Tristan Unrau

Tristan Unrau (b. 1989, Brampton, Canada) is a Los Angeles-based painter whose work defies the expectation that an artist must have a singular, recognizable style. Drawing on Romanticism, Realism, Post-Impressionism, and Expressionism — as well as cartoonish figuration, Golden Age portraiture, and photographic hyperrealism — each canvas stands on its own terms, with voice belonging as much to the painting as to the painter. Unrau holds a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design and an MFA from UCLA. He is represented by Sebastian Gladstone and David Kordansky Gallery.