Jeremy Kidd opens in a new exhibition at CMAY Gallery. Between Observation & Artifice is the inaugural solo exhibition at the gallery for the Los Angeles–based artist. The show spotlights a new body of landscape paintings. Moreover Between Observation & Artifice also features an animated video work. The latter was born out of Kidd’s photographic practice. He has been developing it for more than two decades. Together, these works reflect more than twenty years of sustained visual investigation. Although photographs do not appear directly, they fundamentally shape the exhibited works. Our art inspired travel site (sister platform) EatTravelGo.com has previously featured Jeremy Kidd. See bottom for the link.
Jeremy Kidd CMAY Gallery
Jeremy Kidd, After Thomas Moran 2, 2025, (Fiercely the red sun descending burned his way along the heavens 1876), Acrylic on Panel 2025, 24 x 36 inches
For decades, Kidd has rejected the idea of a single defining photograph. Instead, he builds landscapes from numerous images captured across shifting daylight. Therefore, accumulation and time layering guide both his process and vision. Similarly, his paintings emerge through clustered marks that slowly form luminous environments.
One source of inspiration throughout the artist’s life has been St. Ives in Cornwall (Porthmeor Beach). He explains , “Here, the raw forces of nature converge—ocean, wind, light, storms, and the powerful currents beneath the surface of the Atlantic.
Inspiration of Photography
In these recent works, Kidd steps away from photography as a direct source. Instead, he uses it as a conceptual framework. Consequently, sensation replaces description, while atmosphere outweighs narrative. Light, energy, and elemental presence drive each composition. For Kidd, painting functions as a meeting point between perception and feeling. Thus, the physical act of painting opens toward something intangible.
The landscapes avoid depicting specific locations. Rather, they serve as experiential thresholds. Viewers enter spaces where recognition fades and intuition takes hold. Meanwhile, the natural world becomes something felt as strongly as seen. Jeremy Kidd was born in England in 1962 and earned his fine art degree in Leicester.
Jeremy Kidd Background
He gained recognition for pioneering day-through-night photography. Through this method, he merges up to one hundred long-exposure images into unified scenes. As a result, his works compress days into singular visual moments. These large-scale montages examine time, motion, and transcendence across varied environments.
More recently, Kidd has animated these images into dystopian sequences. Additionally, he pairs them with his own electronic sound compositions. Kidd belongs to the youngest generation of the Nicholson artistic lineage. He is the grandson of Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson. In the mid-1980s, he relocated to the United States. During that period, cross-country travel deeply shaped his view of American scale. Ultimately, he settled in Los Angeles. There, he teaches, works, and maintains a Venice studio.
On View: February 7 – March 21, 2026
What: Between Observation & Artifice by Jeremy Kidd, Opening Art Party
Where: CMAY Gallery, 5828 Wilshire Blvd., LA 90036
When: February 7, 2026, 3:00pm – 5:00pm
Website: https://cmaygallery.com
Read a Q & A with Jeremy Kidd on the ETG Art Talk Page.
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