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Jeremy Lipking

United States

Born in 1975

Joined Artisor: March 2023

Bio

In a remarkably short period of time, Jeremy Lipking has emerged as one of the country’s premier realist artists. His talent, which rivals that of the late nineteenth century painterly realists such as John Singer Sargent, Joaquin Sorolla and Anders Zorn, is outstanding for a painter of any age. Like these great painters of the past, Lipking is a virtuoso artist. His canvases convey the magical aura of convincing imagery emerging out of a field of paint.

Realism has been misunderstood through most of the twentieth century as an art of imitation. In truth, when practiced by a painter like Jeremy Lipking, realist painting is a powerful creative force. Many viewers are drawn to his art thinking that it looks just like a photograph. Actually Lipking’s vision is the opposite of what a camera does. A photograph tends to flatten an image, reducing all relationships of color and shade to a stiff mechanical pattern. Lipking’s skill lies in his ability to probe in and around his subject. With a highly sensitive eye, he sees nuances of value and hue that the camera and most people can never see. More incredibly, he is able to translate his highly nuanced vision into a painted image. Lipking’s true subject is his pictorial fluency. Seeing one of his paintings involves entering into the pictorial world he has created. Like all great realists, he has the ability to generate powerful fictions.

I have had the pleasure to watch Lipking paint on a number of occasions. The experience is both exhilarating and baffling. Lipking begins his paintings in a surprisingly loose, painterly manner-something I never would have expected. He makes initial marks to find the scale and proportions of his subject. Then he applies a broad underpainting of color to capture the desired hue and value. At this stage his paintings look almost abstract, consisting of a pattern of large color shapes.

Lipking’s characteristic brushwork or gesture is what I like to call the “open touch.” What I mean by this phrase is that Lipking applies paint in broad, loose facets, often leaving areas of bare canvas in between. In subsequent additions the open areas are gradually filled in, creating a breathing lattice-like structure of paint. In a curious way, the method is somewhat like Cezanne’s manner. But whereas Cezanne emphasized the discontinuity of his touches, Lipking works with close values, so that the result is a seamless veil of color.

The magic occurs in the finish. As he progresses, he gradually refines each area, adjusting relationships of color and adding deft touches to define select elements. He brings certain forms to a razor sharp level of finish. Other passages are left vague and undefined. In this interplay of sharp and loose, the painting literally opens up and breathes. This is what makes his art seem so lifelike. Instead of resting as static images, his canvases pulse with the subtle energy of a living thing.

Michael Zakian, Ph.D. Director Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art Pepperdine University

PRESS

November/December 2016 – Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine Rooted in Nature

May/June 2016 – Art of The West Magazine cover artist

October 2015 – Pratique des Arts French art magazine Jeremy Lipking Une realite autre

August 2014 – Artysta i Sztuka Polish art magazine ŻONGLER Z PĘDZLEM W DŁONI. MALARSTWO JEREMY’EGO LIPKINGA

June 2014 – Cover artist Fine Art Connoisseur magazine

February/March 2014 – International Artist magazine Jeremy Lipking on his Life and Work

December 2013 – American Art Collector Magazine

June 2013 – Fine Art Connoisseur magazine article on Sweden painting trip

September 2012 – American Artist magazine 75 Greatest Artists of All Time

Fall 2010 – Trans Trend – Korean art magazine article on Jeremy Lipking

June 2010 – American Art Collector magazine

June 2008 – American Art Collector Magazine

Fall/Winter 2008 – American Artist Highlights: Masters of Realism

October 2008 – American Artist Self Portrait Competition

Fall 2007 – American Artist Workshop Magazine

May 2006 – American Art Collector

November 2008 – The Artist’s Magazine: Drawing out the Riches

September 2006 – ArtNews -review of Lipking’s NY exhibition

January 2006 – People

April 2006 – 805 Magazine

May 2003 – American Artist Magazine

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Jeremy Lipking

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008 Solo Exhibition, Arcadia Gallery Santa Monica, CA
2007 Solo Exhibition, “Life in the Loire Valley” American Legacy Fine Arts, Pasadena, CA
2006 Recent Paintings Solo Exhibition, Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY
2004 Solo Exhibtion Arcadia Gallery New York, NY
2003 “Jeremy Lipking: Recent Paintings” Solo Exhibition, Arcadia Gallery, New York NY, (January 24- February)
2001 Jeremy Lipking, Solo Exhibition, Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, California (September 22 – October 18)
2001 “Landscape with Figures: Introducing Jeremy Lipking” Solo Exhibition, Morseburg Galleries West Hollywood, California

