Deeply informed by his experience as both a farmer and painter, Robert Gunderman unites ecology, mathematics, and scientific theory to pose questions about the natural world from a place of awe and boundless curiosity.
Through abstract personifications of the microscopic and macrocosmic biomes of our universe, Gunderman grounds his work in the symbiotic relationships of organisms and elements — both seen and unseen — throughout his native landscape of Southern California. Holding the belief that everything is connected on a molecular level, Gunderman’s oil paintings of landscapes, weather systems, flora, and fauna, embrace duality, bifurcation, and paradox to capture the infinity of relationships held within a moment of time.
“These aren’t paintings of answers, but paintings documenting the search for one. I don’t know if the answers will make things better, but they are all connected.”
Robert Gunderman
Robert Gunderman (USA, b. 1963) Recent solo exhibitions include Place Like You, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; The Quiet Beliefs, Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; This End, AF Projects, Los Angeles, CA; Mollusk Half-Sisters, Rude Drawing, Los Angeles, CA, and Never Let Us Go, Desert Center, Los Angeles, CA. Group exhibitions include Ripe, Harper’s, Los Angeles, CA; L.A. ON FIRE curated by Michael Slenske, Wilding Cran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, and Between Worlds, Edward Cella, Los Angeles, CA. In 1992 he co-founded FOOD HOUSE, an alternative art space in Santa Monica, followed by ACME, an influential artist-run space that opened in 1994. Robert Gunderman lives and works near Fillmore CA, in the Santa Clara River Valley just north of Los Angeles.
