
Orrin Whalen
Paintings & Sculpture
b. Leicester City, UK
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Orrin Whalen is a British-American sculptor and painter and has exhibited at various galleries and museums including: Delaware Contemporary Museum, Maestri Gallery, Smythe-Mckee and Pluto Projects. In 2021, he was featured in Architectural Digest and Vogue Living AU, included in Miley Cyrus’ collection. He received his BFA from Emerson College in 2014.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020, Peeled Anticipation Pluto Projects, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023, ArtWorx, Roosevelt Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
2022 12x12, SmytheMckee, Online Gallery
2021, Q Mart Maestri Gallery, Dallas, TX
2020, From Chaos to Order, Delaware Contemporary Museum, Wilmington, DE
PUBLICATIONS
April 2021, Architectural Digest, “Step Inside Miley Cyrus’s Beautifully Boisterous Los Angeles
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May 2021, Vogue Living AU, “House tour: inside Miley Cyrus’ psychedelic-meets-zen Los Angeles...”
EDUCATION
2014, BFA, Theatrical Scenic Painting, Emerson College
In the Journal

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