ORION FISHER b. Mesa, Arizona EDUCATION Laguna College of Art and Design, Laguna Beach, CA Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy SELECTED RECENT EXHIBITIONS 2010 2009 2008
Process, J+K Gallery, Arcadia, CA Muzeumn, Mod Melange, Los Angeles, CA Art Maze, Gallery Godo, Glendale, CA futureproof (Two-Person Exhibition), Tosti Studios Gallery, Laguna Beach Symbolic Still-Life, Phoenicia Association, Phoenix, AZ ONE, Tosti Studios Gallery, Laguna Beach New Paintings: James Miller and Orion Fisher, Tosti Studios Gallery, Laguna Beach Best of the Best: LCAD Juried Exhibition, Laguna Beach 10th Annual Realism Juried Online Exhibition, www.UpstreamPeopleGallery.com
STATEMENT Though my work is informed by tendencies towards photorealism and the long-standing tradition of the painted portrait, I am not engaged with representation in the classical sense. I’ve opted for transition and mobility over fixed positioning, choosing to operate in the space between common motifs. Catching a glimpse of a painting at this in-between state is my intention. It is here that a given mark may be either abstract or image-bearing depending on its context and perception. It is my hope that my work will linger here, in the place where things are unsettled and uncertain the place where dismantling a picture can be as rewarding as resolving it, and maneuvering freely between the two functions is the most rewarding of all. Paint is amorphous by nature; it is up to the painter to give it form and provide meaning. I want interaction with the work to continue endlessly, never arriving at a predetermined destination. Ultimately, I am working toward enabling an active and subjective relationship between the viewer and these paintings. This feeling arises not as a result of sentimental ties to what may be familiar, but because interaction with the paintings themselves are real.