Trompe l'oeil artist Anthony Adcock received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a specialization in oil painting from the American Academy of Art in Chicago. Anthony also studied painting and drawing at the Vitruvian School of Art in Chicago, and has spent time studying plein air painting in Italy. He is an award-winning artist whose work is represented in galleries and collected around the country. Anthony’s work has been featured in multiple venues and galleries throughout Chicago, including representation at Coalition Gallery, the Merchandise Mart, River East Art Center and the Union League Club of Chicago. He also has gallery representation in Charleston, South Carolina, at the M Gallery of Fine Art and at Lovetts Gallery in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Anthony is currently attending the University of Chicago working towards a Master of Fine Arts degree.

News and Upcoming events

I won 1st place in "Emerging Artists" at the Beverly Arts Center and was awarded a solo exhibition. The show will open near the end of June and will be up for one month.

I am now represented at Lovetts Gallery in Tulsa, Oklahoma
http://www.lovettsgallery.com/

I received the "Best in Show Award" at "Brainstorm 2011"- National Juried Exhibition.

I am now part of an amazing gallery in Charleston, SC
M Gallery of Fine Art.
The gallery has many great artists, including Clayton j. Beck III and Tony Pro to name a few.
http://www.mgalleryoffineart.c

I received the "Best in Show Award" at the Beverly Art Competition.
Thanks to everyone who attended the opening.

Music Video and Movie?
I have been working as Art Director on a music video for Fashion Bomb.
Check it out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v

I have also been working as Art Director on a feature film, "Voice of the Vespers." Director Matthew Van Howe expects the movie to be released fall of 2011.


Artist Statement

I look at perception as a variable that is subject to change. I use trompe l’oeil as a playful means to share my perceptions of reality with my viewers. Where modernism refuted the use of the canvas as a window and insisted upon its use as an object, I use the canvas as a window to show the canvas as an object. My paintings reflect the idea of modern art, but they are done using traditional methods.

I use trompe l’oeil to explore the relationship between reality and perception. The interaction between painting and viewer is always unique. Through my art, I hope to share my perception of reality with my audience and to share my desire to fight for fine art and all parts of the process it entails.