Anders Oinonen
Anders Oinonen
b. 1977, Ontario, Canada
Lives and works in Toronto, Canada
Anders Oinonen makes paintings that resemble abstract portraits, anthropomorphic landscapes, and geometric studies. Through sophisticated brushwork he is able to combine and compress these genres, and make images that fluctuate between familiar and other worldly. Oinonen received his MFA from the University of Waterloo, and studied for his bachelor’s degree at the Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Canada. He was a semi-finalist for the 2007 RBC Canadian Painting Competition. He has exhibited internationally at museums and galleries including The Hole, New York (2019); Cooper Cole, Toronto (2019); Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, New York (2018); CTRL Gallery, Houston (2010); DePaul Art Museum, Chicago (2012); Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto (2011); LES Gallery, Vancouver (2011); and Musée d’art Contemporain de Montréal, Montréal (2009).
Education
2004
M.F.A., University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
2001
AOCAD, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Canada
Select Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2020
DAYS, The Hole, New York, NY
2019
Family Practice, Cooper Cole, Toronto, Canada
2015
Phiz, Cooper Cole, Toronto, Canada
2014
Fiends, Friends, Glasgow, Scotland
2013
Eyebrow Haircut, The Hole, New York, NY
2012
People People, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2011
Sadderday Night, G Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Pulling a Slow One, LES Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2010
Sundogs, CTRL Gallery, Houston, TX
2009
Sadderday Night, Modern Fuel, Kingston, ON
2008
After After, CTRL Gallery, Houston, TX
2007
gone like tomorrow, Mehr, New York, NY
outTHEwindow, Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada
2006
its.what.its, Greener Pastures Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada
Select Group Exhibitions
2021
Spiritual Art Advisory: Part Deux, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Interconnected, John Wolf, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Second Smile, The Hole, New York, NY
2018
Face/off, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016
Booby Trap, The Hole, New York, NY
2014
Buying Friends, The Kortman Collection, UICA, Grand Rapids, Canada
Storage Wars, Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Welcome to the Personhood, Bermac Exhibition Space, Houston, TX
2013
Faux Life, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Chicken or Beef?, The Hole, New York, NY
2012
The Art of the Joke, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Afterimage, DePaul University Art Museum, Chicago, IL
Post, University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, Canada
Zagga Zow, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Portrait of a Generation, The Hole Gallery, New York, NY
Where My Cones At?, Double Break, San Diego and POVevolving, Los Angeles, CA
2011
Ineffable Plasticity: the experience of being human, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Facemaker, Royal T, Los Angeles, CA
2010
Insider/Outsider, Portugal Arte 2010, Lisbon, Portugal
The Beach Division, RUINS, Toronto, Canada
2009
Cubes, Blocks and Other Spaces, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
2008
Carte Blanche | Volume 2: Painting, Organized with the Magenta Foundation, Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Canada
Mail Order Monsters, Max Wigram Gallery, London, England
Conceptual Figures, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Ambivalent Figuration: People, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
A Loaf of Bread, a Carton of Milk & a Stick of Butter, Hudson Franklin Gallery, New York, NY
2007
RBC Painting Competition, Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Moncton NB, Barrie ON, Winnipeg MB, Vancouver BC, Canada
CTRL Group One, CTRL Gallery, Houston, TX
BLACKNIGHT, Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Canada
Keepin’ It Real, The Drake Hotel, Toronto, Canada
Select Publications
2013
Eyebrow Haircut, H. Tsui, The Hole/Anteism, New York, NY
Eyebrow Haircut, Anders Oinonen, Swimmers Group, Toronto, Canada
Portrait of a Generation, Kathy Grayson, The Hole/Anteism, New York, NY
2012
POST, Ivan Jurakic, University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, Canada
Select Press
2015
Madeleine Till, “Anders Oinonen Solo Exhibition at Cooper Cole,” ArtToronto, February
Dick, Terence, “Inside at the Blackwood Gallery | Anders Oinonen at Cooper Cole,” Akimbo, Jan 27
2014
“The World’s Best Ever,” Artist Eats, Feb 28
2013
Kriston Capps, “My Kind of Magic,” Washington City Paper, May 24
2012
Austin Considine, “Meaty Abstraction at the Hole,” Art In America, Mar 14
Noah Berlatsky, “Best Bets Our Top Six Picks for the Fall,” Chicago Reader, Sept 13
Anastasia Hare, “Ineffable Plasticity: the experience of being Human and Human/Nature,” cmagazine, Spring
Kate Fane, Alexander Irving, “Anders Oinonen: The Inverted Portrait,” Artsync, February
2011
R.M. Vaughn, “Gimme shelter – or at least a great fish tank,” The Globe and Mail, December 12
Wojciech Olejnik, “Sadderday Night with Mike Murphy and Anders Oinonen,” 2011
Lizzy Hill, “Magazine Scene,” The Coast, March 12
2010
“Artist project,” Hunter and Cook magazine, Issue 07
2009
Greg Burliuk, “Artists have some fun on a Sadderday Night,” The Whig Standard, June
Sasha Lee, “Anders Oinonen,” Beautiful/Decay, March
Dan Tarnowski, “Interview with Anders Oinonen,” whitehotmagazine, March
2008
Sean Caroll, “Critics’ Pick,” ArtForum, October
Dan Tarnowski, “Conceptual Figures @ Deitch Projects,” whitehotmagazine, October
2007
Chris Bors, “Sad-sack in a Landscape,” ArtSlant, Nov 11
Gary Michael Dault, “These hills have eyes & other points of view,” Globe and Mail, July 28
Nick Keppler, “CTRL group one,” Houston Press, May 16
2006
Gary Michael Dault, “Exhibit A: Right Back at You,” Globe and Mail, June 16