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17/10/2003

Nicholas Lamia

Xing Gallery, Los Angeles

XING Gallery takes great pleasure in announcing the first Los Angeles solo show for Nicholas Lamia

Los Angeles (Chinatown), CA ­ Born in Los Angeles and currently living in New York City, Lamia is a prolific young painter who's style ranges widely from small landscapes to large-scale abstractions. In his work, he references past masters such as Mondrian and Klee, shares some visual vocabulary with contemporary artists like Sean Scully and Rosie Lee Tompkins, yet he maintains a strong sense of individuality and a unique style. For this show, Lamia has created a group of abstract pictures composed of grid-like frameworks. They do not depict anything from the physical world; however, they maintain a connection to the natural world through paint handling, color and layering. The resulting imagery concerns the classic tension between Apollonian and Dionysian elements and bears a resemblance to plant tissues, aerial views of cities, and other such organically complex structures. This reflects the tension between Lamia's training as a scientist and his practice as a painter.

Nicholas Lamia received a Bachelor's Degree in biological environmental science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1994, and a Master of Fine Arts in painting from Boston University in 2000 where he studied with John Walker and John Moore. In addition to his academic degrees Lamia has studied at the The New York Studio School

Lamia has participated in many group and solo shows in New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maine. He had his first one-person exhibition in 2001 in Rockland, Maine and has received numerous awards including a Kahn Career Entry Award in 2000 as well as a Guggenheim Fellowship this year. The Guggenheim is among the most prestigious awards available to artists and is sought after by painters at all levels of professional development.

Landscape and abstraction have become, for me, inextricably linked-- demonstrating a symbiosis between the physical and spiritual worlds. The colors, tones and textures I absorb while painting from nature reappear, transformed into geometric compositions that evolve from the organic complexity that surrounds me each day.
--Nicholas Lamia

Lamia's work is included in many public and private collections including Pfizer, The MBNA Corporation and Tishman Speyer Properties.

Image: Nicholas Lamia, 'Controlled Burn,' 2003, oil on canvas, 70 x 60'

A reception with the artist in attendance will be held at the gallery on Saturday, October 18, 2003, from 6 to 10 p.m. Gallery hours are Thursday thru Sunday 12:00 to 6 p.m. or by appointment.

XING Gallery is a subsidiary of Oulous Repair Shop.

XING GALLERY
945 Chung King Rd., CA 90012
Contact, Brendan Burke
Phone, (213) 626-1984; Fax , (310) 540-5574

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