JON SOURS •   ASHEVILLE, NC

“I paint the figure using photographic reference materials that have often been collaged or reassembled. The details inherent in these materials are essential to making a convincing picture, but tend to become distorted or else deleted altogether over the course of various false starts, mistakes and revisions. The mercurial nature of this manner of painting is often a road to disaster – but occasionally, it will produce an unexpected moment of clarity that otherwise would never exist.” 

Jon spent his formative years in New York and Nebraska, where he received his BFA in 2006 at the University of Nebraska, Omaha. He has worked as a film projectionist, obituary clerk, and studio assistant, but currently works as an art handler and gallery preparator in North Carolina. He considers painting his main preoccupation.

Jon’s work has been exhibited across the country, in Philadelphia, Cincinnati, and extensively in North Carolina. He was awarded an Artist Residency at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center in 2013.

 

ASSOCIATED EXHIBITIONS

MAIN LEVEL GALLERY Opening Reception: September 1st (5-7pm)
September 1 - October 25, 2023
MAIN LEVEL GALLERY

Opening Reception: July 7th (5-7pm)

Artists: Alex Bernstein, Robert Burch, Clay Burnette, Thomas Campbell, Andrew Hayes, Duy Huynh, Isaac Payne, Jeremy Russell, and Jon Sours

July 1 - August 23, 2023
MAIN GALLERY
January 6 - February 22, 2023
MAIN GALLERY
September 2 - October 26, 2022
MAIN GALLERY
March 4 - April 27, 2022
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November 23, 2021 - January 1, 2022
Jon Sours
SMALL FORMAT GALLERY
July 2 - August 27, 2021
Landscapes and Dreamscapes
SHOWCASE GALLERY
January 15 - February 26, 2021
Mark Making
MAIN GALLERY
November 6, 2020 - January 8, 2021
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Online Exhibition
April 30 - July 31, 2020

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JON SOURS

July 08, 2023