Joe O’Neill is a painter based in Los Angeles with a background rooted in experimentation and formal training. O’Neill studied at the San Francisco Art Institute (BA 1994) and Santa Monica College, and his work has been exhibited in notable venues including Keystone Art Space, Art-share LA, and TAG Gallery, where he received the Grand Prize at the 16th California Open. Joe’s paintings have also appeared across film and television productions such as Michael, Presumed Innocent, Big Little Lies, Sharp Objects, NCIS, and The Shrink Next Door—evidencing the adaptability and resonance of his visual language.
Joe’s practice is grounded in curiosity and contradiction. He works in multiple styles simultaneously, often within the same body of work if not always on the same canvas. His paintings layer conceptual inquiry with material experimentation, pushing the boundaries of traditional formats. Whether gestural or graphic, abstract or referential, his work resists easy categorization—embracing tension, hybridity, and the visual language of contradiction to explore what painting can do in the present.
As the Resident Artist at Flake, a well-loved Venice café, Joe’s creative imprint extends beyond the studio into public space. He designed the restaurant’s logo and painted its signature mural, adding a personal and narrative-driven layer to the location’s identity. His ability to integrate fine art with design and commercial environments reflects a broader interest in the relationship between artwork and its context—how images inhabit and inform physical spaces, both lived and imagined.
Contact:
Joe O’Neill +01 (310)850-0631
Joe(@)doubleojoe.com
Instagram: @therealdoubleojoe
Fine art and gallery:
www.doubleojoe.com
custom signs, murals and commissions portfolio:
www.joeoneillartworks.com
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2020/2019
- TYPE Goldenwest College Art Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA
Secret Head Trip/What Struck Me (solo show) Keystone Art Space, Los Angeles - Ev Voto: Santisima Lisa Derrick Fine Arts, Los Angeles
- The Collection Connection Other Places Art Fair, San Pedro, CA
- Dreamhouse vs. Punkhouse (plus Cathouse) Serious Topics, Inglewood, CA
- Create or Die! 2019 Dove Biscuit Studios at The Last Bookstore, Los Angeles
2018/2017
- The Four of Us Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA
- Paint Interactions The Arts Gallery, Collin College. Plano TX
- We Are Punk Dove Biscuit Studio at the Last Bookstore
- Modern Art Blitz: LA Invasion California Fine Arts Exhibition Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
2014/2013
- Literartistry Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City, CA (2007)
- Charity by the Numbers Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City, CA (2007)
- Cut I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2006)
- Group Show Number Two Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City, CA (2006)
- Art World Poker I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (2006)
- The Serenade is Dead OnSix Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2006)
- The Good, The Bad and The Objectionable Universal Art Gallery, Venice CA (2006)
- Corey Helford’s Halloween Show Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City, CA (2006)
2005/04/03/03/00
- Surf Skate Punk Rock Art Show Westside Underground Gallery. Santa Monica, CA (2005)
- First Keystone Fine Arts, LCaught In My Eye (two-person show with Jill Ash) Universal Art Gallery, Venice CA (2004)
- Random Acts of Time (curated by William Moreno) Orange (2002)
- The Who You Know Show Wayward Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
- San Francisco Drawing Show New Image Arts, West Hollywood, CA (2000)