S E A´N G A L L ART
Mindscape Series
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Always returning 2009, 91x121cm acrylic and ink on gessoed canvas
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WIP 70x100cm 2026
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WIP 2026
From 2004-onward, Mindscape series and New Horizon (Failed Attempt at Straight Lines)
Research conducted while living in Los Angeles and travelling to visit family in Northern California and the rugged West of Ireland, this series of mixed media drawing/paintings using ink and acrylic on canvas and paper mark these travels. From aerial perspective views of Griffith Park to the views above and among clouds travelling to Ireland, and continuing with observations living in Rome with the many layers or stratification of the ancient, medieval and contemporary city. The surface is approached in several ways, with the mindscape works a loose grid is drawn then drawing obsessive detail upon detail. With the New Horizon/ Failed Attempts at Straight Lines with one horizontal line across the entire canvas or paper. This element is repeated over and over again across the picture plane. Slight variations in the movement of the hand add to the pattern as each additional line is recorded. The repetitive process refers to the interactive relationship between mountain ranges and urban sprawl as well as the influence of artists and designers from Cy Twombly, Mark Bradford, Agnes Martin to Peter Saville. The works begin with a failed attempt to draw a straight line, then this failed attempt is followed until the end of the canvas or paper.
Always returning 2009, 91x121cm acrylic and ink on gessoed canvas
70x100cm
WIP 70x100cm 2026
WIP 2026 From 2004-onward, Mindscape series and New Horizon (Failed Attempt at Straight Lines)
Research conducted while living in Los Angeles and travelling to visit family in Northern California and the rugged West of Ireland, this series of mixed media drawing/paintings using ink and acrylic on canvas and paper mark these travels. From aerial perspective views of Griffith Park to the views above and among clouds travelling to Ireland, and continuing with observations living in Rome with the many layers or stratification of the ancient, medieval and contemporary city. The surface is approached in several ways, with the mindscape works a loose grid is drawn then drawing obsessive detail upon detail. With the New Horizon/ Failed Attempts at Straight Lines with one horizontal line across the entire canvas or paper. This element is repeated over and over again across the picture plane. Slight variations in the movement of the hand add to the pattern as each additional line is recorded. The repetitive process refers to the interactive relationship between mountain ranges and urban sprawl as well as the influence of artists and designers from Cy Twombly, Mark Bradford, Agnes Martin to Peter Saville. The works begin with a failed attempt to draw a straight line, then this failed attempt is followed until the end of the canvas or paper.
S E A´N G A L L BIO
Photo Credit: Lluc Queralt Baiges
Education
1999 MFA Art, California Institute of the Arts, CalArts
Valencia, Ca
1995 BFA Drawing & Painting / Intermedia, California State University Long Beach, Ca
Awards
2007 Armory Center for the Arts Teaching Fellowship
Pasadena, Ca
Selected exhibitions
Solo shows
2023 “ Last of the West” Palazzo Pichi Roma curated
by Fabio Sindici
2013 “Four Drawings by Sean Gall” Unlikely Stories
2009 “Atmospheres and Mindscapes” Project 210 Gallery Pasadena, California
1999 “Just Kickin’ It” MFA Thesis Show, California Institute of the Arts, CalArts
Art Fairs:
2018 Studio Lisboa 018, Lisbon, Portugal
Group shows:
2020 “DotSandPlastic” Tbilisi, Georgia (postponed)
2019 “DotSandPlastic” Madrid, Spain
2014 “Esultarte” Galleria Palazzo Velli, Rome, Italy
2013 “Letting Go” Hermon La Prada’s International Flat Files, Los Angeles
2011 “Tomkins Project West: Works on Paper” Dan Graham Gallery, Los Angeles
2010 “Mastodon Maze” Mastodon Mesa, Los Angeles
2009 “S(t)ay” Sumer Camp’s Project Projects, Los Angeles
2008 “Staff Show” Los Angeles County Museum of Art
2007 "Natural Geographic" Norma Desmond Productions, Culver City
2006 “Compari, this show was not sponsored by” Park Projects, Los Angeles. Curated by Luciano Perna
2006 “Staff Show” Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Bibliography:
TBC/MAG 1 The Billboard Creative
November, 2018
https://tbc.shorthandstories.com/issue1/index.html
1999 MFA Art, California Institute of the Arts, CalArts
Valencia, Ca
1995 BFA Drawing & Painting / Intermedia, California State University Long Beach, Ca
Awards
2007 Armory Center for the Arts Teaching Fellowship
Pasadena, Ca
Selected exhibitions
Solo shows
2023 “ Last of the West” Palazzo Pichi Roma curated
by Fabio Sindici
2013 “Four Drawings by Sean Gall” Unlikely Stories
2009 “Atmospheres and Mindscapes” Project 210 Gallery Pasadena, California
1999 “Just Kickin’ It” MFA Thesis Show, California Institute of the Arts, CalArts
Art Fairs:
2018 Studio Lisboa 018, Lisbon, Portugal
Group shows:
2020 “DotSandPlastic” Tbilisi, Georgia (postponed)
2019 “DotSandPlastic” Madrid, Spain
2014 “Esultarte” Galleria Palazzo Velli, Rome, Italy
2013 “Letting Go” Hermon La Prada’s International Flat Files, Los Angeles
2011 “Tomkins Project West: Works on Paper” Dan Graham Gallery, Los Angeles
2010 “Mastodon Maze” Mastodon Mesa, Los Angeles
2009 “S(t)ay” Sumer Camp’s Project Projects, Los Angeles
2008 “Staff Show” Los Angeles County Museum of Art
2007 "Natural Geographic" Norma Desmond Productions, Culver City
2006 “Compari, this show was not sponsored by” Park Projects, Los Angeles. Curated by Luciano Perna
2006 “Staff Show” Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Bibliography:
TBC/MAG 1 The Billboard Creative
November, 2018
https://tbc.shorthandstories.com/issue1/index.html
An
integral aspect to Sean Gall’s art practice is walking, exploring and getting lost.
Whether in his previous home in Los Angeles, his mother’s home in the wild western
landscape of Co. Galway, Ireland, or his adopted city of Rome, he utilizes wandering as a
stimulus in his artistic research.
Mindscape Series mixes elements on canvas and paper, they are made of drawn ink and painted patterns. This series considers themes of urban sprawl mixed with formal elements in a dreamlike manner.
For sales, commissions, collaborations and inquiries:
seangall22@gmail.com
+39 327 001 9502
Mindscape Series mixes elements on canvas and paper, they are made of drawn ink and painted patterns. This series considers themes of urban sprawl mixed with formal elements in a dreamlike manner.
For sales, commissions, collaborations and inquiries:
seangall22@gmail.com
+39 327 001 9502