Exhibition on view: May 15 – June 7, 2014
In this series, Galka draws on the idea of zoomoprhism blending a world of fantasy with one of reality in order to re-create and intertwine childish daydreams and sophisticated adult thoughts. In his oil paintings, he combines lush and colorful abstract backgrounds with detailed hybrid animal forms. His graphite drawings are more spare consisting of the same hybrid animal forms on plain, white backgrounds.
Nathaniel Galka graduated from the Columbus College of Art and Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, later getting his graduate degree from Northwestern University. He boasts numerous solo shows at galleries throughout the Midwest and South and has exhibited in group fairs worldwide, including at the IX Florence Biennale Internazionale in Florence, Italy.
Push ‘n’ Pull, 2014, 40x40, Oil on canvas
Past Exhibitions
The Others
Heart Strings
Miami Verge Art Fair
Pathologically Optimistic
Dog Days
The New Bitch: Twilight of the Idols
The Reciprocity Of Looking
No Sleep For Dreaming
Nomadic… Now
Pink Stereos
Parallel Narratives
The Print Show
Juicy
The Gypsy Storyteller
Entropic Geometries
Carnival
Out of the Sea and Into the Woods
White Noise
Revenge of the Bulls
Oil Spill
Hung
The Editions, Exclusive Limited Editioned Works
I Feel Yucky, The Candy-Colored Nightmare
Volver
Trunk Show
In Collaboration
Blueprints
Impermanence
ARS Graphics
Everything Will be All Right
Dress Code
Callejeros
Art Market Hamptons
Alice in the Upperland
The Absurd Life
