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Jason Boyd Kinsella

“An investigation of simplifying features into strange beautiful shapes, and an exploration of the interiority and exteriority are absolutely present.”

 

– Melissa Smith, Curator, The Art Gallery of Ontario

The focal element of Jason Boyd Kinsella’s artistic expression is the deconstruction of his characters’ personality traits. His use of distinct  geometric units to represent individuals according to the standardising results of the Myers-Briggs test, blends the familiarity of Old Masters’ compositions with something altogether new.

Kinsella’s appreciation of line and form means drawing remains key to Kinsella’s practice. He spends every morning sketching and, when a certain work stands out, he transfers that sketch to a computer. Here, previously tentative sketches become firm digitally rendered shapes. Colour is added and shapes are repositioned until the essence of the figure Kinsella wishes to capture is faithfully represented.

The results are large-scale, beautiful portraits, both conceptually enticing and technically accomplished.

  • Anatomy of the Radiant Mind, Unit, 2023.

  • Anatomy of the Radiant Mind, Unit, 2023.

  • Anatomy of the Radiant Mind, Unit, 2023.

  • Anatomy of the Radiant Mind, Unit, 2023.

  • Fragments, Unit, 2021.

  • Fragments, Unit, 2021.

  • Fragments, Unit, 2021.

  • Fragments, Unit, 2021.

  • Fragments, Unit, 2021.

Works

Jason Boyd Kinsella

Geordie

2023

Oil on canvas
145 x 120 cm

Jason Boyd Kinsella

Kate

2023

Oil on canvas
120 x 100 cm

Jason Boyd Kinsella

Rich

2023

Oil on canvas
120 x 100 cm

Jason Boyd Kinsella

Lukas

2023

Oil on canvas
185 x 155 cm

Jason Boyd Kinsella

Keith

2023

Oil on canvas
120 x 100 cm

Jason Boyd Kinsella

Marcus

2022

Oil on linen
120 cm x 100 cm

Jason Boyd Kinsella

Philip

2021

Oil on canvas
185 cm x 155 cm

Jason Boyd Kinsella

Langston (in profile)

2021

Oil on canvas
120 cm x 100 cm

Jason Boyd Kinsella

Study 14

2021

Oil on canvas
185 cm x 155 cm

Jason Boyd Kinsella

Langston

2023

Bronze sculpture on marble plinth
95 x 65 x 27 cm

Jason Boyd Kinsella

Leo

2022

Polystone, aluminium and mix material with paint
192 x 88 x 70 cm

Jason Boyd Kinsella

Ellen

2022

Polystone, aluminium and mix media with paint
210 x 114 x 115 cm

Exhibitions

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Biography

Jason Boyd Kinsella (b. 1969) is a Canadian artist currently based in Oslo, Norway, with a degree from Bishop’s University, Quebec, Canada (1993).

After a 30 year hiatus, Kinsella began painting again in 2019 and since then his practice has evolved into a deep exploration of mankind’s psychological composition.

His recent solo exhibitions include Emotional Moonscapes, Perrotin, New York, USA (2024); Anatomy of the Radiant Mind, Unit, London, UK (2023) and The Impermanent State of Being, Perrotin, Paris (2022). Selected group exhibitions and international art fairs include Art Basel, Perrotin, Basel, Switzerland (2023); Art Tokyo, Unit, Tokyo, Japan (2023) and Playground of Geometry, Centre of International Contemporary Art Vancouver (CICA), Vancouver, Canada (2022).

Kinsella’s work is held in multiple prominent collections that include the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, USA; Long Museum, Shanghai, China, Pizzuti Collection for the Colombus Museum, USA and Centre of International Contemporary Art Vancouver (CICA), Vancouver, Canada, among others.

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Unit London Editions

Jason Boyd Kinsella

Carlos

2023

Archival pigment print with matte varnish overlay on Somerset Photo Satin 300gsm paper, with cut edges
Hand-signed and numbered by the artist
Edition of 90
80 cm x 68.7 cm
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Jason Boyd Kinsella

Philip

2021

Archival Pigment Print with matte varnish overlay on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm paper,
with cut edges. Hand-signed and numbered by the artist. Edition of 90 and 10 Artist Proofs. 80 cm x 68.5cm.
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