Interface by Chris Trueman
On view December 1, 2018 to January 26, 2019
Artist reception: Saturday, December 1, from 6-8pm
Themes+Projects gallery presents a new painting exhibition by Chris Trueman titled, Interface. Truemans’ paintings are large in scale and resonate a visual rhythm when looked at. His technique involves layering coats of acrylic paint and acrylic spray paint onto canvas or yupo surfaces. Depending on the surface, and tools at hand, he is able to manipulate the composition and create complex designs.
Chris Trueman graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2003, earning dual BFA degrees in Painting and Digital Media. He relocated to southern California to attend Claremont Graduate University, earning a MFA in 2010. Trueman currently teaches at Chaffey College and has previously taught at Chapman University, Fullerton College and Santa Ana College. He has guest lectured at Chapman University, Pomona College and Santa Ana College and was a Northrup Grumman Visiting Artist/Scholar at the Museum of Art and History Lancaster.
Trueman has exhibited his work in numerous exhibitions in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington DC, Portland and internationally in Milan, Paris, Berlin, Beijing and Brisbane (AUS). The Lancaster Museum of Art and History presented a solo exhibition of his paintings entitled, “Slipstream.” His work was also included in the group exhibitions, “To Live and Paint in LA” and “The Subterraneans” at the Torrance Art Museum. His work has been exhibited at numerous art fairs including: Dallas Art Fair, Pulse New York, Art Aspen, TX Contemporary, Pulse Miami and ArtMRKT San Francisco. He is represented in Los Angeles by Edward Cella Art + Architecture, in Washington DC by Adah Rose Gallery and TW Fine Art in Brisbane, Australia. Trueman’s work has been included in the publication New American Paintings MFA Edition #87 (2010) and the New American Paintings Pacific Coast Issues #103 (2012) and #121 (2015).
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