SOLO AND SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2008 California Art Club 97th Annual Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena CA
2008 Portrait Society of America International Portrait Competition, Philadelphia PA
2008 American Masters at the Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2007 American Art Invitational, Saks Galleries Denver, CO
2007 California Art Club 97th Annual Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena CA
2007 Portrait Society of America International Portrait Competition, Washington D.C.
2007 Solo Exhibition, “Life in the Loire Valley” American Legacy Fine Arts
2006 California Art Club 96th Annual Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena CA
2006 Portrait Society of America International Portrait Competition, Dallas TX
2006 Recent Paintings Solo Exhibition, Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY
2005 California Art Club 95th Annual Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena CA
2004 Solo Exhibtion Arcadia Gallery New York, NY
2004 California Art Club 94th Annual Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena CA
2003 California Art Club 93rd Annual Exhibition, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena CA
2003 “Solon-D-Arts” Exhibition, Colorado Museum of History, Denver Colorado (June 28 – July 7, 2003)
2003 “Re-presenting Representation VI” bi-annual Exhibition, Arnot Museum, Elmira New York (April 11- August 31, 2003)
2003 “Jeremy Lipking: Recent Paintings” Solo Exhibition, Arcadia Gallery, New York NY, (January 24- February)
2003 “Settlers West Miniatures Show” Group Exhibition, Settlers West Gallery, Tucson, Arizona, (February)
2002 California Art Club 92nd Annual Exhibition, Pasadena Historical Museum Pasadena, California (June 29- August)
2002 “Nude: A Celebration of the Human Form” Group Exhibition, Morseburg Galleries, West Hollywood, California (April 20- June 1)
2002 “Far Off Peaks: Mountain Scenes by Historic and Contemporary Painters” Morseburg Galleries, West Hollywood, California (March 2- April 6)
2002 “Five Artists to Watch” Group Exhibition, Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona (February 7)
2002 “New Year, New Talent” Group Exhibition, Arcadia Gallery, New York, New York, (January 24- February 17)
2002 “Settlers West Miniatures Show” Group Exhibition, Settlers West Gallery, Tucson, Arizona, (February)”Small Works Show”
2002 Exhibition Legacy Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona (February 9)
2001 “The Draftsman’s Eye: Works on Paper” Group Exhibition, Morseburg GalleriesWest Hollywood, California (December 1, 2001 – January 6, 2002)
2001 Jeremy Lipking, Solo Exhibition, Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, California (September 22 – October 18)
2001 Huntington Gardens Exhibition, California Art Club
2001 “Ten Young California Painters” Group Exhibition, Morseburg Galleries,West Hollywood, California (September 8- October 13)
2001 “California Beaches” California Art Club Old Mill Gallery, Pasadena, California (June)
2001 California Art Club 91st Annual Exhibition, Pasadena Historical Museum, Pasadena, California (May 5- July 29)
2001 Mission San Juan Capistrano Plein-Air Festival, Group Exhibition, San JuanCapistrano, California, (August 13 – 19)
2001 “Second Annual California Spring Salon” Juried Group Exhibition, Morseburg and Edenhurst Galleries, West Hollywood, California (June 2 -23)
2001 “Landscape with Figures: Introducing Jeremy Lipking” Solo Exhibition, Morseburg Galleries West Hollywood, California
2000 Mission San Juan Capistrano Plein-Air Festival, Group Exhibition, San Juan Capistrano, California (August)
2000 “First Annual California Spring Salon” Juried Group Exhibition, Morseburg and Edenhurst Galleries, West Hollywood, California (June 8th- 30)
1998 “Arts for the Parks” Jackson Wyoming

AWARDS

2008 “Honor Award” Portrait Society of America International Portrait Competition, Philadelphia, PA
2007 “First Place” Portrait Society of America International Portrait Competition, Washington D.C.
2007 “Finalist, Landscape Category” Art Renewal Center’s International 2007 ARC Salon
2007 “Honorable Mention, Sill Life Category” Art Renewal Center’s International 2007 ARC Salon
2007 “Honorable Mention, Figurative Category” Art Renewal Center’s International 2007 ARC Salon
2007 “Third Place, Drawing Category” Art Renewal Center’s International 2007 ARC Salon
2006 “Best of Show” Portrait Society of America International Portrait Competition” Dallas, TX
2002 “Museum Acquisition Award” California Art Club 92nd Annual Exhibition, Pasadena Historical Museum, Pasadena, CA
2001 “Museum Director’s Award” California Art Club 91st Annual Exhibition, Pasadena Historical Museum, Pasadena, CA
2001 “Best of Show” California Art Club 91st Annual Exhibition, Pasadena Historical Museum, Pasadena, CA

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