Jonathan St. Void: ‘The Return of your Imaginary friend in High Resolution’

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Jonathan St. Void: ‘The Return of your Imaginary friend in Large Resolution’
15th to 30th April 2022
Punkristocracy Pop-Up Gallery
230 Portobello Highway
London
W11 1LJ

A solo exhibition of the elusive artist Jonathan St. Void titled ‘The Return of your
Imaginary buddy in High Resolution’, will be introduced by Varvara Roza Galleries and The Blender Gallery at the Punkristocracy Pop-Up gallery on Portobello Highway from 15th to 30th April. Jonathan St.

Void is 1 of the art world’s very best kept secrets and techniques, a quite personal artist with an inherent aesthetic that easily straddles the high-quality line between punk rage and regal grace whilst working in a realm of revolutionary inventive sensibilities. His new solo exhibition at the Punkristocracy Pop-Up, introduced by Varvara Roza Galleries and The Blender Gallery, is his initial because the Covid-19 pandemic, showcasing new artworks that evoke expansiveness and escapism.

Punkristocracy is the manufacturer developed by the artist underneath which he makes paintings, jewelry and NFTs. St. Void is greatly influenced by the punk movement of the 1970s in New York and London, which he feels is the most explosive inventive period of the 20th Century. He describes: ‘I’ve normally been into good manners and presenting oneself perfectly, and nobility previously mentioned Royalty.

Since aristocracy is a way to behave, not just anything you inherit through a bloodline. So I was considering about the whole aesthetic of my resourceful output to be a blend of the punk aesthetic and the aristocratic aesthetic, and I designed ‘Punkristocracy’.”

St. Void has moved into NFT’s, and his Punkristocracy NFT artworks titled ‘They Came from the Dogstar’ will be unveiled at the exhibition as the inaugural NFTs of The Blender Gallery’s new NFT system. ‘The Return of your Imaginary pal in High Resolution’ will aspect innovative, abstract artworks on vegan crocodile patent leather, and paintings from a collection known as ‘Prime Ordeal’ which explores the more actual physical nature of man, the skin and bones, with influences of the primordial design of Francis Bacon’s crucifixions and Pope paintings merged with a Pop Artwork Keith Haring aesthetic.

Jonathan has labored for 19 yrs on a assorted selection of surfaces these types of as canvas, wooden and plexiglass. Most just lately, in his exploration of structured abstraction, he has been utilizing levels of oil and acrylic dependent markers to attract spontaneous but intricate linear patterns on vegan crocodile patent leather with no measurements taken beforehand and a entire absence of arranging or intent. Through this approach he made his hottest series of parts titled “The Illusion of Explanatory Depth”, evoking esoteric, archetypal imagery in a visually linguistic style that can ideal be explained as primitive graffiti.

Jonathan St. Void commented: “This present is a mini-retrospective of chosen items from a number of prior collection of artworks by means of the yrs, along with a sneak peek at the potential, with my impending sequence of digital animated collages both in physical and NFT type. The title of the clearly show – ‘The return of your imaginary friend in significant resolution’ – alludes to quite a few factors, which includes acquiring back again in the sport right after a extensive hiatus, rejuvenated somewhat than defeated, as properly as a cheeky reference to the audience’s tendency of projecting attributes, attributes, intentions and backstories on inventive figures, generating a pastiche of who they want you to be… and
I’m delighted to be just that for every single one of them.”

Varvara Roza claims: “Jonathan St. Void is a extremely private and elusive character. His operate is like practically nothing I’ve at any time found ahead of, and the numerous variety of his creative oeuvre, from visceral, melancholic pop art to his WW2 weaponry blueprints with integrated 1940’s cartoon figures and his intuitive abstract artwork on vegan crocodile patent leather-based, by way of to his esoteric digital NFT items merge to make a one of a kind and eclectic output. I have normally required to collaborate with him, and am extremely delighted we hit it off so wonderfully! A single detail is for positive. We’re likely to have a large amount of pleasurable!”

Jason Theophanidis claims: “I have recognised Jonathan since I started The Blender Gallery just about a 10 years back, and his resourcefulness gripped my awareness instantly. Throughout those people yrs I have experienced the satisfaction of being by his aspect as he was experimenting with unpredicted media, shaping the explosive creative persona he has developed into currently, and ultimately creating his very own invigorating universe. His artwork is raw and relentless, still exuberant and whimsical. Jonathan is not just an artist, but a guy of the environment, a rebel, a poet, a visionary and a thinker. He is an inspiration to function with bringing a excellent synergy to the crew.

Devoid of revealing far too considerably about The Blender Gallery’s approaching NFT platform, Jonathan’s ‘They Arrived From The Canine Star’ sequence gave us the ideal information to take the next action into the Metaverse.” Through his career, starting in 2001, Jonathan has collaborated with the London dependent ‘Sakai’ pop-up Gallery on group and solo displays. He has exhibited at ‘Kunsthaus Tacheles’ in Berlin and notably collaborated with ‘Vogue’ and ‘Sotris Boutique’ in Athens in a exceptional solo show for ‘Fashion’s Night Out’ in Kolonaki. Other exhibitions contain Aggelos Gallery 48 Gallery Artion Gallery Team and The Breeder Gallery. Jonathan has experienced mini retrospectives of his function at Hoxton Gallery and Spiral Gallery in Mykonos, and also experienced the honour of currently being ‘Artist in Residence’ at the iconic Poseidonion Grand Resort in Spetses, Greece.

Jonathan St. Void is a classically skilled artist who studied Fantastic Artwork at the Kent Institute of Artwork & Layout (KIAD) in England, and went on to live in London, where he is at the moment primarily based. He has experienced inventive residencies in Amsterdam, Berlin, Athens and Mykonos. St. Void transcended the creative norms by building his have method called ‘Layered Markers’ and employing impressive surfaces.

He manifests visually evocative parts that tread a good line in between brutality and childlike innocence. His influences span across a numerous array of masters and a single can detect in his oeuvre equivalent doses of rawness, construction, street spirit, playfulness and a colour palette which is at the same time joyous and contemplative.

At this level in his resourceful trajectory, Jonathan maintains a really selective and refined publicity of his identify and work, restricting it to phrase of mouth in between all those who meet him individually or transpire to look at a person or more examples of his pieces through a mutual acquaintance or “invitation only” gallery exhibit.

Possessing bookended his journey into the abstraction, he is at the moment preparing his subsequent solo exhibition “They Came From The Dogstar’, based mostly on his limited, self-penned house age fairytale: a 25-piece sequence of digital collages, introduced in a personally custom made and progressed ‘Light Box’ type, as nicely as video projection.

Furthermore, St. Void is putting the ending touches on a significant-scale artwork set up by govt cultural fee, in collaboration with the seaside municipality of Vouliagmeni in Athens, Greece. Varvara Roza Galleries (centered in London and started by Varvara Roza) and The Blender Gallery (primarily based in Athens and launched by Jason Theophanidis) are signing up for forces in the pursuit of 1 typical intention and enthusiasm: to existing Greece’s most outstanding contemporary artists to the world wide art industry and make a splash on the modern art scene.

Varvara Roza and Jason Theophanidis view London as one particular of the most critical centres of the up to date artwork environment, and a world-wide hub for great art, which is the commitment powering showcasing a very carefully curated assortment of the most appealing Greek present-day artists in London.

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