Jonathan Bueno

BIO

I was born and raised in Mexico and I have been living in California since 1996.

From 1996 to 1999 I studied Fine Arts, Art History and Humanities at El Camino College in Torrance, where I was awarded the Lila North and Fotis Korkis scholarships for printmaking in 1997.

STATEMENT

The work as a whole is mainly informed by graphic design and advertising, which are major forms of visual communication in contemporary society. This influence can be seen in the crisp lines that are meticulously painted in order to convey the idea of them being printed by a computer, however, upon closer inspection, the nuances of the paint application are revealed as an appearance paradox of the handcrafted against the machine made.

All the images used in the paintings are appropriations from different printed sources, mainly clip art books, magazines, pornographic Mexican comic books and even fliers left on the windshield of my car. In an attempt to challenge notions of artistic originality this approach morphs the creative process through a selective act, much like a DJ remixes and samples pre-existing music into something different and fresh.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

GROUP

2010 Sweets for the Sweet, Jet Studios, Long Beach, CA

2010 Blue, Exhibit A Gallery, Long Beach, CA

2010 Decked Out, Cactus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2010 Actions, Conversations, and Intersections, LA Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2010 Remnants, Hancock Art & Design Center, Long Beach, CA

2009 Top of the Dome VI, Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2009 Dia de los Muertos, Second City Council Gallery, Long Beach, CA

2009 Dia de los Muertos, Gallery Azul, San Pedro, CA

2009 Up Up and Away!, Monkehouse, Silverlake, CA

2009 Gala Show, Monkehouse, Silverlake, CA

2009 Members Exhibition, Second City Council Gallery, Long Beach, CA

2009 Canceptual V3, Crewest, Los Angeles, CA

2009 Exhibition Exhibition, Pollen, Long Beach, CA

2009 Set Painter for the Play References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot, MOLAA, Long Beach, CA

2009 Canceptual V.3, Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2009 The Exhibition Exhibition, Pollen, Long Beach, CA

2009 Latino Alternativo, Al Borde, Los Angeles, CA

2009 I Heart LA, Monkeyhouse, Silverlake, CA

2009 Debauchery, Goods Gallery, Long Beach, CA

2008 California Visual Artists, Second City Council Gallery, Long Beach, CA

2008 Top of the Dome V, Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2008 Itty Bitty Art Show, Monkeyhouse, Silverlake, CA

2008 Dia de los Muertos, Gallery Azul, San Pedro, CA

2008 Against the Grain, Alpha Cult, Long Beach, CA

2008 All-a-Board, Monkehouse, Silverlake, CA

2008 Urban Legends, Alpha Cult, Long Beach, CA

2008 Write and Revolt, Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2008 Controversy, Gallery Azul, San Pedro, CA

2008 Members Exhibition, Second City Council Gallery, Long Beach, CA

2008 Fatally Yours, Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2008 Love/Hate, Gallery Azul, San Pedro, CA

2008 The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2008 This is Long Beach, Second City Council Gallery, Long Beach, CA

2007 Top of the Dome, Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2007 Dia de los Muertos, Gallery Azul, San Pedro, CA

2007 Halloween, C1D Gallery, Long Beach, CA

2007 Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA

2007 Canceptual V.2, Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2007 One Zero Zero, Alpha Cult, Long Beach, CA

2006 A Matter of Life and Death, Alpha Cult, Long Beach, CA

2006 Soundwalk, Long Beach, CA

2006 V-Day, Alpha Cult, Long Beach, CA

2005 Out Auction, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA

2005 Soundwalk, Long Beach, CA

2004 Second Anniversary, Open, Long Beach, CA

SOLO

2009 Macholandia, Gallery Azul, San Pedro, CA

2006 Pasquinacion, Alpha Cult, Long Beach, CA

2005 Humor...Sale!, Rocketlogos Gallery, Long Beach, CA

2005 Post-Millennial Retrospective, Open, Long Beach, CA

2005 Pre-Millennial Retrospective, Open, Long Beach, CA

ARTICLES

-"Off -the- Wall Theft", Tracy Manzar, Press Telegram, January 3rd, 2008

-"Eye on Art", Julian Bermudez, Grunion Gazette, December 6th, 2007

-"Portrait of a Young Artist", Ryan Smolar, Downtown Gazette, January 3rd, 2005

CONTACT

jbuenoart@gmail.com