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Artist Statement:
Jason Messinger creates
ceramic art that straddles the
cool allure of pure
abstraction and the hot
recognition of representation.
The artist approaches ceramic
tile with a painter's concerns
and a sculptor's experience.
His multi-tile works are
designed to be modular,
allowing any configuration and
sequence of the tiles.
Mounting systems allows the
owner to change the tiles, and
thus reset the 'narratives'.
Using a variety of techniques,
the artist makes letters dance
in and out of comprehension,
re-imagines pragmatically
designed utility poles into
startling signifiers of
organic beauty, turns
clock-work gears into
constructions of complexity,
carves static clay into moving
waves and ripples, and
transforms simple circles into
burning suns. His work pulls
the viewer into square windows
that look out onto his unique
visions of the world.
Messinger's sculptures are
solidly present, while
expressly fluid. The work
explores transformations, of
motion made structural. The
sculptures change appearance
with the viewers' perspective.
Each face of the work
functions like movements of a
dance, with unexpected turns.
One side a facade for the
other, a mask, a response, to
create a circular narrative of
motion and stillness,
conversation and emotion. The
glazes present a range ...
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Artist Galleries:
http://JasonMessingerArt.com
http://Crazy8Art.com
http://www.outsiderfolkart.com/
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Artist Reviews:
Jason Messinger: It's A Wild
Thing
- solo show catalog excerpt by
Chris Youngs,
Freedman Gallery, Albright
College, 2004
"Wassily Kandinsky is commonly
considered to be the first
artist to create purely
abstract work. This is, of
course, a Western notion,
ignoring the abstract patterns
traditionally found in
carpets, tiles ...
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Collections:
CORPORATE/PUBLIC
Chicago Public
Library:Austin-Irving,
Chicago, IL
Deloitte Chicago, IL
Lisle Hilton Hotel
Lisle, IL
Raddison Lexington Hotel
New York City , NY
Shriner's ChildrenÕs Hospital
Oak Park, IL
Sweet Street Desserts
Reading, PA
Tianjin Goldin Metropolitan
Hotel, Tianjin, China
Werner Design Assoc.
San Francisco, CA
RENOWN ...
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Commissions:
Select Commissions & Sales
2011 Seasons, Trier Design,
for Sarasota Florida Corp.
office
2011 Fields and Streams,
Trier Design, for Utah Corp.
office
2011 Asian Tour, Trier
Design, for Wisconsin
Corporate Office
2011 Sympathies, Trier
Design, for Wisconsin
Corporate office
2011 Novas IV, Soho Myriad
for Chicago Marriott, Ohare
2011 Birds ...
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Exhibitions for Jason Messinger:
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SOLO & 2 PERSON SHOWS:
2011, 4/1–5/17 Jason Messinger, Center On Halsted, Chicago, IL
2010, 3/4-4/18 Symbols&Sympathies, GoggleWorks Center Arts, Reading,PA
2009, 5/7-6/6 The Travel Blooms, Eyeporium Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006, 11/3 - 24 Urban Legends, August House, Chicago, IL
2006, 7/1-30 New Works by Jason Messinger, Roscoes, Chicago, IL
2005, 5/20 Between the Lines, Cornelia Arts, Chicago, IL
2005, 3/13-4/20 Symbologies, Cliff Dwellers, Chicago, IL
2004, 10/21 Open Studio Exhbition, Cornelia Arts, Chicago, IL
2004,9/28-10/24 Jason Messinger, Freedman Gllry, Albright College, PA
2004, 7/1-7/30 Speak to Me, Soul Cafe. Chicago, IL
2004, 2/1-2/29 FOTA Presents Jason Messinger, Chicago, IL
2003,9/6- 28 BOND: Izzo & Messinger,Peter Jones Gallery,Chicago, IL
2002,11/8-1/1 Jason Messinger, �lan Vital Gallery, Wailea, HI
2002,8/1 - 8/31 Messinger & Zaitz,Union League,Chicago, IL
2002,4/20 -5/26 Jason Messinger, FOTA/SBC, Chicago, IL
2002,4/1 - 4/30 Jason Messinger, Sweet Thang, Chicago, IL
2002,3/1 - 3/30 Paintings & Drawings, FOTA/SBC, Chicago, IL
2001,10/7 -10/3 Patterns & Presence, Sunshine Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000,11/6-12/8 Flux/Flow, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
1999,4/1-30 Jason Messinger, August House, Chicago, IL
