Oliver Vernon was born in New York in 1972, and lives and works in Brooklyn. He received a BFA from Parsons School of Design, NYC, and has attended the University of Vermont. Deeply rooted in abstract painting history, his visual world blends varied painting languages into a balanced chaos of densely layered compositions, not unlike the frenzied rush of our over-saturated information age.

The imagery in Vernon's created universe stems from his imagination through a process of spontaneous composition. His forms become metaphors for a transcendental reality, while remaining open-ended enough for viewers to project meaning from their own experience. His painted worlds depict the simultaneity of microcosmic and macrocosmic perspectives, as well as exploring themes of biology, physics, mythology, and ancient visionary wisdom paths. According to Light Space gallery, LA, "The organic, abstract paintings of Oliver Vernon plunge the viewer into vivid and vertiginous baroque efflorescence."