EGAN FRANTZ
b. 1986, United StatesEgan Frantz (born in Norwalk, USA in 1986) is a renowned American artist recognized for creating expansive, abstract artworks. His artistic practice extends beyond conventional painted canvases, encompassing diverse media such as sculpture, installations, furniture design, and printed materials, among others.
Egan Frantz adopts a semiotic perspective towards his art, considering painting as a form of language. In Egan Frantz’s paintings, he encodes music, literature, and theology into indecipherable symbols. Between the comprehensible and meaninglessness, his painting conveys an abundant visual experience surpasses any written systems. The composition of Frantz’s painting seamlessly assembled with linear oppositions of the chromatic and the non-chromatic in stripes, with all of the power of surface vibrancy and all the potential to induce the indeterminacy that is generated when placing the observer in a visual space that is unresolved, and between categories, that this implies.
Egan Frantz lives and works in Brooklyn, New York and Connecticut. He has had solo exhibitions at Galerie Nagel Draxler, Berlin and Cologne; Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York; C L E A R I N G, New York; Tomorrow Gallery, Toronto; Roberts Projects, Los Angeles; Tilton Gallery, New York; Michael Jon Gallery, Miami; and Fused Space, San Francisco. Amongst many others, Frantz has been included in group exhibitions at Essl Museum, Vienna; The Emily Harvey Foundation, New York; Andrew Roth, New York; James Fuentes, New York; and Bahamas Biennale, Detroit.
Text courtesy Each Modern.
Explore and Follow Artists Shaping Contemporary Art
A respected voice in contemporary art discourse.
Focusing on ambitious storytelling and insightful art-world commentary. Ocula Magazine publishes in-depth interviews, critical essays and timely analysis on the artists, exhibitions and ideas driving the global art world.
Learn more about Ocula Magazine
Showcasing the best of the art world.
Ocula partners with galleries from around the world to highlight their artists, artworks and exhibitions. Gallery membership is by application and invitation, with each member vetted by an independent panel.
Learn more about Ocula Membership
Specialises in the sale of major artworks.
Led by a team with deep ties to the world’s leading auction houses, galleries and collectors. Ocula’s advisory team offers bespoke services to high-net-worth clients from around the world who are looking to acquire the best of contemporary and modern art.
Learn more about our team and services