INVITATIONAL & JURIED GROUP SHOWS
2011 9/30-4/29/12 WRITE Now Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL
2011 5/13 CAB Spring Open House Cornelia Arts Bldg, Chicago, IL
2011 2/5 You Are Beauty Cornelia Arts Bldg, Chicago, IL
2009,10/3-4 Ravenswood Art Walk, Cornelia Arts Bldg, Chicago, IL
2009, 6/5-7/3 Grrrr....Animals!!!, Eyeporium Gallery, Chicago, IL
2008,11/4-17 Attainable Art, Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago
2008,10/10-12/5 Made in Illinois, Robert Morris Glley, Springfield, IL
2008 10/4-5 Ravenswood Art Walk,Cornelia Arts Bldg, Chicago, IL
2008, 1/11-3/9 People of the Mud 2, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago
2007,11/3-12/2 CRAZY 8, Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago
2007,10/3-5 Ravenswood Art Walk, Cornelia Arts, Chicago, IL
2007,4/14-5/31 FOTA members show, Wishbone, Chicago, IL
2006,9/9 - 9/30 The Word is Art, Johnsonese Gallery,Chicago, IL
2005,8/13-28 PaintHangerTileDot, Peter Jones Gallery,Chicago, IL
2004,12/14-1/29 Winter Group Exhibit, Holzemer Gallery, Minneap. MN
2004,12/9 NewTownWrtier Exhibit, Bailiwick Theater, Chicago, IL
2004,12/3-1/8/05 Holidaze, August House Studios, Chicago IL
2004,5/22-7/17 Epicycloid, Johnsonese Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004,5/21 Visual Elocution, Cornelia Arts Building, Chicago, IL
2004,4/15-6/20 San Angelo Natl Ceramic, San Angelo Msm Fine Arts, CA
2004,4/2-5/9 27th Art on Paper, Maryland Fed. of Art, Baltimore MD
2004,4/2 - 25 Birds I Have Know II, August House, Chicago, IL
2004,3/6-4/28 Doppleganger, Johnsonese Gallery, Chicago, IL
2004,1/24 FOTA 16th Ann.Show, Cornelia Arts, Chicago, IL
2003,12/5-31 3-2-1 Ignite!, Izzo-Jones Arts Arena, Chicago
2003,10/18-26 ARTival, Peter Jones Gallery, Chicago
2003,4/12-5/12 INSERTION, Stolizzo Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002,7/15-12/24 Gallery Artists , Jayne Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2002,6/1- 6/30 BLISS, Stolizzo Gallery, Chicago, IL
2002,1/26 FOTA Members, Friends of The Arts, Chicago, IL
2002,1/2 -10/30 Gallery Show, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Fran, CA
2001,11/9-11/24 PHOBIA: 2001, 13th Floor Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001,10/19-10/24 4th Chicago Art Open, 3rd Floor Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001,10/5-10/20 TILE: Out of the Box, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA
2001,9/6 - 9/9 Around the Coyote, Sweet Thang, Chicago, IL
2001,8/10-19 IL Prof.Art Exhibition, IL Artisans, Springfield,IL
2001,7/14-8/17 66th Ann. Natl Exhibit, Cooperstown Art Assc., NY
2001,7/1 - 9/28 Director's Choice, Minneapolis Art Institute, MN
2001,4/28 -5/20 OUTBREAK, Gallery 2828, Chicago, IL
2001,3/16-31 For the Birds, August House, Chicago, IL
2001,2/17-3/31 CONTAINED, Contained Gallery, Chicago, IL
2001,1/2-12/31 Gallery Show, D. Chadwick Gallery, San Fran. CA
2000,11/9-18 Chicago Art Open, 3rd Floor Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000,9/7-10 Around the Coyote, Gallery 213/ABN Gallery, Chicago, IL
2000,8/11 -20 IL Prof.Art Exhibition, IL Artisans, Springfield,IL
2000,7/16-8/18 65th Natl Exh, Cooperstown Art Assc., Cooperstown, NY
2000,7/14-30 Adam & Eve Artist Ball, Peter Jones, Chicago, IL
2000,6/3- 6/30 50th Ann. Quad State, Quincy Art Center, Quincy, IL
2000,5/19-6/11 Smoke & Mirrors, Gallery 212, Ann Arbor, MI
2000,5/15-6/11 RED, Makeready Press Gallery, Montclair, NJ
2000,3/12-5/11 Evanston Biennial, Evanston Art Center, Evanston,IL
2000,1/2-12/31 Gallery Show, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Fran, CA
1999,11/21-12/24 Small Packages, Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999,11/12-20 Chicago Art Open, 47 West Jackson, Chicago, IL
1999,2/1-2/24 Chicago Artists, Las Manos Gallery, Chicago, IL
1998,1/16-3/13 The Apocalypse Show, De Paul University, Chicago, IL
1998,10/14-11/15 Toy Show, August House, Chicago, IL
1997,10/3-25 Hot House, August House, Chicago, IL
1997,9/1-30 Open Season on Art, Mars Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996,11/12-12/14 Vicinity Show, '96, Norris Gallery, St Charles, IL
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