ARTIST STATEMENT 2024
Raymond Logan is a representational artist who tends to shun the label of being a realistic artist. His work represents real life subject matter, but is firmly based in a naturally unique and intuitive abstraction.
Rather than viewing his art as abstract representations of people, places, or things, he views it as an abstract representation of himself—it represents his process of imagining. His color theory and generous application of his medium is strikingly distinctive. While his expression of imagining is delivered via his technique, the selection of his subject matter is also vital to his being able to reveal his creativity. His criteria for subject matter is straightforward: The subject must challenge him to express himself and grow as an artist. It also provides an entry point for the viewer; allowing for access to Raymond as an artist and what he is trying to achieve. Even if the viewer does not understand how he executed the piece, it speaks to them on some personal level and the subject matter often helps find the common ground between artist and viewer. Human beings are connected via people, places, and things. Sometimes those connections are based on memories, sometimes they are immediate. Either way, ethereal or evident, they are shared. Raymond considers his art to be a dialogue between himself and the viewer about those shared connections.
While the communication between the artist and viewer is important to Raymond, his individuality as an artist is also essential to him. He states that during a show, he received the following compliment from another artist that just made him beam, “ . . . I like your work because I can walk into a room of a thousand works and go right to yours and know who did it!”
Raymond Logan is a representational artist who tends to shun the label of being a realistic artist. His work represents real life subject matter, but is firmly based in a naturally unique and intuitive abstraction.
Rather than viewing his art as abstract representations of people, places, or things, he views it as an abstract representation of himself—it represents his process of imagining. His color theory and generous application of his medium is strikingly distinctive. While his expression of imagining is delivered via his technique, the selection of his subject matter is also vital to his being able to reveal his creativity. His criteria for subject matter is straightforward: The subject must challenge him to express himself and grow as an artist. It also provides an entry point for the viewer; allowing for access to Raymond as an artist and what he is trying to achieve. Even if the viewer does not understand how he executed the piece, it speaks to them on some personal level and the subject matter often helps find the common ground between artist and viewer. Human beings are connected via people, places, and things. Sometimes those connections are based on memories, sometimes they are immediate. Either way, ethereal or evident, they are shared. Raymond considers his art to be a dialogue between himself and the viewer about those shared connections.
While the communication between the artist and viewer is important to Raymond, his individuality as an artist is also essential to him. He states that during a show, he received the following compliment from another artist that just made him beam, “ . . . I like your work because I can walk into a room of a thousand works and go right to yours and know who did it!”
RESUME
EDUCATION
BFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, 1988
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Everyday Icons II, Billis Williams Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Icons: Public and Personal, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Local Icons, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Objetos, Etcétera • Dia de los Colores / Mill Contemporary, Santa Fe
2020 Colorworks / Moorpark College, Moorpark
2020 Raymond in Ojai / Brittany Davis Gallery, Ojai
2019 Painting: Objects and Portraits / LA Artcore/Little Tokyo
2019 Everyday Icons, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Carving in Paint, Art in the Arthouse, Laemmle Theatres
2018 Art Up! Grand Opening, Beyond the Lines Gallery, DTLA
2017 Motion, Beyond the Lines Gallery, Bergamot Station
2017 In the Midst of Colour, Beyond the Lines Gallery, Bergamot Station
2016 People, Places, Things, LA Artcore, Brewery Annex
2012 As I See It, Sycamore Gallery
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 The Cityscape Show XIV, Billis Williams Gallery/LA
Seattle Art Fair with Billis Williams Gallery, Seattle, WA
San Francisco Art Fair with Billis Williams Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 The Cityscape Show XIII, Billis Williams Gallery/LA
