Justin Liam O'Brien "Adage" 2022 Oil on canvas, 72 x 72 inches

Justin Liam O'Brien "Adage" 2022 Oil on canvas, 72 x 72 inches

Justin Liam O'Brien "Lethe" 2022 Oil on linen, 72 x 60 inches

Justin Liam O'Brien "Lethe" 2022 Oil on linen, 72 x 60 inches

Justin Liam O'Brien "Annunciation" 2022 Oil on canvas, 72 x 72 inches

Justin Liam O'Brien "Annunciation" 2022 Oil on canvas, 72 x 72 inches

Justin Liam O'Brien "Vigil" 2022 Oil on linen, 60 x 48 inches

Justin Liam O'Brien "Vigil" 2022 Oil on linen, 60 x 48 inches

Justin Liam O'Brien "Sanctuary in the Pages" 2022. Oil on linen, 72 x 60 inches

Justin Liam O'Brien "Sanctuary in the Pages" 2022. Oil on linen, 72 x 60 inches

Justin Liam O'Brien "Tormet" 2022 Oil on linen, 92 x 72 inches

Justin Liam O'Brien "Tormet" 2022 Oil on linen, 92 x 72 inches

Justin Liam O'Brien "Hands of Providence" 2022 Oil on linen, 92 x 72 inches

Justin Liam O'Brien "Hands of Providence" 2022 Oil on linen, 92 x 72 inches

Justin Liam O'Brien "Visitation" 2022 Oil on linen 48 x 60 inches

Justin Liam O'Brien "Visitation" 2022 Oil on linen 48 x 60 inches

Justin Liam O'Brien "Auto da fe", 2021, Oil on linen, 50 x 36 in.

Justin Liam O'Brien "Auto da fe", 2021, Oil on linen, 50 x 36 in.

Justin Liam O'Brien "El Ciervo Vulnerado", 2021, Oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in.

Justin Liam O'Brien "El Ciervo Vulnerado", 2021, Oil on canvas, 36 x 48 in.

Justin Liam O'Brien "Bread on a Seder Plate", 2020, Oil on canvas, 48 x 36 in.

Justin Liam O'Brien "Bread on a Seder Plate", 2020, Oil on canvas, 48 x 36 in.

Justin Liam O'Brien "Learn To Swim", 2020, Oil on canvas, 60 x 72 in.

Justin Liam O'Brien "Learn To Swim", 2020, Oil on canvas, 60 x 72 in.

Justin Liam O'Brien "Between Supposed Lovers", 2020, Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in.

Justin Liam O'Brien "Between Supposed Lovers", 2020, Oil on canvas, 60 x 60 in.

Justin Liam O'Brien "I'm Afraid Of How This Ends", 2020, Oil on canvas, 48 x 60 in.

Justin Liam O'Brien "I'm Afraid Of How This Ends", 2020, Oil on canvas, 48 x 60 in.

Justin Liam O'Brien "Park Day", 2020, Oil on linen, 30 x 24 in.

Justin Liam O'Brien "Park Day", 2020, Oil on linen, 30 x 24 in.

Justin Liam O'Brien "How Could It All Be", 2020, Oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in.

Justin Liam O'Brien "How Could It All Be", 2020, Oil on canvas, 30 x 24 in.

Justin Liam O'Brien "One Of Us Must Die", 2020, Oil on canvas, 60 x 48 in.

Justin Liam O'Brien "One Of Us Must Die", 2020, Oil on canvas, 60 x 48 in.

Justin Liam O'Brien "Take Me Out Tonight", 2021, Oil on linen, 36 x 30 in.

Justin Liam O'Brien "Take Me Out Tonight", 2021, Oil on linen, 36 x 30 in.

Justin Liam O'Brien "Making Breakfast" 2021 Oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches

Justin Liam O'Brien "Making Breakfast" 2021 Oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches

Justin Liam O'Brien "Silent Running" 2020 Color pencil on paper 14 x 11 in.

