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Guy Overfelt

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Guy Overfelt (born 1977, in Baltimore) is an American multi-disciplinary post-conceptual artist. He works with various media including sculpture, performance, photography, video and drawing.[1] He is based in San Francisco and Bolinas, California.[2]

Biography

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Overfelt received a B.F.A. degree from the Maryland Institute College of Art; and an M.F.A. degree from San Francisco Art Institute.[3]

Best known for his burnout works made using a 1977 Pontiac Trans AM as an artist's utensil and subject matter, San Francisco-based Guy Overfelt’s projects are raucous explorations of the American Dream via car culture. His body of work presents a special mix of printmaking, performance and sculpture that investigates the modern industrial complex by expropriating the symbolic brands of automotive corporations.[4]

Guy Overfelt’s work has been exhibited internationally in galleries and museums including the Oakland Museum of California; Guangzhou Triennial, China; St. Mary's University, Halifax, Canada; The Havana Biennial, Cuba; Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York; Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, and White Columns, New York City. His work has been acquired by the Berkeley Museum Collection and the JPMorgan Chase Collection, as well as private collections. His work has been reviewed and featured in numerous publications, including the New Yorker, The New York Times, Art Net, Art Papers, Index Magazine, Paper Magazine, Time Out, Kobe Japan, Time Out, New York, Boing Boing, SF Guardian, Surface Magazine, and the San Francisco Chronicle, as well as other publications and catalogs. His work was featured in the documentary film ‘Burning Rubber’ which recently aired on Bravo.

Solo exhibitions

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Group exhibitions

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References

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  1. ^ "Guy Overfelt". Oakland Museum of California (OMCA).
  2. ^ Happenstand
  3. ^ "Guy Overfelt". Artadia. 2016-06-02.
  4. ^ Oakland Museum of California
  5. ^ Purves, Ted; Selzer, Shane Aslan (2014-07-07). What We Want Is Free, Second Edition: Critical Exchanges in Recent Art. SUNY Press. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-4384-5314-9.
  6. ^ Nataraj, Nirmala (March 8, 2012). "'I Am Crime': Art explores creativity, resistance". SFGate. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
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