Julian Rogers uses light and layers of oil paint to manipulate how the eye sees. He often depicts landscapes that approach the brink of abstraction through subtle manipulations of color. These vibrant and almost impossible-looking scenes soothe and excite the viewer, tapping into the familiar as well as the strange.

Julian Rogers was born in 1981 in Nashville, TN, where he resides. He received his MFA from the University of California, San Diego in San Diego, CA (2015), and his BFA from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN (2007).

Rogers has mounted solo exhibitions at Red Arrow Gallery, Nashville, TN (2022, 2019); Ditch Projects in Eugene, OR (2016); Zone Gallery in Osaka, Japan (2016); and ACME Gallery in Los Angeles, California (2015).

His work has been included in numerous group exhibitions, including Show Up! at Red Arrow Gallery x Nashville Parthenon in Nashville, TN (2022); BIOPIX at Steve Turner Contemporary in Los Angeles, CA (2018); California Connections: Selections from the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA (2017); and Passage at ACME Gallery in Los Angeles, California (2016).

Rogers has been featured in publications such as CARLA Quarterly (2015) and Artsy (2014), among others.