
The Chambers Project, Grass Valley, CA
2021
Kirk Gallery, Alborg, Denmark
The Chambers Project, Grass Valley, CA
2020
Kirk Gallery, Alborg, Denmark
2018
Grand Opening Inaugural Group Exhibition, Mirus Gallery, Denver
2017
North International Art Fair, Denmark, Kirk Gallery
Kirk Gallery, Alborg, Denmark
Scope International Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland, Kirk Gallery
2016
Scope International Art Fair, Miami, Alexander Chambers Gallery
2015
Context International Art Fair, Miami, Fifty24MX Gallery
2014
Momentum, 3-person show with Mars-1 and Damon Soule, Space Gallery, Denver
2013
Cosmic Terrain, 3-person show with Mars-1 and Damon Soule, Petaluma Arts Center, CA
2010
Further, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York
Scope International Art Fair, New York, David B. Smith Gallery
2009
Street/Studio, Irvine Contemporary Gallery, Washington DC
Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles
Scope International Art Fair, New York, David B. Smith Gallery
Aspect:Ratio, Irvine Contemporary Gallery, Washington DC
David B. Smith Gallery, Denver
2008
Locked & Loaded, Joshua Liner Gallery, New York
Saturnalia, Irvine Contemporary Gallery, Washington DC
Limited Addiction Gallery, Denver
365, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco
MicroCosm Gallery, New York
2007
Limited Addiction Gallery, Denver, two person exhibition
Boulevard Projects, Seattle, two person exhibition
Lineage Gallery, Philadelphia
Limited Addiction Gallery, Denver
2006
Mescalito, White Walls Gallery, San Francisco
12 x 12, Thinkspace, Los Angeles
2005
Identity Crisis, Lineage Gallery, Philadelphia
Convergence, The Showroom NYC, New York
Minds Wide Open, Light Space Gallery, LA; Microcosm Gallery, NYC
2001
The Armory Show, New York, represented by Modern Culture Gallery
2000
Start!, Modern Culture Gallery, New York
Education
1992-1995
BFA, Parsons School of Design,
New York
1990-1992
University of Vermont, Burlington
Press
Oliver Vernon: Resurrection Man
by Michael Pearce / MutualArt
Juxtapoz Magazine review
of “Counterpoint” Exhibition
Oliver Vernon’s Installation Looks of “Counterpoint”
@The Chambers Project
Oliver Vernon: “Counterpoint”
@The Chambers Project
Mars-1, Damon Soule, “Momentum”
@ Space Gallery, Denver
Preview: Oliver Vernon “Renegade Trajectories”
@Joshua Liner, NYC