Hatching Thoughts

Product Description

11 in x 14 in, Graphite on 250GSM Stonehenge Paper

Artist Biography:
Having graduated in 2009 holding a BFA from the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD), Jacub Gagnon is one of Toronto’s great emerging contemporary artists. Jacub is known for his curious backgrounds of void space, using a spotlight to emphasize whimsical representations of naive fauna, which are placed at bizarre odds with human objects.

Through the use of meticulous blending, layers, and remarkable detail, Jacub tells the story of a world that is sweet as well as disturbing, a showcase of how humans manipulate and borrow from nature. Using small brushes and handling them as he would a pencil, Jacub is able to achieve an illustrative quality that edges into the peculiar world of Pop Surrealism. This colourful, almost child-like fantasy renders the troubling issues that face the habitats and species of our time into otherworldly depictions that capture the imagination.

Exhibitions:
2013
March 6th-10th : SCOPE NYC, Thinkspace Gallery
March 30th : Oceanic Awareness Collaboration (charity show), Thinkspace Gallery
May 11th – June 21st : LAX/PHL in Philadelphia, presented by Thinkspace Gallery at Gallery 309

2012
-Affordable Art Fair, group show, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
-Art on the Move(Charity Auction), Presented by the Oceanic Awareness Collaboration, White Walls Gallery, San Francisco
-Wild at Heart: Keep Wildlife in the Wild (Charity group Show), Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
-More Human Than Human, Solo Show, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

2011
-Impetus, Joseph Gross Gallery: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
-Culver City Artwalk, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
-Elements and Oddities (2 man show), Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2010
-5 Year Anniversary Show, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
-Beyond Eden Art Fair, group show, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
-Jest in time: A Phylogenesis of Clowns, Charity Action, Distinction Gallery, CA
-Love Conquers all: Art for Equality, group show, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
-The Next Generation, group show, London Miles Gallery, London, England
-Picks of the Harvest: Art Walk Culver City, group show, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
-Distinction Gallery, solo show, Escondido, CA
-Vision, group show, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
-Give me Space to Think, group show, Sherman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
-Fresh, group show, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
-A Cry for Help, group exhibition, Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2009
-Lil’ Green and Bean Café, solo show, Toronto, ON
-Wychwood Barn, Teaser Exhibition, group show, Toronto, ON
-St. Clair Art Walk, group show, juried, Toronto, ON
-Sunnyside Beach Art Show, group show, juried, Toronto, ON
-TOAE (Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition), group show, juried, Toronto, ON
-OCAD+, 94th Annual Graduate Exhibition, Toronto, ON
-OCAD Retro Show, group show, Toronto, ON
-12th Annual Figurative Show, group show, Toronto, ON

2008
-OCAD, Per Aurim, group show, Toronto, Canada
-Via Nazionale Studio, Per Aurim, group show, Florence, Italy

2007
-Via Nazionale Studio, Night of the Living Artist’s, Florence, Italy

Artist Website: http://www.jacubgagnon.com/

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