Seattle Art Fair with Billis Williams Gallery, Seattle, WA
San Francisco Art Fair with Billis Williams Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021 The Cityscape Show XI, George Billis Gallery/LA
2020 The Cityscape Show X: Concrete and Earth / George Billis Gallery/LA
2019 Gallery Artists / Mill Contemporary, Santa Fe
2019 The Cityscape Show IX / George Billis Gallery/LA
2019 Kitsch-In-Sync, Coastline College Art Gallery
2018 The Cityscapes Show VIII, George Billis Gallery/LA
2018 The Magnificent Seven, Coagula Curatorial
2018 LA Art Show, bG Gallery
2007-18 Beverly Hills Art Show
2017 The Cityscapes Show VII, George Billis Gallery/LA
2017 The Faces Within, South Bay Contemporary
2016 Open, Beyond the Lines Gallery, Bergamot Station
2016 The Cityscapes Show VI, George Billis Gallery/LA
2016 Art in the Arthouse, Laemmle Theatres
2015 The Cityscapes Show V, George Billis Gallery/LA
2014 Annual Small Works Show, Segil Fine Art
2014 The Man Show: A Celebration of Men in Art, Cope Studios
2014 Contemporary Masters, Artistic Eden IV, Pasadena Museum of History
2014 The Cityscapes Show IV, George Billis Gallery/LA
2013 The Cityscapes Show III, George Billis Gallery/LA
2012 Annual Small Works Show, Silvana Gallery
2012 Summer Show, Crow Valley Studios
2012 Annual Small Works Show, Segil Fine Art
2012 Contemporary Masters, Artistic Eden III, Pasadena Museum of History
2011 6” Squared Show, Randy Higbee Gallery
2010 Annual Small Works Show, Segil Fine Art
2007 Open Call LA, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
AWARDS
2007 to 2015 Beverly Hills Art Show, First Place / Painting Category - Twice, Second Place / Painting Category - Twice, Third Place / Painting Category
2011 First Place / 6” Squared Show / Randy Higbee Gallery
BFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, 1988
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Everyday Icons II, Billis Williams Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 Icons: Public and Personal, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Local Icons, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Objetos, Etcétera • Dia de los Colores / Mill Contemporary, Santa Fe
2020 Colorworks / Moorpark College, Moorpark
2020 Raymond in Ojai / Brittany Davis Gallery, Ojai
2019 Painting: Objects and Portraits / LA Artcore/Little Tokyo
2019 Everyday Icons, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Carving in Paint, Art in the Arthouse, Laemmle Theatres
2018 Art Up! Grand Opening, Beyond the Lines Gallery, DTLA
2017 Motion, Beyond the Lines Gallery, Bergamot Station
2017 In the Midst of Colour, Beyond the Lines Gallery, Bergamot Station
2016 People, Places, Things, LA Artcore, Brewery Annex
2012 As I See It, Sycamore Gallery
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 The Cityscape Show XIV, Billis Williams Gallery/LA
Seattle Art Fair with Billis Williams Gallery, Seattle, WA
San Francisco Art Fair with Billis Williams Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 The Cityscape Show XIII, Billis Williams Gallery/LA
Seattle Art Fair with Billis Williams Gallery, Seattle, WA
San Francisco Art Fair with Billis Williams Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021 The Cityscape Show XI, George Billis Gallery/LA
2020 The Cityscape Show X: Concrete and Earth / George Billis Gallery/LA
2019 Gallery Artists / Mill Contemporary, Santa Fe
2019 The Cityscape Show IX / George Billis Gallery/LA
2019 Kitsch-In-Sync, Coastline College Art Gallery
2018 The Cityscapes Show VIII, George Billis Gallery/LA
2018 The Magnificent Seven, Coagula Curatorial
2018 LA Art Show, bG Gallery
2007-18 Beverly Hills Art Show
2017 The Cityscapes Show VII, George Billis Gallery/LA
2017 The Faces Within, South Bay Contemporary
2016 Open, Beyond the Lines Gallery, Bergamot Station
2016 The Cityscapes Show VI, George Billis Gallery/LA
2016 Art in the Arthouse, Laemmle Theatres
2015 The Cityscapes Show V, George Billis Gallery/LA
2014 Annual Small Works Show, Segil Fine Art
2014 The Man Show: A Celebration of Men in Art, Cope Studios
2014 Contemporary Masters, Artistic Eden IV, Pasadena Museum of History
2014 The Cityscapes Show IV, George Billis Gallery/LA
2013 The Cityscapes Show III, George Billis Gallery/LA
2012 Annual Small Works Show, Silvana Gallery
2012 Summer Show, Crow Valley Studios
2012 Annual Small Works Show, Segil Fine Art
2012 Contemporary Masters, Artistic Eden III, Pasadena Museum of History
2011 6” Squared Show, Randy Higbee Gallery
2010 Annual Small Works Show, Segil Fine Art
2007 Open Call LA, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
AWARDS
2007 to 2015 Beverly Hills Art Show, First Place / Painting Category - Twice, Second Place / Painting Category - Twice, Third Place / Painting Category
2011 First Place / 6” Squared Show / Randy Higbee Gallery