Press Release for "Patterns Bigger Than Any of Us: Jesse Fleming and Pat O'Neill"

              Pat O’Neill’s (b. 1939) artistic and filmmaking career spans over 50 years, and he is highly-regarded for his experiments with film and optical printing. Recent solo exhibitions were held at Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley, CA; Monitor in Rome, Italy; VeneKlasen/Werner in Berlin, Germany; Quinta do Quetzal in Vidigueira, Portugal; Mitchell-Innes & Nash in New York, NY; and Cherry and Martin in Los Angeles, CA. His work has been included in major exhibitions such as Electric Art at the University of California Art Galleries, Los Angeles in 1969; the 1991 Whitney Biennial of American Art; and Los Angeles 1955-1985: The Birth of an Art Capital at the Centre Pompidou in 2006. He has participated in several prestigious international film festivals, in cities including Toronto, Canada; London, United Kingdom; and Vienna, Austria. His work is held in major museum collections, including the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA; Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.
Patterns Bigger Than Any of Us is curated by Kate McNamara, Director of Galleries and Exhibitions, and Paulina Samborska, Curatorial Programming Coordinator.
Exhibition Programming to be announced. Check online calendar at www.otis.edu/benmaltzgallery
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Location: Otis College of Art and Design, 9045 Lincoln Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045 Admission & Parking: Free. Visitor parking in structure on La Tijera.
Hours: Tue-Sat 10am-5pm. Closed May 27-28, July 4. Gallery contact: 310.665.6905, galleryinfo@otis.edu, www.otis.edu/benmaltzgallery
About Otis: Founded in Los Angeles in 1918, Otis College of Art and Design prepares diverse students of art and design to enrich the world through their creativity, their skill, and their vision. The College offers an interdisciplinary education for 1200 full-time students, awarding BFA degrees in Advertising, Architecture/Landscape/Interiors, Digital Media, Fashion Design, Illustration, Graphic Design, Product Design, Painting, Photography, Sculpture/New Genres, and Toy Design; and MFA degrees in Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Public Practice, and Writing. Continuing Education offers certificate programs as well as personal and professional development courses. Additional information is available at http://www.otis.edu
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Pat O’Neill, No Wonder – Two Skins, 2013, Video still. Image courtesy Cherry and Martin.
Jesse Fleming, A Theory of Everything, 2015, Video still. Image courtesy the artist. ##End##