Reunited. Oli Goldsmith was the first artist we represented in our Port Hope shop nearly a decade ago. After a bit of a hiatus, we couldn't be happier to be working with him again and showcasing this vibrant body of new work.
Oli was born in Toronto in 1979 and has been showing his work publicly since the age of 16. His collage paintings combine digital output and transfer processes with paint, ink and other traditional media-combining the old with the new. Disparate and often bizarre elements combine and play off of one another in surprising, provocative and often humorous ways. How the mind plays into subtext and suggestion, the subliminal elements often explored in surrealism and automatism, are directly connected to Oli's working process. The constant surprise of the results and the satisfaction derived from the creative act are what motivates his work.
Oli's paintings reside in private, public and corporate collections worldwide, including Maple Leaf Foods, Johnson & Johnson and The Sagamihara City Collection in Japan. In 2000, he was commissioned to design the packaging, with original artwork, for Canadian rock-band Our Lady Peace's
Spiritual Machines. He also directed and animated the award winning music video for the song
In Repair from the album. The album packaging was nominated for a Juno Award for Best Album Artwork and the video was nominated in six categories and won awards for Best Post-production, Best Director and Best Video.
Contact Patches (Barber Shop Sunset)
Mixed media on board
60" x 48" unframed
$4,900.00
Uni-Polar Order
Mixed media on board
60" x 48" unframed
SOLD
