Jimmy O'Neal American, b. 1967

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Jimmy O'Neal. Ray Trace, 2021. Acrylic mirrored paint on panel. 72 x 84 in. 2021
Jimmy O'Neal. Ray Trace, 2021. Acrylic mirrored paint on panel. 72 x 84 in. 2021

“The mirrored paintings may play tricks with the eyes and, consequently, the mind. However, they never come across as tricksy. Instead, they amount to a theater of the mind, a latter-day reinvention of the Renaissance’s theatrum mundi or 'theater of the world'.”

 

- Dr. David Anfam

 

 

Jimmy O’Neal, a classically trained painter, continually explores and expands the physical and metaphorical capabilities of the medium. Through his work he creates experiences that call forth the universal impulses of the human condition that exist underneath the surface of our consciousness. He strives to represent the unseen visual poetry of the frequencies that surround and interact with our senses. His interest in physics, science, and biology led him to develop such technological innovations as mirrored paint, which is used in the creation of large-scale paintings that are intended to envelop the viewer. He further examines science and the body in such artworks as “brain machine,” a device that produces paintings generated from the artist's EEG readings in response to external stimuli.

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Jimmy O'Neal
Jimmy O'Neal
Jimmy O’Neal (b. 1967, Atlanta, GA) received his BFA in Illustration and MFA in Painting from Savannah College of Art and Design. He has exhibited work widely, including at the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, and the Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art. His public art commissions include projects for the Mercedes-Benz Stadium and Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, GA, and the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS). His solo exhibitions include "About Now: An Introspective" at Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta (2022) and "Adrift Within a Long Loving Look" at Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta (2018). O’Neal lives and works in Savannah, GA.
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