Alteronce's works serve as portals that offer a glimpse into untouched worlds, echoing his profound fascination with the cosmos and theories of energy.
Gumby is a contemporary abstract painter interested in the history of monochromatic
painting, color theory, cosmology, astrophysics, and interstellar photography. Gumby’s
process is the fulcrum of his work. It begins with the examination of light and its properties,
and media including resin, glass and gemstones. This unorthodox blend of materials results
in works Gumby calls “tonal paintings”, each producing unique hues, values and energies.
Dynamic and vibrant, Gumby’s paintings propose an expanded understanding of abstraction,
color, life and the origins of the universe.
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b. 1985, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Alteronce Gumby lives and works in the Bronx, New York. He received an MFA in Painting & Printmaking from Yale School of Art and BFA from Hunter College. He was a 2019 artist in residence at the Rauschenberg Foundation in Captiva Island, Florida. In 2017, he completed a residency as the Harriet Hale Woolley scholar at the Foundation des États-Unis in Paris.
Gumby is a contemporary abstract painter interested in the history of monochromatic painting, color theory, cosmology, astrophysics, and interstellar photography. Gumby’s process is the fulcrum of his work. It begins with the examination of light and its properties, and media including resin, glass and gemstones. This unorthodox blend of materials results in works Gumby calls “tonal paintings”, each producing unique hues, values and energies. Dynamic and vibrant, Gumby’s paintings propose an expanded understanding of abstraction, color, life and the origins of the universe.
Solo exhibitions include Prince of the Far Rainbow, Nicola Vassell Gallery, New York (2024); Dark Matter, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania, (2022); Alteronce Gumby: My Favorite Color is a Rainbow, Parrasch Heijnen Gallery, Los Angeles (2020) and Black(ness) is Beautiful, the Foundation des Etats-Unis, Paris (2017). Group exhibitions include Social Abstraction, Gagosian, Los Angeles (2024); Alteronce Gumby | Charles Ross, Parrasch Heijnen gallery, Los Angeles (2024); The 100 years, Gagosian x Deitch Exhibition, Miami, (2022) and For Freedoms, Pizzuti Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio (2018). Gumby’s work is held in the collections of The Studio Museum in Harlem, Columbus Museum of Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Williams College Museum of Art, Allentown Art Museum, and Memphis Brooks Museum of Art.
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Alteronce Gumby
Prince of the Far Rainbow 2 Nov - 14 Dec 2024Nicola Vassell is pleased to present Prince of the Far Rainbow, an exhibition of new work by Alteronce Gumby that continues his rigorous exploration of color and the way it...Read more -
Alteronce Gumby
The Color of Everything 8 Sep - 29 Oct 2022Nicola Vassell Gallery is pleased to present The Color of Everything, a solo exhibition of new abstract paintings and sculpture by Alteronce Gumby. It is the culmination of eight years...Read more
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Surface: Alteronce Gumby Is Embracing Nature’s Interconnectedness
Ryan Waddoups , Surface Magazine, November 8, 2024 -
designboom: Alteronce Gumby's Prince of the Far Rainbow Explores Shattered Glass & Gemstones
designboom, October 22, 2024 -
Vanguard Spotlight: Alteronce Gumby Is Making His Solo Museum Debut
Ayanna Dozier, Artsy, October 26, 2022 -
Everything, Everywhere and more with Alteronce Gumby
Tiana Ashley, Art Currently, October 11, 2022 -
Alteronce Gumby's paintings are a vehicle for cosmic exploration
Ashley Tyner, i_D Magazine, September 12, 2022 -
Alteronce Gumby Sees The Color in Everything
Maxine Wally, W Magazine, September 9, 2022 -
ARTNews: Poetic Physics: Nicola Vassell Brings Fred Eversley and Alteronce Gumby's Science-Based Artworks to Miami
Colony Little, ARTnews, November 30, 2021
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Art Basel Miami Beach 2024
Paradise Lost and Found 6 - 8 Dec 2024Booth E21 Private days: December 4-5 Public days: December 6-8 Nicola Vassell is excited to return to Art Basel Miami Beach, where the gallery will...Read more -
Art Basel Miami Beach
8 - 10 Dec 2023Nicola Vassell is pleased to present The Blues, the gallery's first presentation in the Galleries sector at Art Basel Miami Beach . The group presentation...Read more