Bolding’s notion of composition as a patina of time and entropy begins with layered surfaces heavily built up with plaster and industrial paints, which are subjected to a vigorous process of scraping away, reworking, and reconfiguring. This process of addition and subtraction allows him to build a narrative around figurative gestures -developing scenes populated with characters and objects from varied sources. Here, the artist relies on discoveries or appearances in the materiality of the medium. Informed by years spent painting outdoors, in abandoned buildings or decaying freight trains, he excavates imagery on canvas as he would on an empty wall he might happen upon: one that’s cracked, sun-bleached, and stained by the elements.

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Bolding (b. 1987, Denver, CO) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. His work has been included in exhibitions at Polina Berlin Gallery, New York (2025, 2024); LVH Art, London (2025); Karma, Thomaston, ME (2025); Pond Society, Shanghai (2025); Jack Siebert Projects, Los Angeles (2025); Shoot the Lobster, New York (2023); Mamoth, London (2022); and 1969 Gallery, New York (2019).