SWAB Barcelona Contemporary Art Fair
Jim Ovelmen
Jim Ovelmen,
"Dissonantia, Carnations" 2023, Oil on linen, 20x25 inches
Jim Ovelmen is an internationally recognized artist living in Los Angeles. His mixed-media work has been shown all over the world. His exhibitions at museums and venues in Europe and Asia include SWAB Barcelona 2019, Art Basel Miami 2016, '17 and '18, QIPO-01 Mexico City 2018, Museum of Human Acheivement, Austin Texas 2019, the Chung Shan Creative Hub in Taipei in 2014 and Taipei Fridge Festival in 2013. His work was featured in the 2010 Aichi Triennale in Japan, as well as numerous galleries and museums in the United States and Europe. Showing drawing, painting, and animated video in New York and Los Angeles, his videos, animations, and musical performances have been featured at FilmForum Los Angeles, Pacific Asia Museum, Torrance Art Museum, Kristi Engle Gallery, PØST Gallery, Kristine Koenig Gallery in Vienna, AWOL Los Angeles, and Artist Space in New York. He participated in LA|Water Public Art Biennial, Summer 2016. He is also a Professor of Art at California State University Los Angeles.