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Jason Boyd Kinsella

B.1969 Based in Oslo, Norway and Los Angeles

Introduction

Jason Boyd Kinsella’s work is concerned with the constituent parts of the human condition. His hyper-contemporary psychological portraiture aims to deconstruct the personality traits of the sitter, using geometric shapes as building blocks to convey the complexity of human emotion, and bridge the gap between our internal feelings and external appearance. Kinsella explores the visceral elements of our mental landscape, the whole canopy of internal experience that seeps through us through our image and actions; the artist wishes to capture this in a way that nods to our increasingly close connections to digital versions of ourselves.

 

Education

1993 BFA, Bishop’s University, Quebec, Canada

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

2024
Emotional Moonscapes, Perrotin, New York, USA
The Ghost in the Machine, Perrotin, Seoul, South Korea

2023
Anatomy of the Radiant Mind, Unit, London, UK

2022
MENTALVERSE, Perrotin Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates The Impermanent State of Being, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France

2021
Fragments, Unit, London, UK

 

 

Group Exhibitions

2024
The Sphere of Reality and Fantasy, Corridor Foundation, Shenzhen, China

2023
High Voltage 4, Nassima Landau, Tel Aviv, Israel
Art Basel, Perrotin, Basel, Switzerland
Art Tokyo, Unit, Tokyo, Japan
Art Dubai, Perrotin, Dubai, UAE
Collection Majudia New Acquisitions, Arsenal Contemporary, Montreal, Canada

2022
Playground of Geometry, Centre of International Contemporary Art Vancouver (CICA), Vancouver, Canada Art Basel Hong Kong, Galerie Perrotin, HK

2021
Art Basel Miami Beach, Galerie Perrotin, Miami, USA High Voltage Two, Nassima Landau, Tel Aviv, Israel

2020
The Future of_Space, Architecture and Design Museum, Los Angeles, USA

2015
Colour on Canvas Exhibition, Mimesis Art Museum, Paju, South Korea The Present, AXOO Group Exhibition, Sinsajang, South Korea

 

 

Residencies

2024
Dragon Hill Artist Residency, France

Selected Press

2022
‘Be Sure to Check Out These Booths at Art Basel Hong Kong 2022’, Widewalls
‘Jason Boyd Kinsella’s curious portraits dissect the architecture of human psychology’, Wallpaper

2021
‘Fragments and 3D: Jason Boyd Kinsella @ Unit London’, Juxtapoz
Jason Boyd Kinsella: Fragments’, Galleries Now

 

 

Selected Collections

Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, USA
Long Museum, Shanghai, China
Arsenal Contemporary Art, Montreal, Canada
Azman Museum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nassima Landau Foundation, Tel Aviv, Israel
LVMH Foundation, Paris, France
Centre of International Contemporary Art Vancouver (CICA), Vancouver, Canada
Sigg Art Foundation, Le Castellet, France
Elie Khouri Art Foundation, Dubai, UAE
Perez Art Museum, Miami, USA