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Biography
Inspired by the vibrant colors and culture of his native California, Chris Trueman's electric canvases are dynamic in both their technique and palette. By uniting various currents in abstract painting the artist presents a uniquely complex aesthetic that harmoniously weaves together seemingly contradictory expressions. At once vivacious and graceful, spontaneous and intentional, solid and audacious, his work brings to life a new visual context through which to appreciate diverse artistic philosophies.
To create his work, the artist begins by using varied tools, including brushes and squeegees, to apply paint gesturally to a raw canvas. He then uses masking to carefully map the positive and negative spaces of the work using acrylic spray paint, ultimately achieving the illusionistic character of the composition. For Trueman, a painting is finished only when, "there is a tension and balance between the forms," an ideal coherence between distinctive perceptions of color, line and space.
Much like aerial photographs, which can be appreciated from several different angles, the fluidity of these large-scale paintings extends beyond the canvas itself. The true north of these paintings is singular to the viewer, inviting a multiplicity of interpretations
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Download Trueman CVCHRIS TRUEMAN
Lives and works in Claremont, CA
EDUCATION
MFA, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
BFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CASOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024
Over/Under, TW Fine Art, Brisbane Australia
2023
Dividing the Light, Winston Wächter Gallery, Seattle, WA
Certain Intangibility, Edward Cella Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022
LCD, Chris Trueman and Makeitrad, Winston Wächter, Seattle, WA
2021
Juicy Fruit, Chris Trueman and Peter Stephens, RB Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Chris Trueman and Robert Brady, Stremmel Gallery Reno, NV
Absence of Atmosphere, Edward Cella Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Here and Now, Chris Trueman and Wayne Hulgin, RB Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Shared Space, NAVA Contemporary, New York, NY (online)
2019
Pacific State, Two person show with Jimi Gleason, RB Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Tropical Industrial, TWFINEART, Brisbane, Australia
After(Image), Edward Cella Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Interface, Themes and Projects, San Francisco, CAColor of the Universe Changes Over Time, Adah Rose Gallery, Kensington, MD
2017
Parallel, Artist in Residence exhibition, Local Language, Oakland, CA
Entanglement, dual solo show at TWFINEART, Brisbane, Australia and Visual Artists Group, Los Angeles, CA
2016
LAX-->BNE, TWFINEART, Brisbane, Australia
Chris Trueman and David Hicks, Edward Cella Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015
Inversions: Image vs The Real, curated by John Wolf, Four Six One Nine, Los Angeles, CA
Closing the Gap, Soltesz Fine Art, Portland, OR
2014
ALCHEMY, TW Fine Art, Fortitude Valley, Australia
Beneath the Skin, Edward Cella Art + Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
2013
Chris Trueman and Mira Schnedler, (dual solo shows) curated by Carl Berg, Andrewshire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Lineage, White Box Contemporary, San Diego, CA
Gestural Geometries, Chris Trueman and Joe LLoyd, Artmerge Lab, Los Angeles, CA
Energy.Ecstacy.Edge, Chris Trueman and Alison Rash, Adah Rose Gallery, Kensington, MD
Slipstrea, Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CAGROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Risky Business, Curated by Marie Thibeault and Max Presneil, Torrance Art Museum, CA
2023
Alphabet Soup, RB Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Sweets and Treats, Edward Cella Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
That’s What Artists Do, RB Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Thought Bubble Emoji, TW Fine Art, Brisbane Australia
Ringing in 2023, Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV
2022
Ensemble, RB Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Pattern | Nature, Edward Cella Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Me-dee-a-shuns, Bucks College, Pennsylvania, PA
Carte Blanche, Adah Rose Gallery, Kensington, MD
Multiple Insights, RB Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Redefining the Creator Economy, Mesa College Art Gallery, Mesa, AZ
2021
Seeing Things, RB Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Here and There, Winston Wächter Gallery Seattle, WA
Order and Chaos, Winston Wächter Gallery, Seattle, WA
2020
Hope Made Visible, Orth Contemporary, Tulsa, OK
