Our debut exhibition features colorful, bold and creative Montreal-based artist, Callen Schaub. Recognized for his vibrant paintings using trapezes, pendulums, and spinning machines. Schaub openly shares his painting process with viewers and inspires fans everywhere to embrace creativity. With paintings hanging in collections across the globe, Callen continues to make the world a more colorful place, one artwork at a time.

Schaub challenges the traditional model of painting by staging in-person shows using a custom portable studio he calls, “The Arena.” Millions of fans watch his regular live-streamed performances which have become a hallmark of his work. Schaub inspires his followers to use art as a means of self-expression and mental wellness. Arising out of his own struggles with dyslexia, Schaub often encourages fans to make art as a way of overcoming obstacles. Schaub began a movement he refers to as “Fake Art” to challenge everyone to examine the meaning of art.

Schaub has been featured in international art shows such as Art Basel Miami and has had ten solo exhibitions.

  • Callen Schaub
    Acrylic Canvas Panel
    72” x 60”
    2021
    $24,000 USD

Meet the artist.

Callen Schaub was born on November 30, 1990, in Toronto, Ontario, to parents Janine Schaub and Tom Adams. As a child, Schaub was diagnosed with dyslexia, a learning disorder that makes reading difficult. With encouragement from his family, Schaub learned to use artistic expression to overcome academic obstacles.

Schaub attended Etobicoke School of the Arts, an arts-focused public high school. He then gained entrance to the Ontario College of Art & Design University (OCAD), where he credits one of his professors, Daniel Solomon, as an important influence. Rather than picking up a traditional paintbrush, Schaub experimented using a potter’s wheel to spin paint onto a canvas. Inspired by the results, Schaub welded a bicycle frame into a spin machine to replace the potter’s wheel. This early spin painting tool and technique was the beginning of what has now become a repertoire of techniques and devices.

After university, Schaub opened Project Gallery in Toronto, with partners Devan Patel and Alex Buchanan. Over the next five years he immersed himself in the buying and selling of local contemporary art. In May 2017, Schaub made the decision to leave the gallery business and devote himself to his painting career.

All artwork is available for purchase. For inquiries on pricing or to experience in person, please contact us directly.

  • Callen Schaub
    acrylic and resin on polished stainless steel with steel ring base
    16” Diameter
    2023
    $6,584 USD

  • Callen Schaub
    Acrylic and resin on polished stainless steel with steel ring base
    16” Diameter
    2023
    $6,584 USD

  • Callen Schaub
    Acrylic Canvas Panel Resin
    48” x 48”
    2019
    SOLD

  • Callen Schaub
    Acrylic Canvas
    48” x 48”
    2019
    SOLD

  • Callen Schaub
    Acrylic Canvas
    48” x 48”
    2019
    $9,350

  • Callen Schaub
    Acrylic Canvas
    72” x 72”
    2020
    $6,700 USD

More about Callen Schaub.

For personal appearance and to have Callen Schaub: LIVE! at your next event Contact Cerbelli Creative:
info@cerbellicreative.com | 212-256-1518

Schaub built a circular mobile studio called, “The Arena,” that allowed him to travel and showcase his process with live audiences. Beginning in his hometown of Toronto, he performed in Ottawa, Montreal, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Miami, and New York City. He also filmed his painting performances and shared them through social media. These production videos have become a hallmark of his work.

In 2018 Schaub moved to Montreal to be with his partner, Sparkles. She is now his Operations Consultant at Callen Schaub Art Inc. The two collaborate and inspire each other’s lives. Most days, Sparkles, Schaub and their Pomeranian, Disco, can be found working at their studio in the garment district.

As Schaub’s social media presence grew, he noticed two trends. One was that many fans were deeply moved and positively influenced by his work. Many wrote to him sharing stories about their lives and how his work had helped them to overcome personal difficulties. The other trend was that his work had also begun to generate negative messaging, hate mail, and cyberbullying. These two trends pushed Schaub to keep painting and make a conscious effort to turn negative feedback into something artistically positive. Claims that “Anyone could paint that,” or “That’s fake art not real art,” inspired his first international solo exhibition in New York.

In March 2019, Fake Art Since ’95, debued in New York City and posed the question “What is art?” At the show, Schaub included a display of negative social media comments juxtaposed with his artwork. The exhibition generated an overwhelming social media response which ultimately led to the beginning of a movement he dubbed #FakeArtMovement which continues today. Schaub has sold several pieces of art which depict negative direct messages overlaid with his bold paintings, giving them a positive spin.

Schaub’s own grueling schedule of tours, live-streamed performances on social media and running his business solo, was quickly becoming overwhelming. With more than 4.4M followers on TikTok and 700,000 followers on Instagram (as of March 29, 2021), Schaub has garnered top-ranked cultural popularity in the contemporary art world. He continues to directly engage with his audience and buyers rather than using art gallery middlemen.

Amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, Schaub came flying into 2021 on a trapeze pouring colors from a trough onto a massive twenty-foot canvas. Although he had done safety tests on his rig, he was not at all certain that the performance would work. Fortunately, the new technique was a success and the artist plans on doing more flying this year—even if it’s only across his studio.

The Color Therapy Collection is the artist’s current project which he hopes will foster conversations about mental health and wellness.

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