Justin Liam O’Brien, b. 1991, Flushing, NY
Lives in Brooklyn, NY
Education
2013-2016 - BFA Digital Arts, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2010-2013 - AS Visual Arts, SUNY Suffolk, Selden, NY
Solo, Two and Three Person Exhibitions
11/05/22 - 12/17/22 - “Vespers” Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
09/09/21 - 10/09/21 - “Dreams” Monya Rowe Gallery, Solo, New York, NY
11/07/20 - 12/19/20 - “When Acting As A Wave” Richard Heller Gallery, Solo, Los Angeles, CA
07/04/20 - 08/15/20 - “Damned by the Rainbow” Solo, GNYP Gallery, Berlin, GER
11/01/19 - 01/04/20 - “Losing in the Form of Darkness”, Monya Rowe Gallery, Solo, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
07/23/21 - 09/05/21 - “Equal Affections” Curated by Edwin Oostmeijer, Grimm Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
07/15/21 - 08/27/21 - “Horses?” Chart Gallery, New York, NY
01/14/21 - 02/13/21 - “Me, Myself and I” Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
10/10/20 - 11/21/20 - “Mytho/Logos” Galerie LJ, Paris, FR
05/16/20 - 07/04/20 - “Black & White vs. Color” Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
01/16/20 - 01/30/20 - “ME: An Exhibition of Contemporary Self Portraiture” Sugarlift/Sasha Bogojev, High Line Nine, Chelsea, NY
12/06/19 - 01/25/20 - “Tulips” Kapp Kapp, Philadelphia, PA
07/19/19 - 08/23/19 - “Melt” Chart Gallery, Tribeca, NY
06/22/19 - 08/10/19 - “Vignettes” Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
06/21/19 - 08/02/19 - “Rust & Bones” Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin, GER
Bibliography
Print:
W Magazine: “A Change of Perspective” by Arthur Lubow, Dec 2021, Print
Artforum International: “Justin Liam O’Brien, Monya Rowe Gallery” by Jesse Dorris, Dec 2021, Print
Juxtapoz Magazine, “Justin O’Brien: A Freed Style” Interview with Evan Pricco, Fall 2020, Print
New American Paintings, “Northeast 146” Juried by Jerry Saltz, Feb 2020, Print
Artforum International, ““Rust & Bones” Galerie Tanja Wagner” Kristian Vistrup Madsen Oct 2019, Print
Web:
Artsy, “The 10 Best Booths at EXPO Chicago’s Online Edition” 4/8/2021 by Justin Kamp, (Link)
Artnet, “Editors’ Picks: 13 Events for Your Art Calendar This Week, From a Talk About the Future of Museums to Three Shows at Bortolami” 1/11/2021, (Link)
Elephant Magazine - “Justin Liam O’Brien Paints Loneliness as a “Pathological Condition” Emily Steer,12/17/2020 (Link)
Juxtapoz Magazine, “Art in Uncertain Times, Making Good Works For Good Works” Sasha Bogojev, 4/28/2020, (Link)
Juxtapoz Magazine, “Damned by the Rainbow: Justin Liam O’Brien’s Stunning Display of Intimacy in Berlin”, 7/3/2020, (Link)
Hypebeast, “Artists Turn the Lens on Themselves for “ME” Exhibition in NYC’s High Line Nine” Gabrielle Leung 8 January 2020 (Link)
Artforum International, “Critics Picks - Melt at CHART” Zahra Nasser, 12 Aug 2019 (Link)
John Martin Tilley “Mad Fresh” Office Magazine, 31 Mar 2019 (Link)
Sasha Bogojev “Intimate Bedroom Scenes: An Interview with Justin Liam O’Brien” Juxtapoz Magazine, 25 Mar 2019 (Link)
Chris Stewart “Art: Rose Tinted - Justin Liam O’Brien & Celeste Rapone” Gayletter, Dec 2018
Paddy Johnson “Justin Liam O’Brien & Celeste Rapone: Rose Tinted” What Should We Do, Dec 2018 (Link)
Residencies
01/2018 - 12/2018 - Trestle Art Space Residency, Brooklyn, NY