William J. O'Brien (artist)
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William J O’Brien is an artist based in Chicago
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O’Brien was born in Cleveland, Ohio
. He uses sculpture
, drawing
, assemblage, painting
and ceramics
in abstract
and figurative arrangements. His work references ideas to do with the media, sexuality
and the structure of information.
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2009
2011
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
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O’Brien was born in Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
. He uses sculpture
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
, drawing
Drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
, assemblage, painting
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
and ceramics
Ceramic art
In art history, ceramics and ceramic art mean art objects such as figures, tiles, and tableware made from clay and other raw materials by the process of pottery. Some ceramic products are regarded as fine art, while others are regarded as decorative, industrial or applied art objects, or as...
in abstract
Abstract art
Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned by the logic of perspective and an...
and figurative arrangements. His work references ideas to do with the media, sexuality
Human sexuality
Human sexuality is the awareness of gender differences, and the capacity to have erotic experiences and responses. Human sexuality can also be described as the way someone is sexually attracted to another person whether it is to opposite sexes , to the same sex , to either sexes , or not being...
and the structure of information.
Selected exhibitions
2001- Out and About, Benefit Invitation Group Show, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland
2003
- La Superrette, Deitch Projects, Participant, Inc., New York
- 100% Cotton, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
2004
- The Affair, Jupiter Hotel, The Fresh-Up Club, Portland
- Identity Crisis, Marshall Arts @ Delta Axis, Memphis
2005
- Eagle Hand’s Moon and The Orange Savior, The Church of the Friendly Ghost, Austin
- Take My Hand, Nina Menocal Gallery, Mexico City
- A Fairy Tale, Ingalls and Associates, Miami
2006
- Champagne, Nina Menocal Projects, Mexico City
- When Your Heart Is on Fire, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes, Locust Projects, Miami
- William J. O'Brien, Cover Art for Chop ChopChop Chop (band)Chop Chop is an electropop band out of Los Angeles, California, founded in Boston, Massachusetts, and is on the Archenemy Record Company, home to such acts as Freezepop, Lifestyle, The Texas Governor, Rockets Burst from the Streetlamps, and Karacter....
's Self Titled
2007
- Sonotube Forms: Contemporary Art and Transport, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara
- Collection of Burt Aaron, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit
- The Axis Mundi, Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago
- William J. O’Brien/Anthony Pearson, Project Space, Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
2009
- William J. O'Brien, Cover Art for Grizzly BearGrizzly Bear (band)Grizzly Bear is a Brooklyn-based indie rock band, composed of Edward Droste , Daniel Rossen , Chris Taylor and Christopher Bear . The band employs traditional and electronic instruments...
's Veckatimest
2011
- Solo Exhibition at Renaissance Society
External links
- William J O’Brien on ArtFacts.net
- William J O’Brien on ArtNet.com
- Further information from the Saatchi Gallery
- More information from Western Exhibitions
- William J O’Brien at Shane Campbell Gallery
- Grizzly Bear Band Website http://grizzly-bear.net/newslive.php