Teo González
Untitled #419, 2006
Painting on canvas
36 x 36"
ARTIST BIO
Teo González (born August 7, 1964 in Quinto, Spain) is a Spanish postminimalist painter. González was born in Quinto and reared in Zaragoza, Spain. During his youth, he won numerous distinctions in drawing awarded by the Spanish government. In 1991 he moved to California, where he attended California State University of Bakersfield. He graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1997, receiving a Bachelor's degree in Fine Art. Teo González's first solo show was with Brian Gross Fine Art in San Francisco, CA in 1996. Currently, he works and lives in Brooklyn, NY. Known for his work using drops of pigment and grids, González's work is frequently compared to that of Agnes Martin, Jackson Pollock and Sol LeWitt.