Liam Everett’s abstract, mixed-media paintings explore the process of art making. Inspired by dance and theatre, his gestural smears, smudges and strokes on panel and fabric are frenetic. He engages in an elaborate, labor-intensive method, in which he alternately builds up and erases layers of pigment. He uses such caustic, everyday substances as salt, lemon juice, and alcohol to remove sections of color leaving diffused, ethereal abstractions that radiate with life. The artist is represented by Altman Seigel Gallery, San Francisco, California and Kamel Mennour in Paris, France.
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- 2013
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Born 1973 in Rochester, New York.
Lives and works in San Francisco, California.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
The ground, Altman Siegel, San Francisco, CA
2023
the sun is their drum, Mennour, Paris, France
2022
ticklepenny lemon phosphate, Altman Siegel, San Francisco, CA
kamel mennour x Lucas Ratton, Galerie Lucas Ratton, Saint-Tropez, France
2021
Liam Everett: On meeting again, Kasmin, New York, NY
some days later, Altman Siegel, San Francisco, CA
Blanketing the Bay: Liam Everett, ICA San José, San Francisco, CA
Neons in Belleville, Kemel Mennour, Paris, France
2020
Ash Wednesday, Altman Siegel, San Francisco, CA
2019
Museé des Beaux Arts de Rennes, Rennes, France
Galerie Art & Essai, Université de Rennes, Rennes, France
The Winds, Kamel Mennour, Paris, France
2018
The Listeners, Kamel Mennour, London, UK
Fais semblant qu’on n’est pas ici, Altman Siegel, San Francisco, CA
2017
Look at a cat when it stalks a bird; or a beast when it wants to escape, The SECA Art Award Exhibition, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Ex Nihilo Nihil Fit, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, Greece
panem et Circen, Kamel Mennour, Paris, France
2016
The Elephant Calf, Altman Siegel, San Francisco
2015
1970-1974, Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium
Its Rising Brings No Light, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, Greece
2014
Montolieu, On Stellar Rays, New York, NY
Art Basel, Altman Siegel, Miami Beach, Florida
Frieze Art Fair, New York, New York
2013
LISTE 18, Basel, Switzerland
2012
Altman Siegel, San Francisco, CA
2011
Being-with, Romer Young Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Cura, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
2009
White Columns, New York, NY
2008
Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2007
Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY
2003
Künstler Haus Bremen, Bremen, Germany
2003
Francine Seders Gallery, Seattle, WA
2002
Astérides, Ateliers d'Artistes, Friche Belle-de-Mai, Marseille, France
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Affinities, curated by Sophronia Cook, SPY Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Before it Becomes Words, organized by 1599fdt, Et al., San Francisco, CA
2022
Controlled Chaos, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
2021
Lucas Ratton x kamel mennour x Galerie kreo x Galerie Jacques Lacoste, Galerie Lucas Ratton, SaintTropez, France
2020
Steel your face right off your head, GretaMeert, Brussels, Germany
Group Show, Kamel Mennour, Paris, France
5 Artists, Eleni Koroneou, Athens, Greece
2019
Été indien, Kamel Mennour, Paris, France
Di fuochi e accesi sensi, Galerie Greta Meert, Brussels, Belgium
La Source, Fondation Carmignac, Paris, France
Reflections of Space and Time, Galeria Nara Roesler,Sao Paulo, Brazil
2018
HEROES, Kamel Mennour, Paris, France
6 Artists, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, Greece
2016
A Slow Succession with Many Interruptions, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Will and Be Going To, Altman Siegel, San Francisco, CA
In search of Vedaland, Altman Siegel, San Francisco, CA
Biennial of Painting: Yoknapatawpha, Museum Dhondt-Dhhaenens, Deurle, Belgium
2015
Nacht and Träume, Altman Siegel, San Francisco, California
Family & Friends, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, Greece
