Tristan Unrau
Tristan Unrau (b. 1989) holds an MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Unrau was a 2013 resident at the Banff Centre, and in 2015 & 2017 was a finalist for the Royal Bank of Canada Painting Competition. He has held recent solo shows at Phil Gallery in Los Angeles and Towards in Toronto. In 2016 Unrau participated in the survey group exhibition Vancouver Special: Ambivalent Pleasures at the Vancouver Art Gallery. He lives and works in Los Angeles.
News
forthcoming solo exhibition, False Idols, Unit 17, 23 April - 23 May 2021, with a text by Leo Cocar
forthcoming two person exhibition, with Willie Read, Stanley's (LA), opening June 2021
Exhibitions
Writing & Press
Record of Creative Work (2017)
Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles (2020)
The Problem With Pictures, 2013, oil on canvas, 213.3 x 213.3cm
A new day, 2018, oil on canvas, 121.2 x 90.8cm
Amsterdam Tramway Offices, 2017, oil on canvas, 193 x 157.5cm
Deluge, 2018, oil on canvas, 232.4 x 200cm
Storm (after Henri Rousseau), 2018, charcoal on paper, 66.7 x 54cm
Universal-motor-gerät, 2015, oil on canvas, 127 x 101.6cm
Giverny, 2015, oil on canvas, 50.8 x 45.7cm
Doggy Dog Afternoon, 2018, oil on canvas, 183 x 211cm
Palms, 2015, oil on canvas, 50.8 x 45.7cm
Vessel, 2016, oil on canvas, 50.8 x 45.7cm
Yesterday's Girl 2, 2016, oil on canvas, 50.8 x 40.6cm
Young Chestnut Leaves, 2015, oil on canvas, 198.1 x 177.8cm
Beckmann at Cannes, 2015, oil on canvas, 50.8 x 45.7cm
The earth not a globe, 2016, oil on canvas, 213.4 x 182.9cm
Landscape Painting, 2015, oil on canvas, 50.8 x 40.6cm
Arrangement, 2016, oil on canvas, 104.1 x 83cm
Birdform 1, 2015, oil on canvas, 50.8 x 45.7cm
Banana Leaves, 2016, oil on canvas, 121.9 x 97.8cm
Dew, 2017, oil on canvas, 116.8 x 87.6cm
Garden, After Burle Marx, 2017, oil on canvas, 203.2 x 207cm
Ideal Mammoth, 2015, oil on canvas, 121.9 x 104.1cm
Anti Philifor, 2017, oil on canvas, 229.8 x 172.7cm
Cockodrill, 2017, oil on canvas, 121.9 x 243.8cm
installation view Unit 17 2017
installation view Unit 17 2017
installation view Unit 17 2017
installation view Unit 17 2017
Construction 8, 2017, oil and watercolour on cardboard, 47 x 43.2 x 11.4 cm
Construction 8, 2017
Construction 8, 2017 (detail)
Construction 9, 2017, oil and collage on cardboard, 44.4 x 44.4 x 30.5cm
Construction 9, 2017
Construction 9, 2017 (detail)
Construction 7, 2017, oil on cardboard, 36.8 x 50.8 x 55.9cm
Construction 7, 2017 (detail)
Construction 10, 2018, oil, charcoal, inkjet print on cardboard, 35.5 x 35.5 x 35.5 cm
Construction 10, 2018
Construction 11, 2018, oil, charcoal, inkjet print on cardboard, 48.5 x 28 x 31.75 cm
A new day, installation view, Phil Gallery (Los Angeles)
A new day, installation view, Phil Gallery (Los Angeles)
A new day, installation view, Phil Gallery (Los Angeles)