Kevin O'Brien

BFA in Painting - Studied with John Grillo, (a student of Hans Hoffman), & also Leonel Gongora, , who added a Latin influence to my work. Studio Visits by both Carl Belz, Curator of the Rose Art Gallery at Brandeis University and also by Gillian Levine, co-curator, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.

I am working with a gallery from Vienna, AT, but not exclusively.

I have exhibited in the United States, Europe and Asia:
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Born in the 50's, eventually influenced by abstract expressionism, be-bop, the beat, etc. Grew up in 60's, with rock and roll, high-energy jazz, etc.

I am a proponent of Pan-Global, Industrial, Supra-Expressionism which attempts to utilize materials from global industrial culture within works created as art. The juxtaposition of the bold expressionistic strokes on the stark, bland industrial materials causes a good deal of tension. The bright colors used in the textures further differentiate the energy of the expressionistic strokes from the dullness of the main materials. I say Pan-Global because it is my belief that all cultures have been absorbed into the Industrialscape, in one way or another, and it is an artist's job to rediscover culture, and re-declare it boldly, without hesitation, u...

BFA - studied with John Grillo (a student of Hans Hoffman). Also studied with Leonel Gongora who added a Latin influence to my work. Local exhibitions, included a long corridor at Boston City Hall where I could display about 30 works, with electronic music by a composer.. Studio Visits -Some contemporary gallery directors (Gillian Levine who was at the ICA, Boston and Carl Belz, who was at the Rose Art Gallery, Brandeis) came to my workspace to see my work (after viewing slides) and were very encouraging.,

List of Exhibitions, Awards, etc.
Art Expo NYC – New York City, NY – 11/19/2021 – 11/21/2021
HCA Welcome to the Big Tent Show – Hopkinton, MA – 02/05/2021 – 03/18/2021
Kaleidoscope – Art At The Envoy, Boston, MA 10/12/20-1/18/21
New Futures – FPAC - Atlantic Wharf Gallery, Boston, MA 07/25/20 – 09/25/20
HCA – Big Tent- HCA Members Show – Hopkinton, MA - 12/12 – 1/9/2020
FPAC OpenStudio Members Show,Boston, MA – 10/17-12/17/2019
HCA – You:Artist Depict Themselves – Hopkinton, MA - 9/21 – 11/19/2019
Artists Depict Themselves, Hopkinton Center for the Arts, Oct. 7-Nov. 19, 2019
Legacy:Through the Eyes of an Artist, Oak Ames Memorial Hall, June 21-23, 2019
Full Spectrum: Fort Point Neighborhood Exhibition, April – August, 2019
Catamount Arts, Trash Bits for Realisim, Solo Exhibition March – April 13, 2019
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center Call ForArt, 2018-2019
FPAC @ Envoy: Water Levels 2018
Third Annual Arts Connect/Catamount Arts 2017 Juried Show, St. Johnsbury, VT
Art Busan 2017 BEXCO Hall 1, Busan, KR
Art Expo 2017 NYC, New York, NY, USA
Selected for Le SM'ART Art Fair, FR 2017
Red Dot Art Fair 2016, with Gallery Steiner, in Miami FL
Marbella Art Fair 2016, Spain
Art Expo 2016 NYC, New York, NY
Arts Co...