George Oates
Exhibited artist · Burnt Sienna Salon
Biography
George Oates (b. 1993) is an artist from Aotearoa New Zealand currently living and working in Berlin.
Oates’ work calls into question the absurdity of authority within conventions and institutions. His irreverent painting practice across hessian, canvas, wood and paper explores the contradictions inherent in our existence. At once tragic and comic, calculated and intuitive, masterful and crude, it rejects the notion of a single, palatable definition.
He has exhibited internationally across Aotearoa New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Germany, including at VOLTA Basel. His work has been published by Replika Publishing and is held in the Arts House Trust Collection, as well as in private collections throughout Oceania and Europe.
He completed the Burnt Sienna Oil Painting Advanced Course with Louise Lenz and exhibited in the Burnt Sienna Salon.
Selected works
Acrylic, pencil and oilstick on hardboard · 68.5 × 65 cm
Burnt Sienna Salon