I Know You Got Soul, Arndt, Singapore
Pass, Huise-Mullem-Wanegem-Lede, Belgium
Rotrixagatze, On Stellar Rays, New York, New York
2014
The Presence of the Present: Teresa Baker, Liam Everett, Leslie Shows, di Rosa, Napa, CA
Nuit Américaine, Office Baroque, Brussels, Belgium
Color Shift, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
2013
Jessica Dickinson - Liam Everett - Yorgos Sapountzis, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, Greece
Curated by_Vienna 2013: Dress rehearsal, Galerie Andreas Huber, Vienna, Austria
NextNewCA, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, CA
Wassup Painters, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA
Present Tense, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA
Nevermore, On Stellar Rays, New York, NY
2012
The Draft Report, Section I (sounds from the Black Forest), (performance piece) Liste 17, Basel, Switzerland (Traveled to: The Potrero Neighborhood House, San Francisco, CA)
Hang Up: Anissa Mack, Anna Betbeze, Ellen Lesperance, Liam Everett and Ruairiadh O'Connell,” Josh Lilley Gallery, London, UK
In Stasis, MacArthur B Arthur, Oakland, CA
K, Wattis Institute, San Francisco, CA
Flection, Hedge Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011
White Columns Benefit Auction, White Columns Gallery, New York, NY
Odds Art 13:1, Wattis Center for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
Hammarby, Wattis Center for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, CA
2010
Disappearance of Tal Ben-Yaccov, (performance piece) Times Square Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY
Closed for Installation, 303 Gallery, New York, NY
The Projection Project, Canada Gallery, New York, NY
2009
On the Wall (The Leaking), (performance piece) 179 Canal St, New York, NY (Traveled to:ArtBasel 09, Basel, Switzerland, 2009)
2008
Bad Moon Rising, ISCP, Brooklyn, NY
Gouache & Gouache Only, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York, NY
2007
MetLife, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
2006
Work on Paper, Leubdsorf Art Gallery at Hunter College, New York, NY
2005
Tarnan, (performance piece) 5. Bremer Kunstfruhling, Bremen, Germany
5. Bremer Kunstfruhling, Bremen, Germany
Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2004
The Neon Forest Is My Home, *sixtyseven, New York, NY
Sprawl, Chewy Hudson Clearing, New York, NY
2003
Selections from the Flat Files, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Confabulations, Leubdsorf Art Gallery at Hunter College, New York, NY
2001
Sylvia Heisel, New York, NY
AWARDS
2016
SECA Art Award, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
2013
Artadia San Francisco Council Awardee
2012
SFMOMA SECA award shortlisted
Fellowship Award, Headlands Center For the Arts, Artist in Residence
Liam Everett
Untitled (Siguer)
2014
Color flatbite, soapground and spitbite aquatints and drypoint.
Rives BFK Paper
Paper size 50¾ ” x 40½"
Image size 44" x 35"
Edition of 35
Liam Everett
Untitled (Ahnur)
2013
Color flatbite and aquatint.
Somerset White Paper
Paper size 26” x 21”
Image size 20" x 16"
Edition of 30
Liam Everett
Untitled (Cahors)
2013
Color flatbite and aquatint.
Somerset White Paper
Paper size 26” x 21”
Image size 20" x 16"
Edition of 30
Liam Everett
Untitled (Khonsu)
2013
Color flatbite and aquatint.
Somerset White Paper
Paper size 26” x 21”
Image size 20" x 16"
Edition of 30
Liam Everett
Untitled (Montolieu)
2013
Color flatbite and aquatint.
Somerset White Paper
Paper size 26” x 21”
Image size 20" x 16"
Edition of 30
Liam Everett
Untitled (Net)
2013
Color softground etching.
Somerset White Paper
Paper size 26” x 21”
Image size 20" x 16"
Edition of 30
Liam Everett
Untitled (Nuxibuxbaase Awadee)
2013
Color flatbite and aquatint.
Somerset White Paper
Paper size 26” x 21”
Image size 20" x 16"
Edition of 30
Liam Everett
Rondo I
2013
Silk organza, wood hoop and ink
14" diameter
Edition of 10
Liam Everett
Rondo II
2013
Silk organza, wood hoop and ink
14" hoop
Edition of 10
Liam Everett
Rondo III
2013
Silk organza, wood hoop and ink
14" hoop
Edition of 10