Ian O’Phelan (b. 1982, a Pisces) hails from Toledo, OH. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati, where he pursued a Frankenstein curriculum of fine art and graphic design classes. Mr. O’Phelan currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
“I think of my artwork as a meandering study and description of natural objects. My portfolio, an ever growing Wunderkammer, is a collection of the ironic and the sentimental. It provides a means of reconciling a bubbling unconscious spiritualism with a generally secular daily life.”
Education:
BFA / DAAP, University of Cincinnati / Cincinnati, OH / 2005
Clients: Destination: Truth, Friends of Oliver, Frontiers Magazine, Jardins en Fleur, John Douglas Designs, KAISERIN, LA Record, Michael B. Pressman Productions Inc., Monterey Concessions, Pisszine, Russian Esquire
Exhibitions:
- 2009
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The Mail Me Art exhibition / Red Gate Gallery / London, UK
- Eat More Art Out, ACDG benifit / Meltdown Comics / Los Angeles, CA
- Hothouse & Flower Beds / Solo Exhibition / Ghettogloss Gallery /
Los Angeles, CA
- ACDG Skate Auction Benefit / Via Rollerskates / Long Beach, CA
- 2008
- Secret Santa / Ghettogloss Gallery / Los Angeles, CA
- The Bronx Zoo / Ghettogloss Gallery / Los Angeles, CA
- NYC Vinyl Record Exhibition / APW Gallery / New York, NY
- After Everything: Gay Directions in New Art / Like the Spice Gallery /
Brooklyn, NY
- ARTNOW Fair / Ghettogloss Gallery @ Hotel 30/30 / New York, NY
- postcards from the frontier underground / Chango Coffee House and Gallery /
Los Angeles, CA
- le exhibit / Chroma Studio / Los Angeles, CA
- 2007
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100 Artists : 100 Bucks / Safari Sam's / Los Angeles, CA
- Reunion / Create:Fixate / Los Angeles, CA
- The Classic Monster Exhibition / Chango Coffee House and Gallery /
Los Angeles, CA
- Off they Flew: 100 Birds Benefiting Griffith Park / LittleBird Gallery /
Los Angeles, CA
- Flowers so Gay.. Spines so Sharp / Echo Curio / Los Angeles, CA
- May Group Show / The Hive Gallery / Los Angeles, CA
- Down to Earth / Create:Fixate / Los Angeles, CA
- 2006
- Alive in Los Angeles / Create:Fixate / Los Angeles, CA
- Off the Books: A Group Exhibition / Untitled [ArtSpace] / Oklahoma City, OK
- WHOA!--We Hang Oklahoma Art! / Rink Gallery / Oklahoma City, OK
- 2005
- Regional Printmaking / Elaine L. Jacob Gallery / Wayne State University / Detroit, MI
- DAAP Works + STUDIO Works / Reed Gallery / University of Cincinnati / Cincinnati, OH
- Rites of Passage I / Manifest Gallery / Cincinnati, OH
- SOS Political Art Show / Mockbee / Cincinnati, OH