Allan Gorman is a structure-driven contemporary painter from Brooklyn, NY, known for his oblique studies of urban undersides, and his non-representational spatial compositions. His work has evolved from meticulous photorealism to urban geometric abstraction.[1][2][3][4] The artist admits a predilection for intersecting edges, converging lights, colors, surfaces, and textures.[5] His art has been widely exhibited in galleries and museums throughout the United States and also in Europe. He is a former advertising executive, brand marketingeducator, and consultant. He is currently based in Jersey City, NJ.
He began painting in the early 1980s while teaching at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.[6] His art has progressively evolved from an initial photorealistic period through several phases that have been described as industrialist, architectural, and abstractionist.[7][8][9] His work has been profiled in The Huffington Post, Transportation Today, Manifest's International, New Painting Annual, America Art Collector, Poets & Artists Magazine, Chicago Fine Art, and many other specialized publications and websites.[10][11][12][13][14] Since 2019, one of his pieces has been part of the collection at the European Museum of Modern Art.[15] A list of Gorman's acknowledged art teachers includes Power Booth, Gary Godbee, and David Kapp.[14] Interviews of the artist are available online.[16][17]
Curatorial
He has often participated in art events and societies as a curator, a juror, or a board member.[18][19] In 2017 he was a curator of the exhibition "Industrialism in the 21st Century", at the Nicole Longnecker Gallery, Houston, TX.[20]
Branding
Largely self-taught, Gorman began his art career in 1970, working in the advertising industry, eventually founding his own firm in 1987.[6] During his career in branding (1970–2006), he worked at advertising agencies such as Young & Rubicam, Grey Advertising, Foote, Cone & Belding and others.[21] He opened his own advertising shop in 1987.[22] He was a past president of the Art Directors Club of NJ.[23] In 2007 he was inducted into the New Jersey Advertising Club's Hall of Fame.[24] Details of Gorman's career in branding are found in the May 4, 2015, issue of Motorcycle Magazine.[25]
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