Sean Tully is an artist and surfer based in Ventura, California. He graduated from CalArts with a BFA in 2010 and has been making work that blends bold color, abstraction, and everyday coastal life ever since.

Before moving back to Ventura, Sean worked in Los Angeles as an assistant gallery director at New Image Art and spent years providing creative direction for restaurants, small brands, and independent projects. He’s also a second-generation surfer who surfed professionally and has traveled widely, staying strongly connected to the surf community locally, internationally, and creatively.

Sean now teaches middle school visual art full-time in Ventura. When he’s not in the classroom, he’s painting, surfing, building new ideas, and hanging with his dog, Brix, around the Avenue.