Jason Paradis
- New York
- Mixed Media
In my art, there is a sense of contemplation or of reverie that speculates on fundamental mysteries – this being the result of a lot of camping under an expansive sky in the northern Canadian wilderness. There, questions emerged regarding the existence of something much...Read More
ABOUT THE ARTIST
STATEMENT
In my art, there is a sense of contemplation or of reverie that speculates on fundamental mysteries – this being the result of a lot of camping under an expansive sky in the northern Canadian wilderness. There, questions emerged regarding the existence of something much larger than the immediate world. I am very interested in a moment where the past, present, and future collide. Modes of my current environment, laced with reflection, memory, and speculation, filter into the development and translation of the work. This disjunction demands a layered approach in both the meaning and implementation of the artwork. The pieces end up feeling like some sort of phenomenon (either natural or supernatural) has occurred, or is occurring. They are at once primitive, timely, and futuristic.
BIO
Jason Paradis is an artist, originally from Canada, who has lived and worked in the New York area since 1995. As an artist, his work reveals a sense of contemplation on fundamental mysteries – the result of a lot of camping under an expansive sky in the northern Canadian wilderness. He has exhibited across the United States and Canada at museums, galleries, art spaces, and public venues. Paradis received a BFA from Queen’s University (Kingston, ON), an MFA from Stony Brook University (New York), and attended the Artist in the Marketplace (AIM) program hosted by the Bronx Museum of the Arts. Instructing since 2004, he currently teaches drawing, painting, and mixed-media at Stony Brook University.
EXHIBITIONS/SHOWS/COMMISSIONS
ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2015 - Ottawa Night (La Nuit d’Ottawa), Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa City Hall, Ontario, Canada
2015 - The Cube, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC
2015 - Night For Day, Dittmar Memorial Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
2012 - Dead Man’s Bay, Modern Fuel, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
2011 - One Moment: Past, Present, Future, St. Joseph’s College, New York
2011 - Twist, etc in #77, Nashville, TN
2010 - Nashville 04.30-05.03.10, Seed Space, Nashville, TN
2009 - Face north., Patchogue Arts, New York
2006 - Small Works, Islip Art Museum, New York
2005 - Camp Fire, Gallery@82, Sea Cliff, New York
1998 - Prism Gallery, Port Jefferson, New York
TWO AND THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2017 - Structuring Our Habitat, OMNI Gallery, Uniondale, New York (with Colin Goldberg & Cheryl Molnar)
2014 - Artist-in-Residency Exhibit, Watch Hill Ferry Terminal, Fire Island National Seashore, New York
2014 - Projections, Patchogue Arts Gallery, New York (with Michelle Carollo)
2011 - The Visual Dynamic, Saratoga Arts Center, New York (with Jennifer Hunold)
2003 - Worlds Apart, Armory Gallery, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
2002 - Across the Universe, (with Oliver Lanz & Dorothea Rockburne), Marcus Ritter, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020-21 - Reckoning, online exhibition, Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery, Staller Center for the Arts, Stony Brook, New York
2020 - Diptychs, Museum of Contemporary Art Long Island, Patchogue, New York
2019 - Re:UNION, Union Gallery, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
2019 - To Ask a Question: To Carry on Without an Answer, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, Queens, New York
2018 - Reimagining Constructs and Surroundings, Steinberg Museum of Art, LIU Post, New York
2017 - Endless and Mobile Beautiful Collapsible Labyrinth, Flux Factory, Queens, New York
2016 - Centennial Art Exhibition, National Park Service, Watch Hill Ferry Terminal, New York
2015 - Remembering Things Past, Islip Art Museum, New York
2013 - SITE, Lexington Art League, Kentucky
2013 - People, Places, and Things, OMNI Gallery, Uniondale, New York
2013 - Artists of the Lobby, Patchogue Arts Gallery, New York
2012 - Constructed Concepts, Rush Arts Gallery, New York
2011 - Frame of Reference: Dioramas in the 21st Century, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, New York
2010 - Selections, OMNI Gallery, Uniondale, New York
2009 - Patchogue Arts Biennial, Exhibition Hall, Briarcliffe College, New York
2007 - Treemendous, The Carriage House, Islip Art Museum, New York
2007 - The Finale, OMNI Gallery, Uniondale, New York
2007 - Points of Departure: Inner and Outer Journeys in Contemporary Art, Fox Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
