Jonas Fisch’s expressive paintings pulse with raw emotion, cultural reflection, and symbolic depth. Working instinctively with a jazz-like spontaneity, the Swedish-born artist creates richly layered compositions that feel at once ancient and contemporary. His canvases—alive with figures, phrases, and gestural marks—invite viewers into a visual dialogue where meaning is fluid, and every glance reveals something new.
Now based in Florida, Fisch draws inspiration from both his European heritage and his vibrant coastal surroundings, channeling energy, movement, and atmosphere into each brushstroke. His process is deeply intuitive, a stream-of-consciousness exploration where color and texture give form to memory, emotion, and myth. Rather than illustrating a single truth, his paintings unfold like visual riddles—puzzle pieces of human experience that ask the viewer to interpret, connect, and feel.
Fisch has exhibited in cities across the U.S. and abroad, including New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Switzerland, and Hong Kong. His works are held in private collections worldwide, prized for their dynamic presence and ability to transform both space and perception.
Born in a small fisherman’s village in southern Sweden, Jonas Fisch paints with a jazz-like spontaneity, expressing personal emotions, commenting on contemporary society, and exploring old mythologies.
His process is instinctive and organic, the paintings energetic and vibrant, emerging from his subconscious without judgment. They are constructed by feelings trying to find harmony. Endless figures, messages, layers, and symbols move in and out of focus as the eye explores his puzzle pieces with multiple solutions.
“As a fundamentally introspective person, I have an explosive need to express, communicate and reflect my innermost thoughts and feelings. Painting allows me to explore my own subconscious, examine and confront my own experiences. I usually don't have a preconceived idea, but rather a strong notion or vision of what I want to create. Like a sponge, I try to soak up inspiration from all around. Sometimes it’s daily life, literature, film, music, and past or present events that become vibrant, buzzing reflections and commentary on society expressed in colorful figures, words, and shapes. Other times it's personal experiences and emotions that flood my mind and spill onto the canvas.”
Fisch says of his work, “I paint in a personal expressive language with a jazz-like spontaneity and my process is instinctive and organic, the paintings energetic and vibrant emerging from my subconscious without judgment, being put together by feelings trying to find a harmony in an imaginary universe. Endless metaphors, messages, layers, and symbols move in and out of focus as your eyes explore my puzzle pieces with multiple solutions. You’ll see a face, then struggle to find it again as the same shapes become the arm of a larger character, letters in a cryptic word, poem, or clusters of stars and trapezoids. It’s like wringing out a sponge, and I try not to judge or censor what comes up. At a certain point, the painting takes on a life of its own and reveals itself. It's the point of no return, and I have no choice but to paint it.”
Fisch has exhibited across the United States, Switzerland, and Hong Kong. His paintings can be found in private collections worldwide.
EXHIBITIONS
2024- “Bold Lines Only”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
- “Breakthrough Artists Of The Affordable Art Scene”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
- “Bold Homes Grow New Rooms”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
- “Saturated Euphoria”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
- “Midnight Blue”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
- Affordable Art Fair New York, NY
- The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
- “From Seriousness to Silliness,” Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
- “Cratedigger Vol. 2,” Gabba Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong
- Affordable Art Fair New York, NY
- “Layers and Discovery,” Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
- Street Art & Pop Exhibition, Saatchi Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, CA
- Affordable Art Fair New York, NY
- West Elm Exhibition, Saatchi Art, Los Angeles, CA
- Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, CA
- Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
- Gallerie Sparta, Los Angeles, CA
- Gallery Saint Darling, Chicago, IL
- Westmore Loft Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 533 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Gallery Godo, Los Angeles, CA
TV & FILM
- LA’s Finest, Sony
Born in a small fisherman’s village in southern Sweden, Jonas Fisch paints with a jazz-like spontaneity, expressing personal emotions, commenting on contemporary society, and exploring old mythologies.
His process is instinctive and organic, the paintings energetic and vibrant, emerging from his subconscious without judgment. They are constructed by feelings trying to find harmony. Endless figures, messages, layers, and symbols move in and out of focus as the eye explores his puzzle pieces with multiple solutions.
“As a fundamentally introspective person, I have an explosive need to express, communicate and reflect my innermost thoughts and feelings. Painting allows me to explore my own subconscious, examine and confront my own experiences. I usually don't have a preconceived idea, but rather a strong notion or vision of what I want to create. Like a sponge, I try to soak up inspiration from all around. Sometimes it’s daily life, literature, film, music, and past or present events that become vibrant, buzzing reflections and commentary on society expressed in colorful figures, words, and shapes. Other times it's personal experiences and emotions that flood my mind and spill onto the canvas.”
Fisch says of his work, “I paint in a personal expressive language with a jazz-like spontaneity and my process is instinctive and organic, the paintings energetic and vibrant emerging from my subconscious without judgment, being put together by feelings trying to find a harmony in an imaginary universe. Endless metaphors, messages, layers, and symbols move in and out of focus as your eyes explore my puzzle pieces with multiple solutions. You’ll see a face, then struggle to find it again as the same shapes become the arm of a larger character, letters in a cryptic word, poem, or clusters of stars and trapezoids. It’s like wringing out a sponge, and I try not to judge or censor what comes up. At a certain point, the painting takes on a life of its own and reveals itself. It's the point of no return, and I have no choice but to paint it.”
Fisch has exhibited across the United States, Switzerland, and Hong Kong. His paintings can be found in private collections worldwide.
EXHIBITIONS
2024- “Bold Lines Only”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
- “Breakthrough Artists Of The Affordable Art Scene”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
- “Bold Homes Grow New Rooms”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
- “Saturated Euphoria”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
- “Midnight Blue”, Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
- Affordable Art Fair New York, NY
- The Other Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
- “From Seriousness to Silliness,” Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
- “Cratedigger Vol. 2,” Gabba Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong
- Affordable Art Fair New York, NY
- “Layers and Discovery,” Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
- Street Art & Pop Exhibition, Saatchi Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
- Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, CA
- Affordable Art Fair New York, NY
- West Elm Exhibition, Saatchi Art, Los Angeles, CA
- Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, CA
- Artspace Warehouse, Los Angeles, CA
- Gallerie Sparta, Los Angeles, CA
- Gallery Saint Darling, Chicago, IL
- Westmore Loft Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 533 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Gallery Godo, Los Angeles, CA
TV & FILM
- LA’s Finest, Sony