My paintings combine a loose graphic style with abstract elements, references from art history and my own dreams & memories, to create works which feature detailed interiors, portraits, landscapes and still life. Plants play a large role in each image offering glimpses of life and growth in a richly coloured world where pattern and shape is a predominant feature. Echoing the digital representation of real life through vivid colour and art historical influences, these works speak of the time we live in and the spaces we inhabit. Each work offers a scene which could be walked into, familiar yet fantastical, a growing collection of stories which I translate through a language of visual representation.
Like most artists I started sketching at a very early age, losing myself in the process of depicting my surroundings. My career in visual art included training and becoming a master screen printer, graphic designer, photographer and eventually a fine artist. I received a First class BA honours degree in fine art from De Montfort University before setting up a studio near my home in Leicestershire where I work from today.
My easily recognisable style has grown and developed throughout the last few years. Early works featured large scale black and white charcoal drawings but the death of a close relative made me rethink my whole style and focus on the vibrancy, colour and beauty of the world we inhabit.
My work has appeared on screen in major NETFLIX shows and I've had solo exhibitions with galleries in Los Angeles & the UK alongside group shows in London, Florida, New York City, Palm Springs, Brisbane and Leicester. My work sits in collections in Europe, USA, Australia, New Zealand, UK.
Gallery representation:
Los Angeles -
https://www.artplexgallery.com/en/artist-jonjo-elliott
https://www.artspacewarehouse.com/en/artworks
https://www.artsy.net/artist/jonjo-elliott
Contact the artist at: jonjoelliott@googlemail.com
Exhibitions
2024 'British Invasion' Court Tree Collection, Brooklyn, New York
2023 'Size Matters, Kunstwarenhaus, Switzerland
2023 'Fragmented Fluorescence' Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles.
2023 Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London with Artfully Sorted Gallery
2022 'Big Ideas Large Art', Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles
2022 Soho House London, solo exhibition
2022 'Summer Salon' Court Tree Collective, Brooklyn, New York
2022 'Slice of life', Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles
2022 'Instalive', 19 Karen gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2022 Affordable Art Fair New York City
2021 'Good vibes only', Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles
2020 'Stay Connected, Online Exhibition, Harkin Gallery, UK
2020 Spec2, LCB Gallery, UK
2020 NETFLIX Artworks featured in Christian Slater Netflix series 'Dirty John'.
2019 'Glass Half Full' Solo show, Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2019 'Affordable Art Fair, New York.
2019 'Affordable Art Fair, London
2019 'Voltage', Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, USA.
2019 ART PALM SPRINGS, Los Angeles, USA
2019 'Bikes in the Office', Artplex Gallery, Los Angeles, USA.
2018 'Space Inside', Solo show, LCB Depot, UK
2018 'Affordable Art Fair', London, UK
2018 'Love Art', Curve Theatre, UK
2018 'Roys People Art Fair' London, UK
2018 'Love Art' New Walk Museum, UK
2017 'Daily Grind' Solo Show Lcb depot, UK
2017 'Permanent Fixture' Gujiko Gallery, UK
2017 'Staircase' De Montfort University, UK
2017 'Underdog Exhibition' Underdog Gallery, London, UK
2017 'Art and Algorithms' Titusville, Florida, USA
2016 'A Space Shared Alone'Art Factory, UK
2016 'Love Art 2016', 02 Arena, UK
2016 'Nature of Change', Attenborough Arts Gallery, UK
2016 'Open 27', New Walk Museum Gallery, UK
2016 'Kink', Curve Theatre, UK
2016 'EnvironMENTAL', Art Factory, UK
2015 'Art and Algorithms', Titusville, Florida, USA
2015 Artist in Residence, QOB Gallery, UK
2015 'Inside Out', LCB Gallery, UK
2015 'Open26', New Walk Museum, UK
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