2006 - Space of Transmission, ConTemp Museum 299, Brooklyn, New York
2005 - Reflection and Renewal, OMNI Gallery, Uniondale, New York
2005 - The Diagram and Scribble Archive, SAC Gallery, Stony Brook, New York
2005 - Revisioning Nature, SAC Gallery, Stony Brook, New York
2004 - Grotto 2, Jessica Murray Projects, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
2003 - Breaking Ground, White Columns, New York
2003 - The Musikshow, Gallery Lombardi, Austin, Texas (curated by Erin Leon & Rachel Koper)
2003 - Recession 2003 $99 Bargain Store Show, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York
2002 - Grotto, Jessica Murray Projects, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
2002 - Before and After, SAC Gallery, Stony Brook, New York
2000-01 - The Notion of Motion, Islip Art Museum, New York (curated by Karen Shaw)
2000 - Pet Show 2000, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York (curated by Tim Thyzel)
2000 - Artist in the Marketplace: Twentieth Annual Exhibition, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York
1998 - Projects ’98, The Carriage House, Islip Art Museum, New York
PROJECTS, EVENTS, AND FAIRS
2012 - Sequoia Tees Pop-Up Exhibition, Peter Klashorst Gallery, Amsterdam
2012 - Artist designed T-Shirt, Sequoia Tees, Amsterdam
2009 - NEXT; The Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art, Imperfect Articles booth, Chicago, Illinois
2006 - Artist designed T-Shirt, [Im]perfect Articles, Chicago
2002 - Night of A Thousand Drawings, Artists Space, New York
2002 - UFOSZ (UFO Solar Zeppelin), Artist Project Window, La Lunchonette, New York
EDUCATION
2000 - AIM Program, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Spring
1998 - MFA, Stony Brook University, New York
1995 - BFA, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
AWARDS
RESIDENCIES
2014 - Watch Hill, Fire Island National Seashore, U.S. National Park Service
GRANTS AND AWARDS
1998 - Recipient of the Special Opportunity Stipend (S.O.S.) from the New York Foundation for the Arts and the East End Arts Council
COLLECTIONS
Memorial Sloan Kettering
TD Bank Group
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CURATOR
2019 - Drawing Obsessions, Patchogue Art Gallery, New York
2013 - Transferred, Patchogue Art Gallery, New York
2008-12 - In Process, Studio Residency Program, The Carriage House, Islip Art Museum, New York
2011 - Processed: Four Years of In Process, OMNI Gallery, Uniondale, New York
2010 - All in the Family, Islip Art Museum, New York
2006 - Space of Transmission, Brooklyn, New York
2004 - INdiVISIBLE CITIES, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York
PANELIST
2022 - Artist Residency, Fire Island National Seashore, U.S. National Park Service
2020 - Artist Residency, Fire Island National Seashore, U.S. National Park Service
2019 - Artist Residency, Fire Island National Seashore, U.S. National Park Service
2015 - Huntington Arts Council, New York
2015 - Artist Residency, Fire Island National Seashore, U.S. National Park Service
2010 - Projects 2010, The Carriage House, Islip Art Museum, New York
2009 - Projects 2009, The Carriage House, Islip Art Museum, New York
2007 - Projects 2007, The Carriage House, Islip Art Museum, New York
JUROR
2013 - Unsolicited Proposal Program, Apex Art, New York
PUBLIC LECTURES
2020 - Artist Talk, panelist, Diptychs, Museum of Contemporary Art Long Island, Patchogue, New York
2019 - Curator talk, Drawing Obsessions, Patchogue Arts Gallery, New York
2015 - Artist talk, Karsh-Masson Gallery, City Hall, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2012 - Artist talk, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
2011 - Recent Work, Sea Cliff Arts Council & The Creative Arts Center, New York
2011 - One Moment: Past, Present, Future, St. Joseph’s College, New York
2011 - The Visual Dynamic, artist talk, Saratoga Arts Center, New York
2009 - One Way: MFA Alumni Exhibition, artist panel discussion, SAC Gallery, Stony Brook, New York
2005 - Revisioning Nature, artist panel discussion, SAC Gallery, Stony Brook, New York
2005 - Distance, Time, and Stars, with geo-physicist Don Fish, Gallery @ 82, Sea Cliff, New York
2003 - Breaking Ground, artist talk, White Columns, New York
INSTRUCTOR
Full-time Lecturer, Stony Brook University
Senior Lecturer, St. Joseph's College, New York
Guest Artist Seminar & Studio Visits, MFA Program, CW Post, New York
Art Director, SCOPE Peconic Dunes, Southhold, New York
OTHER
Assistant Collections Manager, Dedalus Foundation (Robert Motherwell Estate), New York
Preparator, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York
TAGS
Mixed-media paintings, Installations, Public installations, Three-dimensional painting, Grid paintings, Painting, Drawing, Ink drawings, Conceptual painting, Conceptual drawing, Art about time and place