Adrian Armstrong
Adrian Armstrong shares his experience at The LINE Residency last year through a short documentary shot by Barry Gomez. Watch some of Adrian's process while making art and music, as well as collaborations with Jordan Silver, ASH-MAR and freestyles from IFé NEURO.
Erasure, 2019, Ballpoint pen and acrylic on panel, 38 x 38”
Fulfillment, 2019, Ballpoint pen and acrylic on panel, 38 x 38”
Aimeé, 2019, Ballpoint pen, Oil Pastel, and acrylic on paper, 22 x 30”
Kelsey 001, 2019, Ballpoint pen, collage, and acrylic on wood, 38 x 38”
In the Collection of The John L. Warfield Center for African & African American Studies at The University of Texas
UNTITLED (We Can't Breathe), 2019, Ballpoint pen, spraypaint, collage, and acrylic on wood, 38 x 38”
In the Collection of Presa House Gallery
Adrian Armstrong (b. 1990) is a creative from Omaha, NE now living and working out of Austin, TX. Armstrong received his BFA from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln in 2014.
Armstrong’s work explores identity and what it means to be black identifying in modern America. Armstrong aims to depict the very real people who experience these scenarios on a daily basis through large scale portraiture. His work touches on topics such as depression within the black community, systemic oppression, and police brutality; but on the other side of the spectrum explores fashion, love, success and growth. Armstrong aims to depict the very real people who experience these scenarios on a daily basis through grander than life scale while putting an emphasis on raw emotion to build real connections with the audience.