That’s what Artists Do, RB Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Between Worlds, curated by Edward Cella, Thomas Lavin Showroom, Los Angeles, CA
We are Here, Here we are, curated by Durden and Ray, Los Angeles County, LA Times review: Christopher Knight
The Vista, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
2019
8 Points of View, RB Stevenson gallery, La Jolla, CA
Synthesis: Abstraction in Los Angeles, curated by Mario Vasquez, Claremont Graduate University
RE: union, Durden and Ray, Curated by Jorin Bossen, Los Angeles, CA
Land of Milk and Honey, Curated by Bryan Ricci, Backspace LA, Los Angeles
Paintings from the Interior, curated by Andi Campognone, UC Riverside Culver Gallery, Riverside
Carte Blanche, curated by Adah Rose Bitterbaum, Studio Gallery, Washington DC
2018
Limitless Space, Orth Contemporary, Tulsa, OK
Abstract Thinking, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Pairings -Painting/Sculpture, curated by Carl Berg, Denk Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
LA Painting, Art Projects Paia, Maui, HIReunio," curated by John Wolf, Brenda Harrop Art Advisory, Los Angeles, CAThe Post-Digital Mark, TWFINEART, Brisbane, Australia
2017
Vantage, curated by Julian Lombardi, Finshing Concepts, Monterey Park, CA
LA Painting: Formalism to Street Art, curated by Andi Campognone, Bruno David Gallery, Saint Louis, MO
Simultaneous Contrast, curated by Curtis Stage, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
TRCKR Kamikazi show at PØST, Los Angeles, CA
Abstract Miniatures, Fine Art Complex 1101, Curated by Grant Vetter, Tempe, Az
Abstraction in the Singular, curated by Grant Vetter, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Something Real, Edward Cella Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Connecting Point LA, Kunstforum Unterland Neumarkt, ItalyUNDER THE SPELL - LOS ANGELES NEW INTERNATIONAL ART SCENE, Frank Taal Gallery, Rotterdam, NetherlandsMondrian Died For Our Sins: Some Recent Painting from New York and Los Angeles, Blam Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Destination LA, Endpoint Berlin, Berlin Art Projects, Berlin, GermanyParallels and Intersections, Overseas Chinese History Museum of China, Beijing, China
2015
Material Wealth, curated by Anjela Willcocks, Peppers Art Gallery, University of the Redlands, Redlands, CA
Organic Beginning, Soltesz Fine Art, Portland, OR
Unbound, Edward Cella Art + Architecture, Culver City, CA
Ges-ture, curated by Carl Berg, Arena 1, Santa Monica, CA
2014
Million Year Picnic, curated by Kio Griffith, Gallery Fu, in association with the Yokohama Triennial, Yokohama, Japan
Driven to Abstraction, Whitespace Contemporary, Ogden, UT
6018 Wilshire, Edward Cella Art + Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
MAS 6, Torrance Art Museum curated by ARTRA Curatorial, Torrance, CA
American Paintings, Galerie Du Haut Pave, Paris, France
Overpainting - Connecting Point LA, Fondazione Vittorio Leonesio, Puegnago del Garda, ItalyLes Engant Terribles, curated by Grant Vetter, Autonomie Projects, Los Angeles, CAConnecting Point LA, curated by Carl Berg, Arena 1, Santa Monica, CA
Behold, Ed Bopp, David Michael Lee, Jon Measures, Chris Trueman, Brett Rubbico Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
OC Academy, Irvine Fine Art Center, Irvine, CA2040, 100 Years of Certitude, Jaus Gallery, Los Angeles, CAMAS SFO, Studio 17, San Francisco, CA
2013
Resident Artists, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
Nature Redefined, curated by Susan Baik, Read Contemporary, Dallas, TXIMPRESSION, curated by Carl Berg, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CALooking Back at Tomorrow, Royale Projects, Palm Springs, CAMAS Attack, LA Mart, Los Angeles, CAForms of Abstraction, curated by Carl Berg, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
2012
The Subterraneans, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CACO/LAB II, at Art Platform Art Fair, With Durden & Ray, Los Angeles, CAPainting the Edge: Redux, curated by Grant Vetter, DEN Contemporary, Los Angeles, CACelebrity Skin, curated by Raul Zamudio, White Box Contemporary, San Diego, CAPainting on the Edge, curated by Grant Vetter, Autonomie Projects, Los Angeles, CASummer of Abstraction, curated by David Michael Lee Coastline College Art Gallery, Huntington Beach, CAHappening, LACE Annual Benefit Auction, Selected by David Pagel, Los Angeles, CAThe Gang's All Here, curated by Max Presneil, Central Utah Art Center, Ephraim, UTSpace/Adversity/Motion, DEN Contemporary, Los Angeles, CATo Live and Paint in LA, Torrence Art Museum, Torrence, CA
2011
