Night Move 10 (Stop sign)
oil on board in oak artist’s frame
Spotlight Artist
André Comtois
Pacific Coast
Night Move 8 (Palms III)
oil on board in oak artist’s frame
Night Move 9 (Figure)
oil on board in oak artist’s frame
Artist Statement
André Comtois is a Los Angeles-based painter whose work begins with observation, either on location or through videos, but moves fluidly between looking and constructing. He’s interested in how the act of painting from life becomes a form of abstraction, and how structures outside of observation can shape what’s seen. His images balance immediacy and intention, producing something more invented than found.
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Education
- MFA, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, US
- BA, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, US
Solo Exhibitions
- Night Moves, Fledge Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US
- Each a Different How, University Art Gallery, Irvine, CA, US
Selected Group Exhibitions
- -para, University Art Gallery, Irvine, CA, US
- All Media 2017, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA, US
- Please Help, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US
- Undergraduate Scholarship Award Exhibition, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US
- Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, US
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