Abstract minimalist artist Jason DeMeo creates artworks that work
to serve as a meditation for the viewer, drawing them toward the timeless
concepts of truth, beauty, and goodness. Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
he is now based in Central Florida. Through his work he seeks to express
universal themes by bringing his eclectic personal experiences, philosophies,
and emotions to the forefront. He has a
deep belief in the power of art to bring transformation to both spaces and
people. DeMeo’s artworks, packed with positive affirmations, have been
collected across the United States.
DeMeo focuses on exploring a
concept that he has coined Synthesism™. It stems from the definition of the word
synthesis: “the combining of often diverse elements into a coherent whole.” This
theme of blending, combining, and remixing in many disciplines, especially
music, architecture, and even culture leading to growth of community is
captured in his work. Modernism constructs, post-modernism deconstructs,
Synthesism combines.
Each
of DeMeo’s artworks includes elements of precision and organic creation. The
sharp lines offer a balancing contrast to details of drips, splashes or
scrapings that bring life to his work. DeMeo carefully layers each color while
keeping attention to the relationships between them and the weight of each
brushstroke. Every artwork offers intrinsic details and textures at a closer
glance.
Current
movement influences include Abstract Expressionism, Bauhaus, Conceptualism,
Gestalt, Human Centered Design, Wabi-Sabi, Black Mountain College. Current
artistic influences include Helen Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell, Robert
Rauschenberg, Franz Kline, Cy Twombly, Pierre Soulages, Tomie Ohtake, Clyfford Still,
Morris Louis, Terrence Conran, Ray and Charles Eames, Pharrell Williams, Tom
Sachs, and Bjark Ingles.
SOLO
EXHIBITIONS
2020 “Color of
Dreaming”
GROUP
EXHIBITIONS
2022 “In Color”,
MONT Art House Exhibition
with Wayne J. Bell
“Saturated
Euphoria”, Artspace Warehouse,
Los Angeles, CA
2021 “Interplay”
Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
IROX
Commission, “Art for the Human
Centered Stay”
2020 Artspace
Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
“Artist
of the Year” Cover story Lakelander Magazine
“Colors, Shapes, and Shadows”
Group Exhibition Van Der Plas Gallery NYC
Billiam Collaboration “Mask On”
Sleeping at Last Collaboration “It’s A Small World”
“Colors, Shapes, and Shadows”
Van Der Plas Gallery, NYC
Buena
Market, Lakeland, FL
2019 Mont Art House, Houston, TX