cv/statement

b. 1993. chicago, il.
— lives/works outside chicago, il.

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.

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.

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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.

exhibitions

2023 off-grid. belhaus, phoenix.
2023 trio. mont art house, houston.

2022 through time and spirit. alma art, chicago.
2022 in good faith. rhett baruch gallery, los angeles.

2021 a curated selection of paintings. stahl + band, los angeles.
2021 dawn to dusk. hugomento, san francisco.

2020 quadrilaterals. sunday-s gallery, copenhagen. virtual show.

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