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Jason
Gonzales
Artist
website:
www.jasonmagsinogonzales.name
www.miahgraphics.com
Jason
Gonzales was born in the small province
of Tanauan, Batangas, in the Philippines
on October 9, 1973. After graduating
from The Chicago Academy for the Arts in
1992, he earned his BFA with a Major in
Painting and Drawing from the Cooper
Union School of Art in New York.
While his
everyday palette consists of
representational imagery and copy, the
graphic work he does is informed by the
intangible. This unseen-but-felt is what
he brings to light through his abstract
expressionist paintings. While the
paintings themselves are a concrete
documentation of his thoughts, emotions
and life experiences, what is actually
expressed has no concrete form. To
understand each work is to undertake the
time and work to get to know who he is.
His
paintings, while not landscapes, use
earthly elements to establish a place.
While they are not portraits, they are a
mirror of human expression. Similarly,
the works cannot be called “still-life”
in the traditional sense of concept, but
they do capture an experienced moment in
a human’s life. There is no hidden
imagery to be found, but they are, in
fact, open books to be read, if you can
understand the language. Through the
physical act of painting he fully
experiences being alive. He paints not
to mimic what has already been created
around him, but rather as an expression
of gratitude for being alive.
Selected for the 2008 Beyond The Barrelman
Exhibition
From
Within
industrial
mixed medium on compressed board
46 x 36
2007
$2000
To purchase any of
the jury-selected or non-selected artworks listed for sale, please contact Ray
In, exhibition sales coordinator, at (773)
419-4117 or
Sales@BeyondTheBarrelman.com. Items
marked "nfs' are not for sale.
non-selected
entries
From Within 2
industrial
mixed medium on compressed board
46 x 36
2007
$2000
Rocky Road
ink and
pastel on paper
23 x 18
2007
$500
Return to
the FEATURED ARTISTS page
for a full list of artists included in the 2008
exhibition.
Return to
the GALLERY
for a catalog of artworks selected for the
2008 exhibition.
