Ken O’Neil
Painter, Writer, Filmmaker, Storyteller
“For me, if a viewer can be invited into the painting and cross a boundary that he or she never crossed before and become aware of the process and the unanswered question it raises, then the reward is complete.”
Background
1938 | Born Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Education
1986-87 | San Francisco Art Institute
1988-89 | Marchutz School of Lithography, Aix-en-Provence, France
Solo Exhibition
2001-2017 | Multiple exhibitions throughout California and New Mexico with
Tercera Gallery in San Francisco and Palo Alto California
Fenix Gallery in Taos, New Mexico
Pantheon Museum, Nashville Tennessee
2003 | International exhibitions in Cusco, Peru, and Antigua, Guatemala
Publications
2008 | Behind the Paint, a book designed and distributed by University of New Mexico Press
2021 | C’Mon In, The Water’s Fine, a memoir of the artist
Public and Corporate Collections
Carolyn Byham Collection, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Prietto-Ratto Collection, Lima, Peru
U.S. Department of State Art Library, Washington, D.C.
Wilderness Travel Inc., Berkeley, California
Bibliography
2005 | Clark, Virginia, “Outrage”, Tempo, 3-10-05
2005 | Collins, Tom, “Worthy Art”, Albuquerque Journal, 3-11-05
2003 | Carver, Jon, “Ken O’Neil, Centering” THE Magazine, 5,2003
2003 | Carey, Betsy, “Kenneth O’Neil’s Game of Life”, Tempo, 11-29-02
2001 | Addison, Laura, “Crossing Boundaries”, THE Magazine, 4,2001
1999 | Bostick, Alan, “A Different Southwest”, The Tennessean,12-26-99
Wibking, Angela, “Close To the Earth”, Nashville Scene, 12-16-99
Ford, Sara, “Lasting Impressions”, Taos News, 7-16-99
Brown, Margaret “Bridging Two Worlds”, Southwest Art,1-15-99
New Mexico Millennium Collection, A showcase of selected New Mexico Artists
Artist Statement
After traveling to the remote corners of the earth investigating the symbolism and legends of individual societies my hope is that the result is a range of imagery that departs from the traditional representation of a specific place or time. The work is about the land in the old sense, a realm where ancient stories are told and retold, and where travel occurs in the spiritual realm as well as the physical. They become signposts pointing to adventure on an uncharted course.
Paintings \ Films \ Books
