Jonathan Worcester

SAIC SHOWS 2024 GRADUATE EXHIBITIONS

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SAIC SHOWS 2024 GRADUATE EXHIBITIONS

Master of Fine Arts in Studio, Painting and Drawing

Jonathan Worcester is an artist currently living and working in Chicago, IL. He received his BA from Sarah Lawrence College in 2015, and is currently pursuing his MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2024 expected). Worcester has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Belong Gallery, The Hole @ Weather Proof Gallery, and will be presenting two solo exhibitions simultaneous to Thesis Show One at Cleaner Gallery, and The University Club of Chicago. Worcester is a recipient of the 2023 Luminarts Visual Arts Fellowship, as well as the Van Pappelendam/Castle Scholarship, and the Maurice Friedlander Memorial Scholarship. He is currently working as the Departmental Specialist for the Applied Arts of Europe Department at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Untitled, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 75 x 48 x 3 in.

Untitled, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 46 x 96 x 3 in.

Untitled, 2023, Acrylic on panel, 48 x 36 x 3 in.

Untitled, 2023, Acrylic on canvas, 46 x 52 x 3 in.

Untitled, 2023, Acrylic on panel, 84 x 40.5 x 3 in.

By balancing discordant colors and textures, Worcester harnesses dissonance and creates paintings that challenge the limitations of the human eye. His vertiginous compositions reference the body and technology and attempt to crystalize the inherent struggle between the two. Worcester barrages the viewer with an excess of visual information, spinning systems of discord that morph as they are experienced firsthand. The compositions transform according to the proximity and position of the viewer, producing an experience specific to the lens of their body. A deft beguiler of the eye, Worcester manipulates the surfaces of his paintings to produce intermeshing planes that captivate the viewer, compelling them to look through the ripples into the murkier depths below.

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