fluid life

fluid life
by Seth Scantlen

March 2, 2016 - April 3, 2016

300 W 30th
New York, NY
(between 8th and 9th ave.)

Nearest Trains: A, C, E, 1

Hours: On view 24/7 through window

Using painting and drawing as media expressive of the fluidity of identity, representation and abstraction flow together in Seth's work seamlessly intermingling in a state of constant flux. He explores both the terror and joy that come with identity's meltdown through images that hover between hallucination and careful formal abstraction.Though engaging in a visualization of intense subjective breakdown, his work maintains its technical rigor—presenting a persistent tension between control and chaos.

"Seth’s layered compositions seem to ebb towards something darker than the sea, shifting and flexing with figurative familiarities hauntingly appearing through their abstract veils and upon thought after viewing such things, one might ponder that the chaos which surrounds us is not unlike the beauty in Scantlen’s paintings."—Zach Tutor


About the artist
Seth Scantlen is a Brooklyn based visual artist. He was born (1979) and raised in northern Indiana. He received his BFA from Columbus College of Art and Design (OH) in 2002 and MFA from Columbia University (NY) in 2008. He is actively showing in NY as well as teaching printmaking at Pratt (Brooklyn) and Columbia University.


For appointments, please contact: seth@sethscantlen.com