Working mainly with oil and acrylics, J. Kesin creates paintings of his perception of different subjects. These range from the autobiographical to literature, general concepts, politics and current affairs.
The subjects of his paintings are often deconstructed into 'components', which are then represented on the canvas by layers, interplaying and creating a game of shapes, lines, opacity and transparency. Analysis, emotion and spontaneity are combined in a process of constant conversation with the evolving painting.
His artistic influences include the ideas of simultaneity, cubism, and constructivism, as well as Gerhard Richter and Howard Hodgkin's associative abstraction.
Kesin was born in Hamburg, Germany where he lived until 1999. During the 1990's he also spent extended periods of time in Russia and Uzbekistan, following the break-up of the Soviet Union, which added to his experiences and inspirations.
He is now based in London and Valencia.
Education
2019-2021 Studied Painting under Sibylle Werkmeister (founder and former director and lecturer at 'Freie Kunstakademie Überlingen'), Com. of Valencia, Spain
1992-1998 MA Applied Cultural Studies, Lueneburg, Germany
Solo Exhibitions:
2021 Layered Perceptions, De Souza Gallery, Cervera del Maestre, Spain
Group Exhibitions:
2022 Relics of Future's Past, Valencia, Spain
2022 Annual Contemporary Art Exhibition, Cervera del Maestre, Spain 2022 EXOIT – When Healing Begins, De Souza Gallery, Cervera del Maestre, Spain
2022 Urban and Contemporary Art Exhibition, La Joya Space, Valencia, Spain
2021 A Cultural Trip (Viaje Cultural), Gallery Sporting Club Russafa, Valencia, Spain
2021 The Beauty of Forgiveness, Gallery Casa del Dragon, Cervera del Maestre, Spain
2021 Contemporary Art Exhibition Cervera del Maestre, Ermita de San Sebastian, Cervera del Maestre, Spain
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Who is the artist?
Working mainly with oil and acrylics, J. Kesin creates paintings of his perception of different subjects. These range from the autobiographical to literature, general concepts, politics and current affairs.
The subjects of his paintings are often deconstructed into 'components', which are then represented on the canvas by layers, interplaying and creating a game of shapes, lines, opacity and transparency. Analysis, emotion and spontaneity are combined in a process of constant conversation with the evolving painting.
His artistic influences include the ideas of simultaneity, cubism, and constructivism, as well as Gerhard Richter and Howard Hodgkin's associative abstraction.
Kesin was born in Hamburg, Germany where he lived until 1999. During the 1990's he also spent extended periods of time in Russia and Uzbekistan, following the break-up of the Soviet Union, which added to his experiences and inspirations.
He is now based in London and Valencia.
Education
2019-2021 Studied Painting under Sibylle Werkmeister (founder and former director and lecturer at 'Freie Kunstakademie Überlingen'), Com. of Valencia, Spain
1992-1998 MA Applied Cultural Studies, Lueneburg, Germany
Solo Exhibitions:
2021 Layered Perceptions, De Souza Gallery, Cervera del Maestre, Spain
Group Exhibitions:
2022 Relics of Future's Past, Valencia, Spain
2022 Annual Contemporary Art Exhibition, Cervera del Maestre, Spain 2022 EXOIT – When Healing Begins, De Souza Gallery, Cervera del Maestre, Spain
2022 Urban and Contemporary Art Exhibition, La Joya Space, Valencia, Spain
2021 A Cultural Trip (Viaje Cultural), Gallery Sporting Club Russafa, Valencia, Spain
2021 The Beauty of Forgiveness, Gallery Casa del Dragon, Cervera del Maestre, Spain
2021 Contemporary Art Exhibition Cervera del Maestre, Ermita de San Sebastian, Cervera del Maestre, Spain
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What is J. Kesín’s artistic movement?
The artistic movements of the artists are: Somber Abstract Painters
When was J. Kesín born?
The year of birth of the artist is: 1963