Biografia

Casper Brindle’s paintings are explorations of the expressive possibilities of color, light and form. His palette ranges from spectacularly technicolor to subtly monochromatic, but ever present is the notion of center. Whether it’s a striking, hard-edge horizon line running through the painting or a metallic bar floating on the surface, there is always a form that pulls us deeper into the imagery that Brindle presents.

A contemporary disciple of the 1960s & 70s Light and Space generation, Brindle too is intrigued by the sensory experiences triggered by color and light. His expansive paintings shift and morph as the viewer walks past them, compelling them to pause and begin to explore the enigmatic spaces of perception. Brindle has referred to the process in which he creates his works as trance-like, and one can’t help but notice the meditative quality these paintings induce.

Brindle’s work has clear ties to the materiality of the Finish Fetish and Light and Space movements, and his masterful use of color invokes the emotive qualities of painters like Mark Rothko and Jules Olitski. However, Brindle synthesizes sensibilities from these disparate movements and creates something entirely his own. Brindle’s paintings envelop the viewer in expansive fields that not only delight the senses, but have the power to elicit deeper emotional responses. Utilizing tools and techniques adopted from Southern California’s distinctive car culture, Brindle applies fine layers of airbrushed sprays to create atmospheric gradations of subtle depth. In his early works, Brindle often embedded glowing tubes of LEDs in his paintings, but he has now managed to harness the effect of light solely with color.

Born in Toronto in 1968, Brindle’s family relocated to Los Angeles in 1974, and he has called the city home ever since. Mr. Brindle apprenticed for the pioneering Light and Space artist, Eric Orr in the late 80’s.

Casper Brindle’s work has been exhibited across the United States and internationally. His work is held in a number of prominent private and museum collections including the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation and the Morningside College Collection in Sioux City, IA.

Casper Brindle is a contemporary painter and sculptor specializing in light and space and finish fetish. He lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.

Solo Exhibitions:

2020

William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2019

“Chromatic Flux”, Nancy Toomey Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

2018

“Recent Works”, William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2017

“Light and Space Divided”, Nancy Toomey Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

2016

“Aura and Strata”, William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (September)

2015

“Chroma”, William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Susan Street Fine art, Solinas, CA

2013

“Azimuth”, William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

“Strata”, Toomey Tourell, San Francisco, CA

2012

“Stratum”, William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Susan Street Fine Art, San Diego, CA

2011

Exhibit A Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2010

Murphy and Dine, NYC, NY

“Light”, Mint Gallery, Dana Point, CA

2009

Madsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2019

San Francisco Art Fair (Nancy Toomey Fine Art)

The Californians, Pacific City Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA

Art Project Paia, Maui, HI

Lift Space, William Turner Gallery, MDR, CA

Nancy Toomey Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

2018

Laguna Art Museum Auction

2017

San Francisco Art Fair (Toomey Tourell Gallery)

Laguna Art Museum Auction

Palm Springs Art Fair (William Turner Gallery)

Area 35 Art Gallery, Milan Italy

2016

The Grinstein Artist Invitational, (Samual Freeman Gallery) Culver City

Art 1307/Gallery, Milan Italy

Pulse Art Fair, Miami (William Turner Gallery)

Laguna Art Museum Auction, Staff Pick

Surfrider Foundation, Malibu CA

Palm Springs Art Fair (William Turner Gallery)

Art 1307, Napoli  Italy

Unit London, London England

Nancy Toomey Fine Art, Group Show, San Fransisco CA

2015

Unit London, London, United kingdom

Miami Projects Fair, Nancy Toomey Fine Art, Miami FL

Laguna Art Museum  – Pallete to Palate

Riverside City College, Riverside, CA

This is not surf art, Surfing Heritage and cultural Center, San Clemente, CA

Palm Springs art fair (William Turner Gallery)

Mana, Art 1307, Napoli, Italy

William Turner Gallery,  Ethereal

Silicon valley art fair (Toomey Tourell Gallery)

Surfrider foundation

2014

The Grinstein Artist Invitational (Rosamund Felson Gallery) Santa Monica, CA

San Francisco Art Fair (Toomey Tourell Gallery)

Family Affairs, International Fine Arts Consortium, NY, NY

Brett Rubbico Gallery, Newport Beach, CA

MOAH Museum of art and history Lancaster, CA

SHM Surfing heritage museum, Huntington, CA

2013

Mana, Meld Gallery, Kona, HI

Art1307, Napoli  Italy

William Turner Gallery – “Skin Deep” Materiality, Sensuality and Paint, Los Angeles, CA

Aqua Art Miami, Toomey  – Tourell

Surfing Heritage Museum benefit, Orange County, CA

VFC foundation, Venice, CA

Dallas Art Fair, Toomey Tourell

2012

Artist and Architects, Joe?s, Venice, CA

IMPACT emotions of color, Art Space, Virginia Miller Gallery, Miami, FL

Light and Space, MMFA, Palm Desert, CA

Surfrider Foundation, Marina Del Rey, CA

SIMA, Laguna, CA

Aqua Art Miami – Toomey Tourell

San Diego Art Fair, Susan Street Fine Art

Surfrider foundation

2011

Gleam in the young bastards eye, William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

New work, Murphy and Dine Gallery, Chelsea, NYC

Melissa Morgan Gallery, Palm Springs, CA

SIMA, Laguna, CA

Surfrider Fiundation Benefit, Malibu, CA

Aqua Art Miami, Toomey  – Tourell

2010

SWELL, Metro Pictures Gallery, Chelsea, NYC

Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, CA

Coming out, SMAS South Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Heal The Bay Auction

Surfrider foundation

2009

Darkwave exhibition, The IGM Gallery, University of Southern California – Los Angeles, CA

SMAS South Gallery, Santa Monica, CA