Alec Egan (b. 1984) is a Los Angeles based painter. His thick impastoed figurative paintings are strikingly banal interior scenes. The interior spaces his paintings depict are premised on a fictitious memory— willfully playing on tropes of nostalgia. There are moments of clarity in the messy compositions. Particular objects begin to stick out and become repeated across his various canvases. This repetition allows the items to garner their own strength and intensity, despite their mundane status. A pair of socks or plants on a windowsill are distilled into something melancholic and profound.
Born Los Angeles, CA, 1980. Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
EDUCATION
MFA, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2013
BA, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
2007
The New School, New York, NY, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2005-06
SOLO EXHIBITION
Welcome Home, California Heritage Museum, Los Angeles, CA,
2017
Luminous Opera, Western Project, Culver City, CA
2014
MFA Thesis Show, Bolsky Gallery, Los Angles, CA
2013
Look, Room Gallery, Hartford, CT
2010
Tranny, Box Eight, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Secret Agents, Sebrof International Gallery, New York, NY
Recent Work, Studio 2507, Portland, OR
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Art Los Angeles Contemporary, with Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Sincerely Yours, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA,
Untitled, Western Project, Culver City, CA
2015
Unknowable, Jaus, Los Angeles, CA
The Status of Portraiture, Autonomy, Culver City, CA
2014
Shutter Speed, De Service Garage, Amsterdam, NE
MAS Attack, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Five, California Heritage Museum, Los Angeles, CA,
Chess, Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013
All My Gilberts, Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Voices, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA
2011
NOHIO, Poor Dog Studio, Los Angeles, CA
2010
PRESS
[Alexander, David P.]. (2013, March 26). Studio Visit With Alec Egan, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffwucxQM_o4.
2013
Herod, Regina, “Interview with Alec Egan,” Object Cathexis, MFA Publication: p. 32- 38.
2012
Kara Chats with Artist Alec Egan, Better Connecticut. Daily Motion, http://www.popscreen.com/v/6FJtr/Kara-Chats-With-Alec-Egan.
2010
“The Heather Stalks.” Chanterelle’s Notebook, a poetry e-zine.
2006
“Untitled.” The Horn Magazine: p. 18-23.
2005
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Key Brand Entertainment, London, England
2009
Chair #2, 2017
Oil on canvas
60 x 48 inches
Entrance, 2017
Oil on canvas
72 x 60 inches
Staircase, 2017
Oil on canvas
60 x 48 inches
Moutains #4, 2017
Oil on canvas
60 x 48 inches
Heels, 2017
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 inches
Boots #3, 2017
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 inches
Book #3, 2017
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 inches
Plants, 2017
Oil on canvas
60 x 48 inches
Brother, 2017
Oil on canvas
60 x 48 inches
Room #3, 2017
Oil on canvas
72 x 60 inches
Socks, 2017
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 inches
Cat, 2017
Oil on canvas
30 x 30 inches
Bookshelf, 2017
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 inches
Book #2, 2017
Oil on canvas
30 x 30 inches
Bookshelf #2, 2017
Oil on canvas
60 x 48 inches
Book #4, 2017
Oil on canvas
30 x 30 inches
Library, 2017
Oil on canvas
72 x 60 inches
Stack of Books #2, 2017
Oil on canvas
30 x 30 inches
Mountain #2, 2017
Oil on canvas
72 x 60 inches
Room #2, 2017
Oil on canvas
72 x 60 inches
Mountain #3, 2017
Oil on canvas
60 x 48 inches
Bathroom, 2017
Oil on canvas
72 x 60 inches
Hat, 2017
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 inches
Book #5, 2017
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 inches
Socks #3, 2017
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 inches
Shampoo, 2017
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 inches
Ashtray, 2017
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 inches
BIOGRAPHY
Alec Egan (b. 1984) is a Los Angeles based painter. His thick impastoed figurative paintings are strikingly banal interior scenes. The interior spaces his paintings depict are premised on a fictitious memory— willfully playing on tropes of nostalgia. There are moments of clarity in the messy compositions. Particular objects begin to stick out and become repeated across his various canvases. This repetition allows the items to garner their own strength and intensity, despite their mundane status. A pair of socks or plants on a windowsill are distilled into something melancholic and profound.
CV
Born Los Angeles, CA, 1980. Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
EDUCATION
MFA, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
2013
BA, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
2007
The New School, New York, NY, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
2005-06
SOLO EXHIBITION
Welcome Home, California Heritage Museum, Los Angeles, CA,
2017
Luminous Opera, Western Project, Culver City, CA
2014
MFA Thesis Show, Bolsky Gallery, Los Angles, CA
2013
Look, Room Gallery, Hartford, CT
2010
Tranny, Box Eight, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Secret Agents, Sebrof International Gallery, New York, NY
Recent Work, Studio 2507, Portland, OR
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Art Los Angeles Contemporary, with Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Sincerely Yours, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA,
Untitled, Western Project, Culver City, CA
2015
Unknowable, Jaus, Los Angeles, CA
The Status of Portraiture, Autonomy, Culver City, CA
2014
Shutter Speed, De Service Garage, Amsterdam, NE
MAS Attack, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Five, California Heritage Museum, Los Angeles, CA,
Chess, Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013
All My Gilberts, Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Voices, Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA
2011
NOHIO, Poor Dog Studio, Los Angeles, CA
2010
PRESS
[Alexander, David P.]. (2013, March 26). Studio Visit With Alec Egan, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffwucxQM_o4.
2013
Herod, Regina, “Interview with Alec Egan,” Object Cathexis, MFA Publication: p. 32- 38.
2012
Kara Chats with Artist Alec Egan, Better Connecticut. Daily Motion, http://www.popscreen.com/v/6FJtr/Kara-Chats-With-Alec-Egan.
2010
“The Heather Stalks.” Chanterelle’s Notebook, a poetry e-zine.
2006
“Untitled.” The Horn Magazine: p. 18-23.
2005
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Key Brand Entertainment, London, England
2009