Jo Kernon
London, United Kingdom
Jo Kernon paints large abstract oil paintings and small scale watercolours. The paintings show a lon...
About the artist
Jo Kernon
Joined In 2011
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About the artist
Jo Kernon
Joined In 2011
(24 Followers)
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Jo Kernon paints large abstract oil paintings and small scale watercolours. The paintings show a long process of working with colour and form. Often the form, line and texture of the paint is quickly and intuitively done while layers of thin paint are applied over many months. This way of working builds the depth of perspective through colour fields which offer a dreamy landscape but can be interrupted by structures of lines, drips and other forms. The fields of colour lure the onlooker in and they are lead to sharp reminders of form and reality; the everyday. Some colours are meant to uplift, while others are intended for reflection and pause. Titles add poetic dimensions without being too prescriptive for others to have their own experiences. The paintings often experience a number of finalities in the process of their creation; bringing up the questions of endings and beginnings.
MA Interdisciplinary Art Oxford Brookes
Fine Art & Sculpture Emerson College
October 2014 If you look look really close, you'll see what I mean | Cupboard Collective | Art Licks London
May 2014 | CO-IMAGINE | Cupboard Collective | Bussey Building | London
October 2013 | By Post | Cupboard Collective | Art Licks | London
September 2013 | +30 Chisenhale Open Studios | London
January 2012 | Participatory Drawing: A Collaboration with Sam Winston 'The Festival of Death for the Living' | Southbank Centre
February 2012 | Solo Exhibition | 'The Books I Havent Read' | Unit 3 Project Space | London
2011 - 2012 | Selection of Paintings | Debut Contemporary | Westbourne Grove | London
November 2011 | Walking the Path & The Barefoot Dialogues | | Unit 3 Projects | London
September 2011 | The Books I Haven’t Read | Group Exhibition | Old Boot Factory | Oxford
September 2011 | Experimental Storytelling & Artist Talk | Art Jericho | Oxford
October 2010 | ASC Open Studios | London
September 2010 | Spit & Scrub | ASC Open Studios
July 2010 | For Crying Out Loud | Islington Exhibits | London
August 2010 | Lost Journeys Travel Agency | Modern Art Oxford | UK
Showed at the The Other Art Fair