STATEMENT Roni Feldman views art is an act of contemplative discovery, like being an explorer or treasure hunter, except the riches lie in unexpected meaning and beautiful form. His paintings invite viewers to spend time with them- to move about, look closely, and become active visual explores themselves. These paintings are made entirely with white paint. They can be very subtle from some angles, but they come alive with light as it refracts over the varying matte and iridescent surfaces. As one moves in front of them, or sunlight changes the lighting in the room, the paintings vacillate between abstraction and representation, revealing scenes of liquid transformation: great waves, stormy clouds, avalanches, and billowing geysers. The imagery is grand and often full of movement and energy, but the luminescence, softly painted edges, and shifting iridescence primarily conveys a serene quality. Roni Feldman is fascinated by the history of white-on-white paintings and love how white light is made from all the colors of the spectrum. It is everything and nothing all at once. He makes these paintings by airbrushing white paint on a textured, silvery background. To see them in their entirety takes time. Day or night, these paintings always have something to be discovered. In raking sunlight they can feel bright and shimmering and at night they may take on a warm glow from incandescent lights. Their mood is always changing, inviting reinvestigation, discovery, and comfort with change. ABOUT Roni Feldman holds an M.F.A in Painting from the Claremont Graduate University. His work has been featured extensively in many solo and group shows both in the U.S. and abroad. Exhibitions include the Pasadena Armory Center for the Arts, CA; AMcE in Seattle, WA; Sloan Fine Art, New York; Janet Clayton Gallery, Sydney, Australia, and has exhibited at the Istanbul, Yokahama, and Mexicali Biennials. His work is in the permanent collections of the Guangzhou City Art Museum in China, the Long Beach Museum of Art in California, as well as numerous private collections. He has been awarded multiple prizes including the Durfee ARC Grant and a Faculty Development Grant to conduct research and produce an exhibition in Rome. He co-founded the art collective, Durden & Ray, in 2009. The group has gone on to organize hundreds of exhibitions in both LA and around the world. Roni Feldman lives and works in Oakland, CA. He is a professor at Otis College of Art & Design where he teaches courses in color theory, painting, drawing, and design. He loves hiking in the California hills, cooking, traveling, and writing. Feldman is currently represented by SLATE Contemporary Gallery in Oakland.