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Dec 18, 2021 · Jonathan Gardner is a New York-based painter who creates surreal and cinematic scenes with human silhouettes, objects, and patterns. Learn more about his biography, style, and exhibitions on Almine Rech's website.
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Born in Lexington, Kentucky, Gardner studied for his BFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York, before receiving his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2010.
Jonathan Gardner's cartoon-like images of nude figures hark back to the geometricity of Pablo Picasso's bodies, while his lucid colours and the spatial flatness of his compositions are an ode to the interiors of Henri Matisse. The figures in Gardner's invented scenes are engaged in recreational activities, while others find themselves in moments of...
Jonathan Gardner's solo and group exhibitions have been shown both in and outside the U.S. at notable galleries including Almine Rech, Paris (2021); Jason Haam, Seoul (2021); Casey Kaplan, New York (2019 and 2016) and Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago(2013 and 2011), among others.
Jonathan Gardner is a contemporary painter who creates stylised figures and surrealist scenes inspired by 20th-century masters. Learn about his biography, artworks, exhibitions, and galleries on Ocula.
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Susannah Thompson reviews Jonathan Gardner's exhibition of oil paintings that depict nude or semiclothed female figures in various styles and contexts. She questions the artist's intentions and the feminist implications of his work.
Dec 18, 2021 · Almine Rech Paris is pleased to present Jonathan Gardner's first solo exhibition with the gallery, on view from November 20 to December 18, 2021. Forming a homogeneous whole in both subject and style, Jonathan Gardner presents ten new paintings at Almine Rech in Paris.
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- November 19, 2021
Jason Haam is pleased to present Jonathan Gardner: Horizon, the artist’s first introduction in Asia and solo exhibition with the gallery. The artist’s signature style of flattened pictorial space, hyper-stylized compositions, and depictions of dream-like worlds come together in familiar, yet imaginary scenes that are drawn from Gardner’s ...
2009 'Big Youth', New Painters from Chicago, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago 'Perversions', Tim Bergstrom & Jonathan Gardner, 1213, Chicago 'P.P.', Guacho Social Club, Chicago 'What was the Idea', curated by Zak Prekop, Devening Projects + Editions, Chicago. 2008 Graduate MFA & Post-Bac Exhibition, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.
A New York based artist who paints richly colored cartoon-like positions, inspired by art history and his own imagination. He talks about his influences, process, and vision of figuration in this interview.