Cosa Nostra, Gallery Rheeway, Los Angeles, CASpeculative Materialism II: Abstract Art and Its Conditions, curated by Grant Vetter, AC Projects, Pomona, CASuper-salon, curated by Steve Hampton, Flagstop, Torrance, CARe:Present, curated by Durden and Ray Projects, Los Angeles, CAEntering Abstraction, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CALACE Annual Benefit Auction, Selected by Liat Yossifor, Los Angeles, CASpeculative Materialism: Abstract Art and Its Conditions,” curated by Grant Vetter, D-Block, Long Beach, CAAbout Paint, Carl Berg Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Eight from CGU, 2010 MFA Grads, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CAMerging, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CASocializing Through the Internet, Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, Milan, ItalyInaugural Exhibition, Alexander Salazar Fine Arts, San Diego, CAAmerican Paintings, Wannabee Gallery, Milan, ItalyART FAIRS
2023
Artix Art Fair Dehli India, with Arushi Arts
2021
Untitled Art Fair, with Winston Wächter Gallery
2019
Dallas Art Fair, with Nancy Littlejohn Fine Art
2018
Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, with Edward Cella
2016
Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, with Patrajdas Contemporary
2015
Pulse New York, with Adah Rose Gallery
ArtAspen, with Patrajdas Contemporary
Art Silicon Valley, with Adah Rose Gallery
Houston Fine Art Fair, with Patrajdas Contemporary
Context Miami, with Adah Rose Gallery
Art on Paper Fair New York, with Edward Cella Art + Architecture
2014
Pulse Miami Art Fair, with Adah Rose Gallery
Pulse New York, with Adah Rose Gallery
ARTMRKT San Francisco Art Fair, with Edward Cella Art + Architecture
ArtAspen, with Patrajdas Contemporary
Art Silicon Valley, with Adah Rose Gallery
TX Contemporary, with Edward Cella Art + Architecture
Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, with Baik Art
2013
Pulse Miami Art Fair, with Adah Rose Gallery
Pulse New York, with Adah Rose Gallery
ArtAspen, with White Box Contemporary
Dallas Art Fair, with Adah Rose Gallery
Houston Fine Art Fair, with White Box ContemporaryAWARDS
2010
Claremont Graduate University Merit Fellowship Recipient
Anne Peppers Memorial Award
1999-2003
San Francisco Art Institute Presidential Merit ScholarshipPUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
“Miss seeing art? 100 artists come to the rescue with work in public view across L.A”. By Christopher Knight, LA Times, May 2021
Chris Trueman by Annabel Osberg, Artillery Magazine, April 17 2019
Feature, CA Modern Magazine, Dave Weinstein, May, 2019
“Art, interrupted, in ‘Carte Blanche”, Washington Post Review, January 25, 2019, Mark Jenkins
The Multicolored Complexity of Chris Trueman and David Hicks, Feb. 23, 2016 -Artsy.net by Andrew WagnerMonthly Art Column, Feb. 24, 2016, Pasadena Independent by Jeffrey Davis"Critics Picks" Art Ltd Magazine, January/February issue by Shana Nys Dambrot
New American Paintings, Pacific Coast Issue #121, Dec, 2015
Fresh Faces, 8 LA Artists you should know, Fabrik Magazine by ARTRA Curatorial
Review: “Beneath the Skin” at Edward Cella Art + Architecture, May 8th, 2014 – Art Ltd by James Scarborough
"Chris Trueman's Electric Canvases Will Leave Your Mind Spinning", Huffington Post Interview, March 23, 2014 by Priscilla Frank"Harmonious Tension: Chris Trueman and Mark Harrington at Edward Cella Art + Architecture", March 14, 2014, Artsy Editorial
“Distant Rumbling: A review of Chris Trueman’s Paintings”, July 15, Phillip Chan“ENERGY. ECSTASY. EDGE” Washington Post Review, May 17, Mark Jenkins
“Artist Chris Trueman Explores Rough Edges And Slippery Color Fields At Lancaster Museum Of Art,”
January 31, 2013, Huffington Post
New American Paintings Pacific Coast Issue #103, Dec. 2012New American Paintings MFA, Issue #87, April 2010Cheng, DeWitt. "Spatio-Temporal Flux," East Bay Express, October 7-13, 2009: Volume 31, Issue 52Ringer, Isabelle. "Tsunami of Mixed Media at Joyce Gordon Gallery," Piedmont Post, April 30, 2008Cheng, DeWitt. "Cosmic Encyclopedias of Human History," East Bay Express, May 28, 2008: Volume 30, Issue 34,LECTURES AND ARTIST TALKS
2022
Digital Art and the Creator Economy, Minnesota Street Projects atrium, San Francisco
What is the future of the creator economy, Mesa College Arizona
Chris Trueman, Art and Practice, University of Montana
“Me-dee-a-shuns” Artist talk Bucks College, Pennsylvania2021Artist in Residence with Playform.io June2019Interview/artist talk with Michael Shaw of "The Conversation Artist Podcast" March, 2019Guest Speaker, Professional Practices, Fresno State University2018Guest Speaker, Professional Practices, Fresno State University2017
Artist interview, Yale Radio with Brainard Carey
Artist in Residence, Local Language OaklandAbstraction in the Singular Artists Talk, Arizona State University, March 16th, 8-10pm.Abstraction in the Singular Artists Talk, Bentley Gallery, March 17th, 6-8pm.
2013
Artist-to-artist Interview with Rebecca Campbell at the Lancaster Museum of Art and History
2011
Visiting artists lecture, Santa Ana College
Visiting artists lecture, Fullerton College
2010
Visiting artists lecture, Pomona College
