Jason Orr

For almost twenty years, Jason Orr has revealed his passion for painting, approaching it through multiple substrates, and has shown locally and at the national level. Orr was featured in the York Daily Record for his experimentation of paint on bathroom fixtures; including toilets. Or you may have met Jason at one of his four, shared studio galleries in York, Pennsylvania. He has made attempts to transfer his artist philosophy onto canvas, has utilized vintage toys, collaged fabrics, formed installations out of garbage and has even written a children’s book. In undertaking painting, Jason has mostly been known for his abstract expressionism and mixed media work. Over the last two years his work has become an exploration of representational and surrealist paintings on canvas. Orr states, “My work is primarily suggestive of a narrative, by which I find through the technical and experimental processes of painting.” More recently, he has been influenced by contemporary painters like Daniel Richter, Peter Doig, Kim Dorland and Kent Dorn. Jason’s approach is somewhat similar, building up a painting slowly, with a series of washes, drips, heavy applications of paint and his own imagined forms.
Jason Orr knew of his attraction to art at ...

Education
2017 BFA in Studio Art, Millersville University, Millersville, PA, Fall 2016
2008-12 Harrisburg Area Community College, York, PA

Work Experience/Organizations
2007 Co-Member of LaGalerie, Shared Gallery Space/Gallery, York, PA
2006 Co-Member of Studio Gallery 323, Shared Studio/Gallery Space York, PA
2005 Co-Member of Commerce Arts Studio, Shared Studio Space/ Gallery, York, PA
2003-2005 Owner/Operator This-ORR-That Antique/Arts/Clothing Store York, PA
2002 Co-Exhibitor at Lifestyles Antique and Art Gallery, York, PA

Special Skills
2010 Self-Published An Adult Childrens Book

Exhibitions (Solo/Group)
2017 Student Exhibition, Evolving Perceptions, Millersville, PA

Second Street Gallery, Group Exhibitor, Harrisburg, PA
Upcycled Art Gallery, Two Person Exhibition, Cumberland, MD
Sign of the Wagon, Group Exhibition, York, PA
Annex 24 Gallery, Group Exhibition, Millersville, PA
The World We Live In, Group Show, Lancaster, PA
Made in Millersville, Group Show, McNairy Library Millersville, PA

2016 Juried Group Exhibition, Annex Gallery, Lancaster, PA
Student Group Exhibition, Sy...