June 29 – July 27, 2024
Steve Turner is pleased to present I Never Promised You A Rose Garden, a solo exhibition featuring new paintings by Los Angeles-based Brittany Fanning that depict imagined Southern California gardens. Maximal as they are, these works represent a concerted effort by Fanning to simplify her work. Without sacrificing her characteristic bountiful use of color and thick application of paint, these paintings focus on one specific subject, that every plant can flourish in Southern California, and in these canvases, many do all at once. Fanning has omitted the subjects that are common in her past works. There are no alligators, wild cats, sports cars, lounging women, volcanos or buffet tables full of food. According to Fanning, Some of my favorite paintings by other artists are minimalist. I doubt that such paintings are in my future, but I thought I might take a first step and try using fewer symbols so that my paintings could be read differently by each viewer.
Brittany Fanning (born 1991, Jacksonville, Florida) earned a BA at the University of North Georgia, Dahlonega (2014), spent seven years developing her painting practice in Seoul, before moving to Los Angeles in April 2022. She began exhibiting in Korea in 2018 and has had recent solo exhibitions at The Lodge, Los Angeles (2023); OTI, Los Angeles (2023) and Galerie BHAK, Seoul (2022). This is her first exhibition at Steve Turner.
Born 1991, Jacksonville, Florida
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
Education
2014
BFA, University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, Georgia
Solo Exhibitions
2024
I Never Promised You A Rose Garden, Steve Turner, Los Angeles
Scenes & Revelations, Heliconia Projects, Santo Domingo
2023
Getting Away With Murder, The Lodge, Los Angeles
2022
Whipped Cream Daydreams, Galerie BHAK, Seoul
Group Exhibitions
2024
Big Bloom, Glass Rice, San Francisco
Art Busan, Galerie BHAK, Seoul
2023
Sexy Xmas VII, The Lodge, Los Angeles
City Escape, Monti 8, Rome
Only Until This Cigarette is Ended, Pictorum Gallery, London
Dallas Art Fair, Texas (with Over The Influence)
Galleries Art Fair, Galerie BHAK, Seoul
LA Woman, Penske Projects + Phillips, Los Angeles
Excuse The Interruption, Over The Influence, Los Angeles
2022
Sexy Xmas VI, The Lodge, Los Angeles
Highlight, Cohle Gallery, Paris
2021
Opening, Graphite on Pink, Seoul
Spring in Bloom, Seoul Auction, Seoul
2020
Zerobase, Seoul Auction, Seoul
2019
Yongsan Art Fair, Seoul
Structure, Art Seoul, Seoul
Bibliography
2024
Theiss, Anna. “Brittany Fanning. Czekając na wybuch,” Vogue Poland, February 5
2023
Theiss, Anna. “Kuratorki i kolekcjonerki z optymizmem podchodzą do przyszłości rynku sztuki,” Vogue Poland, December 10
Bevan, Ilaria. “Only Until This Cigarette is Ended,” MADE IN BED, June 14
