# Alec Egan URL: https://vielmetter.com/artists/alec-egan/ Represented by Vielmetter Los Angeles **Alec Egan**(b. 1984) was born in Los Angeles, California, where he currently lives and works. His paintings explore interior scenes, landscapes, and still lifes through thick impasto and dense, pattern-laden compositions. Mundane objects such as books, socks, flowers, and food are imbued with psychological tension and nostalgic resonance. Informed by his background in creative writing and by Los Angeles’s cinematic culture, Egan’s work carries the influence of narrative, staging, and the blurred line between the real and the imagined. Each painting functions as a fragment of an evolving domestic space, inviting viewers to construct their own stories around an absent homeowner. Saturated in color and emotional weight, his works hover between the beautiful and the uncanny, and in recent years have gained greater dimensionality, moving into increasingly nuanced territory. Recent solo exhibitions include *Groundskeeper* (2026) at Vielmetter Los Angeles; *Blue Setting* (2023), *The Study* (2021), and *Pets* (2019) at Charles Moffett in New York; *Drawing Room* at Brattleboro Museum and Art Center in Vermont (2023); *Look Out* at Anat Ebgi in Los Angeles (2022); *Miro’s Corner* at MAKI Gallery in Tokyo (2021); and *Welcome Home* (2017) at the California Heritage Museum in Culver City. His work has also been included in group exhibitions at Almine Rech in Paris, MAKI Gallery in Tokyo, Dubuque Museum of Art in Iowa, and Torrance Art Museum in California. Egan will have an exhibition at the Eames Foundation in Los Angeles in 2027. Egan’s work is held in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Institute of Contemporary Art in Miami. ## Exhibitions - [Ongoingness](https://vielmetter.com/exhibitions/ongoingness.md): July 25 — September 5, 2026 · Gallery III · Artists: Edgar Arceneaux, Andrea Bowers, Alec Egan, Nicole Eisenman, Liz Glynn, Karl Haendel, Samuel Levi Jones, Mario Joyce, Mary Kelly, Nate Lewis, Hugo McCloud, Rodney McMillian, Dave Muller, Wangechi Mutu, The Estate of Pope.L, Robert Pruitt, Deborah Roberts, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Ariane Vielmetter - [Alec Egan: Groundskeeper](https://vielmetter.com/exhibitions/alec-egan-2026.md): April 4 — May 23, 2026 · Gallery II · Artists: Alec Egan ## Biography 1984 Born in Los Angeles, CA Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA 2013 MFA, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA 2007 BA, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH 2006 The New School, New York, NY **Selected Solo Exhibitions** 2026-2027 Solo Exhibition, Eames Foundation, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming) 2026 Solo Exhibition, Maki Collection, Tokyo, Japan (forthcoming) "Groundskeeper," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 2023 "Drawing Room," Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, Brattleboro, VT "Blue Setting," Charles Moffett, New York, NY 2022 "Look Out," Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA 2021 "The Study," Charles Moffet, New York, NY "Miro's Corner," Maki Collection, Tokyo, Japan 2020 "August," Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA 2019 "Pets," Charles Moffet, New York, NY "Living Room," Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA 2018 "Viewing Room," Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA "Welcome Home," California Heritage Museum, Los Angeles, CA 2016 "Sanctuary House," Ampersand Gallery, Portland, OR "Close To Home," Freight and Volume, New York, NY 2014 "Luminous Opera," Western Project, Culver City, CA 2013 "You Should’ve Asked Your Dad About That," Bolsky Gallery, Los Angles, CA 2010 "Look," Room Gallery, Hartford, CT 2009 "Tranny," Box Eight, Los Angeles, CA "Secret Agents," Sebrof International Gallery, New York, NY "Recent Work," Studio 2507, Portland, OR **Selected Group Exhibitions** 2026 "Ongoingness," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 2025 "The Wave," Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA 2024 "The First Taste," Anat Ebgi, New York, NY 2023 Group Show, Almine Rech, Paris, France 2020 "Good Company: Pt. 1," Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA "L.A. Views," Maki Collection, Tokyo, Japan "Staycation," Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA 2019 "The Conversation," Anat Ebgi at Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA 2016 "Memory Theater," Upfor Gallary, Portland, OR "Sincerely Yours," Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA 2014 "Unknowable," Jaus, Los Angeles, CA "The Status of Portraiture," Autonomy, Culver City, CA 2013 "Shutter Speed," De Service Garage, Amsterdam, The Netherlands "Untitled," Western Project, Culver City, CA "MAS Attack," Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA Five, California Heritage Museum, Los Angeles, CA "Chess," Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2012 "All My Gilberts," Bolsky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2011 "Voices," Dubuque Museum of Art, Dubuque, IA 2010 "NOHIO," Poor Dog Studio, Los Angeles, CA 2007 "Salt Shaker," Horn, Gambier, OH **Residencies & Studio Programs** 2026 Eames Foundation, Los Angeles, CA 2016 DNR Residency, Cape Cod, MA 2015 Millwork Residency, Dubuque, IA **Bibliography** 2026 Mejía, Paula. "Trial By Fire," KCRW, May 7 ([Link](https://email.kcrw.com/alec-egan-palisades-fire-vielmetter)) Spiller, Nancy. "Alec Egan: "The Groundskeeper" at Vielmetter Los Angeles," Art & Cake, April 28 ([Link](https://www.artandcakela.com/post/alec-egan-the-groundskeeper-at-vielmetter-los-angeles)) Urist, Jacoba. "The LA fires changed these artists’ lives — a year later, they’re still dealing with the fallout," The Financial Times, February 15 2025 Jacobs, Harrison. "The Best Booths at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025, From a Gold-Digging Video Game to Extravagant Installations," ARTnews, March 27 ([Link](https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/market/art-basel-hong-kong-2025-best-booths-1234737008/de-sarthe/)) Rabb, Maxwell. "The 10 Best Booths at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025," Artsy, March 26 ([Link](https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-10-best-booths-art-basel-hong-kong-2025)) Hoffman, Ali. "Alec Egan Lost Everything in the L.A. Fires. Now, the Tragedy is Fueling His Newest Paintings," W Magazine ([Link](https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/alec-egan-talks-los-angeles-fires-and-frieze)) 2021 Waddoups, Ryan. "We All Live Inside Alec Egan’s Freakish Floral Paintings," SURFACE Magazine, September 6 2020 Zellen, Jody. "Alec Egan at Anat Ebgi Gallery," Artillery, September/October, Print Cohen, Alina. "17 Contemporary Artists Reimagining the Still Life," Artsy, August 7 Goldstein, Caroline. "Painter Alec Egan’s Luscious Interiors and Brightly Lit Landscapes Are the Subject of a New Show at Anat Ebgi," artnet, July 24 2019 "Alec Egan at Anat Ebgi," Patron Magazine, April: p. 78-79. Print. 2018 "Vividness in Alec Egan’s ‘Viewing Room’ at Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles," Artinfo 2013 “Studio Visit With Alec Egan,” 3 Cities Productions, 2012 Herod, Regina. “Interview with Alec Egan,” Object Cathexis MFA Publication: p. 32- 38. Print. 2010 “Kara Chats with Artist Alec Egan,” Better Connecticut, Daily Motion, Television. 2006 “The Heather Stalks," Chanterelle’s Notebook, a poetry e-zine. 2005 “Untitled," The Horn Magazine: p. 18-23. Print **Public Collections** Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT The Saunders Collection, Berlin, Germany