BIOGRAPHY

Bryan Boone is an abstract artist and multidisciplinary designer living and working in Kansas City, MO. Born in Oklahoma in 1980, Boone has been captivated by architecture and the landscapes of our built environment from early in life. His work meditates on form and structure, contrasting hard edge, geometric design with organic layered effects, and subtle textures. By varying opacity, gloss, and grain, Boone creates dimensionality and shifting light and color effects in his paintings. A common theme in Boone’s recent work is his creation of a core design system developed for a series of works. He then develops individual pieces as permutations within the system to play out multiple design outcomes and color combinations. A self-taught artist, Boone’s background includes commercial design for print, web and motion, web development, and UX design. His body of art includes public, institutional, and corporate art murals and installations including “Wellenform” at Fowler Volkswagen in Norman Oklahoma, “Forward Refraction” in Midtown Oklahoma City, and “Courses” (with Dan Garrett) at the Francis Tuttle Rockwell campus. Boone has exhibited solo shows at Istvan Gallery and AKA Gallery in Oklahoma City and participated in exhibitions at Science Museum Oklahoma, Artspace at Untitled, IAO Gallery, JRB Gallery, and DNA Galleries. He is an active member of the art community and a pre-qualified public artist in his native Oklahoma City. Boone is currently represented by 1515 Lincoln Gallery.

ARTIST INSIGHTS

How are your background and life experiences connected to your art?

I have been drawing or building something my entire life and most of that has been influenced by the built environment. I’m an architecture fan and love looking at industrial design. When you put those together you can start to see the core of my design sense. Take a look at a city. There’s a regular order fitting to a grid or following a topographical pattern. Buildings use the space and then within and around them there are spaces filled with infrastructure. I’m often thinking about these things when designing.

Who are some of your biggest artistic influences?

I find connections between my work and the Color Field, Minimal, Hard-edge, and Geometric Abstraction movements, but I feel my greatest influences are architectural. Designs by Le Corbusier, Neutra, Charles and Ray Eames, and Bjarke Ingles come to mind. But I also follow many local architects and designers like Ken and Brian Fitzsimmons, Adam Lanman and Rand Elliott.

How have you developed your artist career?

I have been painting professionally for a little over thirteen years now, but have recently begun working to build up my practice with more public art and larger works.

What does your artistic work intend to communicate to its audience?

I want to create work that people can return to again and again, each time finding unexplored elements of the design or experiencing a new color effect from the way the layers interact in a different light.

Does your work comment on any current social or political issues?

I hope my work gives you a moment to pause and sort of meditate with me and be part of the art by being an active observer. This world can be overwhelming and I want to slow it down and fill it with a quiet space, even if just for a moment.

Do you have a particular story that stands out from your career as an artist?

I think we make meaning and for me, art is a large part of how I engage with the world and create purpose and connection.

What is one thing you would like your audience to know about you?

I fundamentally feel art is participatory. If something I made resonates with you, it creates a connection between us and you bring your own interpretation, feelings and reactions to the experience.

Which current art world trends are you following?

My focus is usually so local. There’s so much amazing work happening right around you. I recently moved to Kansas City and I am loving getting to know all new artists and their work here.

Why have you chosen to sell your work in the 1515 Lincoln Gallery?

Susan is investing in the business and growing a community. I believe that 1515 Lincoln Gallery is distinct from other galleries by the mix of local, national, and international artists.

WATCH

Watch 1515 Lincoln Gallery’s Q&A and Studio Visit with Bryan Boone.

Also watch Bryan Boone’s “Folding Procession” video were he documented the development of a series of paintings in the first few months of 2020. Every step in the physical process is documented including where he followed a printed plan and instruction set he created earlier in the design phase.

ARTIST STATEMENT

My work meditates on architecture, infrastructure and landscape through geometric composition and exploratory design. I begin with a focused drafting process to craft a core design and then explore the design system with a series of permutations. In the first part of my process I am creating a world and its rules. In the second, I give myself room to work with, shift and bend those principles to explore possibilities.

BRYAN BOONE’S AVAILABLE ART

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