Ilan Laks is an artist.  As a non-representational painter in mixed media, Laks has evolved into an industry of himself.  From his studio in Culver City, Los Angeles, Laks creates modular artworks, blasting with industrial grade tools onto birch panels, which combine to create large-scale, and even colossal works, of stunning visual beauty.

Galactic Infinity is the term coined by Laks to describe his work.  Inspired by French philosopher Gilles Delueze’s Rhizome Theory of Interconnectivity, Laks has shed all narrative content to revel in evolutions of mark making and deconstruction.  The results are astonishing nebulae blown across multiple panels like dappled amoebas adrift in particle clouds of color and light.  Conveying the vastness of macro/micro dimensional space, Galactic Infinity is an appropriate name.

Much as the existential threat that drove post WWII painters to non-representational realms, Laks cites 9-11 as the flashpoint of inspiration behind Galactic Infinity.  From his initial experiments with improvised and unconventional applications of paint and materials, the artist has, over 10 years, pioneered and mastered innovations that enable him to control seemingly cumbersome equipment, to produce gestural marks great or small with fluidity and grace, pulsing to the rhythm of something very ancient - and something very new.

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Ilan Laks moved frequently with his family throughout childhood.  As an artist, he spent time living and painting in Barcelona, Spain and Cerillos, New Mexico, a ghost town outside of Santa Fe.  The two cities served as bookends for the developing artist, not only in his study of light and color, but for the lasting impressions they made of social and emotional extremes: the ghost town vs. the big city.

Since 1993, Laks’ works have shown in galleries, public spaces, and private exhibitions worldwide.  California, Oregon, Holland, Netherlands, Barcelona, and Israel have all embraced the artist.  His commissioned murals hang in prominent businesses and residences around the globe.

Graduating in 2004 with a BFA from San Francisco Art Institute, Laks studied closely with Bruce McGaw and Jeremy Morgan.  In 2005, Laks founded AudioCinema, a 20,000 sq foot production facility in Portland, Oregon.  There he built-out studio spaces for himself and over 200 local artists of different disciplines, complete with a music production studio.  In addition to painting, Laks is an accomplished singer/songwriter.

To the delight of Oregonians - and anyone who caught the national news stories circulating at the time - Laks used AudioCinema to broadcast messages of positivity by painting single word suggestions atop the building on a large “Word Sign” facing the heavily trafficked Hawthorne Bridge.  It has since become a popular part of the Portland skyline.

Ilan Laks, his wife, and their daughter, now live in Los Angeles, California. The artist is currently a member of The Los Angeles Art Association.

Having refined the process for Galactic Infinity, Laks is ready to mobilize the construction of large-scale pieces anywhere in the world.  He is eager to expand the model to gargantuan proportions.  The artist is available for commissions and studio visits, by appointment.