Jason Clement

I am a painter, illustrator, creative designer, and master craftsman/machinist based in the always inspiring borough of Brooklyn, NY. I have been working as a professional in the art and custom fabrication worlds for more than 20 years. After so much time spent as a figurative illustrator and furniture maker, my current work in fluid acrylic abstraction has opened up new avenues of expression for me. All of my paintings culminate at the point at which chemistry and creativity intersect. I’m painting on upcylced materials with high-end powdered pigments, which I hand mix and suspend into various recipes of painting mediums. Many of these pigments have metallic and/or color-shifting properties, and when layered based on specific qualities and densities, the achievable effects are mesmerizing. Each painting is not only one of a kind, the pieces are in constant optical flux to the observer, sparkling, shimmering, and always transforming depending on the angle of the light and the perspective of the viewer. Aside from creating work that is visually pleasing, another goal of mine is repurposing off-cuts of a variety of materials by turning them into something new, useful, and beautiful. Working in a high-end fabrication shop, ma...

B.A. at Duke University
M.F.A. at School of Visusl Arts