Joseph O’Neal

I paint non-objective imagery in conjunction with words, names, and dates to prompt an ambiguous field of opportunities. I compose colors in organic shapes and lines bringing awareness and urgency to the spaces between text and form, suggesting textual interpretation from a place beyond verbal or written language. My work reflects an in-between state of expressionism, and the relationship between ambiguity and memory.

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Joseph O’Neal (born.1983 in North Carolina) paints non-objective imagery in conjunction with words, names, and dates to prompt an ambiguous field of opportunities. Living and working in Easton, Pennsylvania, O’Neal has participated in group and solo exhibitions throughout the United States, Europe, and Mexico. These include three iterations of A Sunday in Soho; a notable large-scale two person exhibition held in Basel, Switzerland in 2011, 2015, and Zürich in
2018. O’Neal’s work has appeared in publications such as The Basler Zeitung, Sensitive Skin Magazine, Art Rated, Still Developing: A Story of Instant Gratification, Lula Japan, as well as interview features with Telebasel, and NPR.