Colt Seager (b. 1993) is an American painter and sculptor located near Chicago, IL. Inspired by the inherent holiness of the natural world, his work is rooted in a process-based approach. The textures, layers, and expressive mark making are a direct response to the landscape of the Midwest. He focuses on process, form, and space yielding an intuitive composition through the interplay of formal and organic elements.
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Artist StatEment
The Irish have an old teaching that there are places on earth where the atmosphere collapses and heaven falls to earth. They call them “thin places,” a place charged with sacredness, a place close to God. Whether a mountaintop or seaside cliff, a sunrise or sunset, a piece of music or fine art, thin places are wherever you have a sense of the divine, a sense beyond. Furthermore, a thin place is where the veil that separates heaven and earth is lifted and one is able to receive a glimpse of the glory of God. A contemporary poet Sharlande Sledge gives this description:
“Thin places,” the Celts call this space,
Both seen and unseen,
Where the door between the world
And the next is cracked open for a moment
And the light is not all on the other side.
God shaped space. Holy."
Thin Places are all about connection with God and the divine. They are ports in the storm of life, where one leaves that which is familiar and journeys into the Divine Presence. They are stopping places where we are given pause to wonder about what lies beyond the mundane, the grief, the trials and the boredom of day-to-day life. They probe to the core of the human heart and open the pathway that leads to satisfying the familiar hungers of the human soul: to be connected, to find peace, and to be loved.
I see my work as it evolves naturally—it develops through construction but it comes alive through its deconstruction. My goal is to offer an invitation into the thin place through abstraction, contemplation, exploration of form, and the rhythm of making marks—allowing one mark to carry into another—and in-so-doing, allow for a holy space where the Divine transcends closer to earth.
CV / RESUME
GAllery REPRESENTATION
Tappan Collective, Los Angeles, CA
Escat Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
M.A.H. Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Rhett Baruch Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Stahl + Band, Los Angeles, CA
Wareco, Atlanta, GA
Hugomento, San Francisco, CA
Mont Art House, Houston, TX
Belhaus, Phoenix, AZ
Pavilion Antiques, Chicago, IL
Alma Gallery, Chicago, IL
PRESS + PUBLICATION
2024
Santa Barbara Magazine, Paintings featured in ranch home of interior designer Birgit Klein.
Est Living, Painting featured in home of Cayley Lambur, Electric Bowery Co-Founder
Interview, ’Substance of the Unseen, Matter Lent
Elle Decor, Painting featured in home designed by Luis Fernandez
Modern Luxury, Volume 1 of 2024
2023
New York Times, Painting featured in home of Charlie Carver, interior design by Maison Garance, styling by Rhett Baruch Art + Design
2022
Architectural Digest, November Issue
Luxe Magazine Chicago, Style Maker, March/April Issue
2021
Luxe Magazine with Michael Abram’s Design, November Issue
Domino Magazine, March Issue
Savannah Magazine, Painting featured in collectors home, February
CS Modern Luxury Magazine, February Issue
Interview with Ninu Nina, January
2020
Interview with Studio 6F
2019
Interview with Abstract Magazine
Success Magazine, interview on the creative process
Les Nouveaux Riches, Interview on abstract art
Artit, Issue No. 5, Page 51
EXHIBITIONS
2024
Limen, Group Show, Tappan Collective, Los Angeles, CA, November
Olympic Gates, Group Show, Rhett Baruch Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, May 17-June 17
2023
Between, Group Show, Tappan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Two Painters: The Act of Abstraction, Pavilion Antiques & 20th Century, Chicago, IL
Bad Optics, Belhaus Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
Group Show, Rhett Baruch Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Off Grid, Belhaus Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
TRIO: Artists in Dialogue, Mont Art House, Houston, TX
2022
Through Time and Spirit, Alma Art & Interiors, Chicago, IL
In Good Faith, Rhett Baruch Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021
A Curated Selection of Paintings, Solo Show, Stahl + Band, Los Angeles, CA
RNDD Fall Gallery Walk, Solo Show, Bulthaup with Studio 6F, Chicago, IL
2020
Dawn to Dusk, Hugomento, San Francisco, CA
Works on Paper and Sculpture, Ware Studio, Evanston, IL
Quadrilaterals, Virtual Group Show, Sunday-S Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sampler Plate, Virtual Group Show, Abstract Mag Gallery
Lake Forest Show House, Painting featured with Studio CAK
2019
God Has A Telephone, Solo Show, Abstract Mag Gallery
RNDD Fall Gallery Walk, Solo Show, Calia Stone, Chicago, IL
2018
Through the Crack, the Light Comes In, Juried Group Show, Oak Park Art League, Chicago, IL
2016
Embodied Transcendence, Solo Show, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL
SELECTED COLLECTIONS, PROJECTS, & COLLABORATORS
Palm Heights Grand Cayman, Marina Grand Hotel, Four Seasons Miami, Soho Home, The Bear Season 4, Convene, Sweet Green, Onni Group, Ryan Tower, Kelly Wearstler Interiors, Sean Anderson Design, Kevin Spearman Design, Christian Siriano Interiors, Artist Uprising, Vida Design, Wiseman Group, Maison Garance, Hyde Evans Design, Heidi Woodman Interiors, Florence Rogers Interiors, Jill Egan Interiors, Emma Beryl Design, Nathan Michael Design, Birgit Klein Interiors, Elizabeth Kreuger Design, Studio CAK
MURALS
2019
Mott St. Chicago, IL, Selected artist to paint the entire facade of the restaurant
Common Good Cocktail House, Glen Ellyn, IL
2018
Moveable Feast + Co, Wheaton, IL
EDUCATION
Interdisciplinary Studies in Art and Theology, BA, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, 2014-2016
Theological Studies, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, IL, 2012-2014