Ed Templeton

"Synthetic Suburbia is a culmination of years of looking at the place where I live and the peculiarity of it. I have traveled all over the world and there is no place as strange as Huntington Beach."

Primarily known as a photographer documenting the people and culture surrounding the iconic pier in Huntington Beach, California, Ed Templeton's Synthetic Suburbia is a survey of new paintings and drawings directly inspired from this emersion into his coastal suburban environment. Synthetic Suburbia extends Templeton's diaristic observances into a compelling visual analysis of the concrete experiences, perceptions, and idiosyncrasies of this hyper-local existence.

Ed Templeton (born 1972) is an iconic figure in the subculture of skateboarding. His paintings, photographs, drawings, and mixed-media installations take their inspiration from the skate community he is a part of and the suburban environment in which he lives. A mid-career survey of his work entitled The Cemetery of Reason traveled throughout Europe to three museums in 2010. Publications of his work include ten monographic and his many self-published zines. His work has been shown at the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, S.M.A.K. Museum, Belgium, Bonnefanten Museum, Holland, Kunsthalle, Vienna, and Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, UK. Synthetic Suburbia marks Templeton's sixth solo exhibition with Roberts & Tilton.

On Sunday, May 3, 2015, Ed Templeton will sign his new book Wayward Cognitions at Paris Photo Los Angeles, Artbook booth C5. Paramount Studios New York Back Lot.