Presentation
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:
2023 El 5è Element, Oficina Municipal de Turisme, Ulldecona, Tarragona, Spain
2023 Where Beauty lies, De Souza Gallery, Spain
2023 Revelations, Bloom Gallery, Valencia, Spain
2023 Habla – Speak, Cervera del Maestre, Spain
2022 Relics of Future’s Past, La Joya Space, 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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The Hunt (series 'Future Relics')
J. Kesín
Painting - 65 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
$1,032
Launch of the seven Factoids
J. Kesín
Painting - 81 x 100 x 3 cm Painting - 31.9 x 39.4 x 1.2 inch
$1,627
From the Ashes (Gaza City)
J. Kesín
Painting - 92 x 73 x 3 cm Painting - 36.2 x 28.7 x 1.2 inch
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What remains (series 'Future Relics')
J. Kesín
Painting - 65 x 50 x 3 cm Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 1.2 inch
Sold
Exhibitions dedicated to J. Kesín
De Souza Gallery
Surface Tension in Cadiz
From April 6, 2024 to April 21, 2024
De Souza Gallery
Juxtaposing the Random
From January 12, 2024 to January 26, 2024
De Souza Gallery
Reimagined Realities
From October 20, 2023 to November 2, 2023
De Souza Gallery
Surface Tension
From October 5, 2023 to November 1, 2023
De Souza Gallery
Where Beauty lies
From June 2, 2023 to June 10, 2023
De Souza Gallery
The 5th Element
From June 30, 2023 to July 30, 2023
De Souza Gallery
Totems & Relics
From September 18, 2023 to October 10, 2023
De Souza Gallery
Habla - Speak
From March 24, 2023 to April 14, 2023
De Souza Gallery
Revelations
From January 31, 2023 to February 21, 2023
De Souza Gallery
Relics of Future's Past
From November 16, 2022 to December 7, 2022
De Souza Gallery
Annual Contemporary Art Exhibition, 2022
From August 4, 2022 to September 1, 2022
De Souza Gallery
Exoit: When Healing Begins
From April 2, 2022 to April 30, 2022
De Souza Gallery
Layered Perceptions
From February 10, 2021 to March 10, 2021
De Souza Gallery
The Beauty of Forgiveness
From August 14, 2021 to September 2, 2021
De Souza Gallery
Cultural Trip - Cervera del Maestre to Valencia
From August 7, 2021 to August 28, 2021
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