Justin Liam O'Brien "Silent Running" 2020 Color pencil on paper 14 x 11 in.

Justin Liam O'Brien Roma, 2020 Graphite and color pencil on paper, 11 x 14 in.

Justin Liam O'Brien Roma, 2020 Graphite and color pencil on paper, 11 x 14 in.

Justin Liam O'Brien "Brian Behind Morning Light" 2022 Oil on linen, 72 x 60 inches

Justin Liam O'Brien "Brian Behind Morning Light" 2022 Oil on linen, 72 x 60 inches

Justin Liam O'Brien

Born 1991, Flushing, NY

  • 2013-2016 BFA Digital Arts, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

    2010-2013 AS Visual Arts, SUNY Suffolk, Selden, NY

  • Solo, Two and Three Person Exhibitions

    11/07/2020
    “When Acting As A Wave” Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    07/04/2020
    “Damned by the Rainbow” GNYP Gallery, Berlin, GER

    11/01/2019
    “Losing in the Form of Darkness”, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY

    09/06/2019
    “Dreamboat” curated by Kate Mothes/yngspc, The Real Tinsel, Milwaukee, WI

    11/29/2018
    “Rose-tinted” Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY

  • 05/16/2020
    “Black & White vs. Color” Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    01/16/2020
    “ME: An Exhibition of Contemporary Self Portraiture” Sugarlift/Sasha Bogojev, High Line Nine, Chelsea, NY

    12/06/2019
    “Tulips” Kapp Kapp, Philadelphia, PA

    11/29/2019
    “A Private Matter” LM Gallery, Latina, ITA

    07/19/2019
    “Melt” Chart Gallery, Tribeca, NY

    06/22/2019
    “Vignettes” Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    06/21/2019
    “Rust & Bones” Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin, GER

    03/01/2019
    “Fresh Fruit” Curated by Benjamin Tischer/Invisible Exports, SITUATIONS, LES, NY

    09/22/2018
    “The Unspeakable” Curated by Peter Clough, Re: Art Show, Brooklyn, NY

    09/14/2018
    “Big Link” Curated by Kate Mothes/yngspc, Standard Projects, Hortonville, WI

    05/26/2018
    “RE: 21, This Is Not Here” Curated by Efrem Zelony-Mindell, Re: Art Show, Brooklyn, NY

    04/06/2018
    “Passion Fruit” Curated by Colin Radcliffe, BFP Temporary Storage Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

  • Elephant Magazine, "Justin Liam O’Brien Paints Loneliness as a Pathological Condition", 17 Dec 2020

    Juxtapoz Magazine, “Justin Liam O’Brien: A Freed Style” Interview with Evan Pricco, Fall 2020, Print

    Juxtapoz Magazine, “Damned by the Rainbow: Justin Liam O’Brien’s Stunning Display of Intimacy in Berlin”, July 2020

    New American Paintings, “Northeast 146” Juried by Jerry Saltz, Feb 2020, Print

    Artforum International, ““Rust & Bones” Galerie Tanja Wagner” Kristian Vistrup Madsen Oct 2019, Print

    Artforum International, “Critics Picks - Melt at CHART” Zahra Nasser, 12 Aug 2019

    Office Magazine, “Mad Fresh” John Martin Tilley, 31 Mar 2019

    Juxtapoz Magazine, “Intimate Bedroom Scenes: An Interview with Justin Liam O’Brien”, Sasha Bogojev, 25 Mar 2019

    Filthy Dreams, “What a Feeling: Justin Liam O’Brien at Monya Rowe Gallery” Efrem Zelony-Mindell, 27 Dec 2018

    Gayletter, “Art: Rose Tinted - Justin Liam O’Brien & Celeste Rapone”, Chris Stewart, Dec 2018

    What Should We Do? “Justin Liam O’Brien & Celeste Rapone: Rose Tinted”, Paddy Johnson, Dec 2018

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