Operating from his studio in Chicago, Ed Oh (b. 1992) is a visual artist from Los Angeles. Oh’s work concretizes terminals between material and virtual spaces. His drawings, paintings, and sculptures carry mystic tones found in today’s abstract orthodoxies of interfaced technology, language, and image. He earned his Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Riverside.
Building from a foundation in drawing and color, Oh’s practice engages the frictions between physical mark‑making and the mediated images that structure contemporary life. Screenshots, broadcast fragments, and digital residues become raw material, translated through handmade pigments, labor‑intensive surfaces, and sculptural interventions. His recent work examines global sporting events as sites where capital, spectacle, and injury converge—treating the field of play as both a literal and symbolic ground for political and aesthetic inquiry.
Across media, Oh’s work foregrounds the tension between immediacy and distance, embodiment and simulation. Whether working with verdigris pigments, graphite, or cast forms, he approaches each material as a way to navigate the porous boundary between lived experience and the images that attempt to contain it.