Biography

Larry Gordon, founding principal of an architectural firm, received his Bachelor of Architecture from The Cooper Union School of Art and Architecture and his M. Arch from MIT on a Compton Fellowship. His love of painting dates back to his attendance at Music & Art High School in NYC. and The Art Students League of New York. He was adjunct Associate Professor at New York Institute of Technology and a visiting critic at City University.

His work can be found in both gallery solo and group shows, as well as in private collections.

Artist Statement

I have continuously been involved in the arts as a painter – dividing my day between my architectural practice and painting. I believe both arts complement each other and reinforce the creative process. My years as an architect has influenced my art and informed my work. It is carefully structured as I would plan a building. In many of my large paintings every section could be the subject of a new painting, but hold together as a whole, a clear unity, which requires continues looking and, I hope new discoveries. .

Experience my paintings as you would music. Look at the canvas without insisting to understanding the unfamiliar. Experience the color and appreciate the forms. I use transparency, overlapping shapes and images. Many of my paintings aim at a joyful and playful celebration of color– at times embracing excess.

Except for a general overall concept, I have no preconceived idea for an individual work and, instead, let the painting take me on a journey. I hope the viewer will have a direct relationship with the painting. I have decontextualized the painting. The shapes become dematerialized and abstract . Each shape produces a powerful effect, but together their decorative impact is based on linear form and color. The use of color is divorced from subject and independent from the picture meaning.

I have used contrast between vertical banding and the sharp curves that play against it, inflecting the entire surface with a counterpoint between straight and curving rhythmic beats. I have eliminated the distinctions between ground and figure upon which traditional composition depends.

Exhibitions: (Awards)

Barber Gallery, Becket MA
The Whit Gallery, Lenox MA
Hammond Museum, North Salem NY
New Rochelle Art Association 100th Jury Show, Lumen Gallery (Received Adolph Grant Award)
Arts Westchester/Jury Show 2016
Larchmont Art Guild, Larchmont NY (Solo Art Show) 2015
Award: Jury Show - First Place -Dermot Gale Award Show (NRAA) Exhibition 2015
Award: Jury Show - Jules Bauer Award Show (NRAA) Exhibition 2015
Award: Jury Show - Adolph Grand Award Show (NRAA) Exhibition 2015
Award Jury Show - Adolph Grand Award Show (NRAA) Exhibition 2016
Award Jury Show - MAG Small Works Show Exhibition 2017 - Honorable Mention
Award Jury Show - New Rochelle Library Exhibition - 2017
Westport Art Association: Jury show 10th Annual Solos Exhibition 2016
SSA Town House Gallery, Stamford Ct. 2017
Ferguson Gallery-First Award- Stamford Ct. 2017/2018/2019
Cowering Gallery, New Rochelle NY 2017
Pop-Up Gallery: Westport CT. 2018
Award Jury Show- First & Third Place Jules Bauer Award Show (NRAA) Exhibition 2018
103rd Annual Art Exhibition NRAA 2018 Annual Open Juried Exhibition - Second Place
WCWP 2018 Annual Art Exhibition - Third Place
Mooney Center Gallery, College Of New Rochelle-Award Jury Show - 2019
Emelin Theatre Mamaroneck NY- Jury Show Exhibition - 2019
Town House Gallery, Stamford Ct. - Jury Show Exhibition 2019 - Third Place
Jules Bauer Juried Award Show (NRAA) - 2019 -Second Place
Newton Roux Gallery- Contemporary Art - Westport Ct. -2019 Four Artist Show
Larchmont Library Oresman Gallery - 2019 Two Artist Show
Town House Gallery, Stamford Ct. - Jury Show Exhibition 2020 - Honorable Mention
Blue Mountain Gallery, 350 W 25th St. - 2020 Annual Juried Show
Jules Bauer Juried Award Show NRAA) - 2020 - Second Place
Greenwich Art Society - Group Show -2020
MAG - 2021 Juried Small Works
Rye Art Center- 2021 -Juried Show
Sheffer Gallery, - 2021 Westport Ct. -Group Show
Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich Ct. - 2021 - Juried Show
Jules Bauer Juried Award Show NRAA - 2021 - First Place
JCC Stamford CT - 50 year Celebration Juried Exhibit - 2021
Greenwich Art Society - 2022 Mary & Samuel Rudin Foundation Award
Pelham Art Center - Group Show - 2022
Westport Playhouse Gallery - Group Show - 2022
Ferguson Gallery - Juried Award Show - Second Place - Stamford Ct.. 2022
NRAA Juried Award Show - Second Place - 2022
NRAA Adolph Grant Award Show - Third Place 2022
GFA Gallery, Westport Ct. -2023
Idea The Kitchen Gallery, Larchmont NY -2023
Pelham Artist Club Exhibition - 2023 Juried Show
NRAA Adolphn Grant Award show - 2024 Juried Show
Rye Art Center - Solo Show - 2024
VOLTA New York - New York NYB ( Chelsea Industrial) 2024

Larry Gordon

www.gordonstudio.net
larry@gordonstudio.net