Liam Everett

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Liam Everett
Born (1974-10-04) October 4, 1974 (age 49)
Rochester, New York, U.S.
Alma mater Empire State College
California College of the Arts
Known forPainting
Sculptor

Liam Everett (born 4 October 1973) is an American contemporary artist. Everett lives and works in Sebastopol, California. [1]

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Early life and education

Liam Everett was born in Rochester, New York, in 1973. [1] His father was a theater producer, and his interest in the arts began as a child when he was cast in a production of Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot . [2] [3] He began painting a few years later, and has said that many aspects of his current practice are rooted in the methods he learned from working in the theater. [4] He studied cultural anthropology and philosophy as an undergraduate student at S.U.N.Y. Empire State College in New York [5] before earning a Master's of Fine Arts in painting from the California College of the Arts in 2012. [6]

Work

Everett creates paintings and sculptures in an abstract style. His first solo exhibition at Altman Siegel Gallery in 2012 featured small oil paintings on masonite board and free-standing and leaning wooden and steel frames draped with painted silk. [7]

Beginning in 2013, Everett began creating paintings on linen. [8] The process for these works involves working on the un-stretched fabric, building up many layers of oil paint and ink, and then eroding those layers through a variety of materials and methods including alcohol, salt, steel wool, and a power sander. [9]

Everett's style has been described as theatrical and performative, [10] and involves placing objects from the studio, which the artist has called "obstructions" and "props," onto the surface of the canvas before making a mark. [11] [12] These objects serve as obstacles that force the artist to work around and through them, dictating his movements and marks. [13]

Teaching

In 2013, Everett was awarded the Richard Diebenkorn Teaching Fellowship from the San Francisco Art Institute, and subsequently taught two courses and gave several lectures at the college. [14]

Exhibitions

Everett has exhibited internationally in group shows including A Slow Succession with Many Interruptions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2016), the Biennale of Painting at the Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium (2016) and Color Shift at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (2014). [15] He has had solo exhibitions at venues including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2017); Altman Siegel Gallery, San Francisco (2012, 2016, 2018); galerie kamel mennour, Paris and London (2017, 2018, 2019); Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens (2015, 2017); Office Baroque, Brussels (2015); and White Columns, New York (2009); among others. [16] In 2017, he was awarded the SECA Art Award from the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and featured in a related exhibition at the museum. [16]

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  1. 1 2 Liam Everett, "Biography," Liam Everett: Without An Audience, Altman Siegel San Francisco and kammel mennour Paris/London, with Colpa Press,2018 ISBN   978-0-9996844-0-5
  2. ↑ Dirk Vanduffel, "My paintings are constructed forms that shift between light and dark..." - an interview with Liam Everett, Art Dependence Magazine, March 2017, accessed June 2019
  3. ↑ Jonathan Curiel, "Art: Elephant in the Room", SF Weekly, March 2016, Accessed June 2019
  4. ↑ Dirk Vanduffel, "My paintings are constructed forms that shift between light and dark..." - an interview with Liam Everett, Art Dependence Magazine, March 2017, accessed June 2019
  5. ↑ Steven Cox, "Liam Everett Interview," Hunted Projects, Accessed June 2019
  6. ↑ Liam Everett, "Biography," Liam Everett: Without An Audience, 2018
  7. ↑ Kenneth Baker, "Liam Everett's Ghostly Fabrics at Altman Siegel," San Francisco Chronicle, December 7, 2012
  8. ↑ Liam Everett, "Montolieu" at On Stellar Rays, NY
  9. ↑ Jeff McMillan, "Liam Everett Interviewed By Jeff McMillan," SFAQ, Issue 16, May–July 2014, pp. 98-99
  10. ↑ Franklin Melendez, "Dress Rehearsal," Why Painting Now, Exhibition Catalogue for Curated By_Vienna, Departure Vienna, 2013, pp. 96-97, ISBN   978-3-86984-472-5
  11. ↑ Liam Everett, SFMOMA, May 2017, Accessed June 2019
  12. ↑ Jonathan Curiel, "Art: Elephant in the Room", SF Weekly, March 2016, Accessed June 2019
  13. ↑ Johnathan Griffin, "Mapping the Studio," Liam Everett: Without An Audience, Altman Siegel San Francisco and kammel mennour Paris/London, with Colpa Press, 2018, pp. 44. ISBN   978-0-9996844-0-5
  14. ↑ San Francisco Art Institute, Richard Diebenkorn Teaching Fellowship, and Liam Everett, "Biography," Liam Everett: Without An Audience, 2018
  15. ↑ Alicia McCarthy, Lindsey White, Liam Everett, K.R.M. Mooney, Sean McFarland, 2017 SECA Art Award Catalogue, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, ISBN   978-0-918471-91-8
  16. 1 2 Altman Siegel Gallery. Liam Everett Biography. Galerie kammel mennour. Liam Everett Biography. Both accessed June 2019.
  17. ↑ Liam Everett, SFMOMA, May 2017, accessed June 2019
  18. ↑ BAMPFA collection search - Liam Everett, accessed June 2019
  19. ↑ Fondation Carmignac collection list, accessed June 2019
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