Observations of how separate objects in space interact with each other provide the impetus for J Garcia's paintings. The existence of one entity inherently affects all others through attributes of thoughts, language, action and occupation of space. The fundamental intention is that the present paradigm is comprised of all that has led up to this point. Garcia's paintings construct and explore a diffusion of color within fleeting relationships of associating symbols. He highlights these relationships by integrating an embedded repetition of geometrical motifs. Working with a fluctuating, yet recognizable repertoire of imagery, Garcia's paintings consist of multiple layers that tell stories of botanical, zoological, mechanical and invisible dynamic worlds.
Each layer's natural progression is evidence of the foundational layers that have come before. Intentional contrast of transparent and opaque foreground imagery serves as a platform to examine what is beneath. Essentially, these initial layers act as a vital component to define the foreground layers. Garcia confirms a visual language that reflects a grounded understanding of a ubiquitous, comprehensive consciousness. The paintings remain open to definitive interpretations that validate the viewer's culturally established perspectives and expectations.
When Garcia is not painting in his studio or researching local taquerÃas, he can be found painting live on stage with touring musicians. The painting of each performance is in congruence with the sound and energy of the collective experience of the musicians and the audience. Each event dictates its own unique catalog of imagery and allows him to develop a broad progressive range of imagery and styles. For over a decade, Garcia has painted with an eclectic variety of bands and musicians, as well as professional sports events across the United States, Europe and Japan.
Bands Performance Painting With
A Poet Named Life
Audio Angel
Blew Willie
Bluetech
BLVD
Boreta
Cheb i Sabbah
Dan the Automator
Dead Kenny G's
DJ Quest
EdIT
James Christopher
Bassnectar
Ripple
Simply Jeff
Spesh
Dr. John
Hallucinogen
Hairy Apes BMX
J Tonal
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
Karl Denson's Tiny Universe
Karsh Kale
KebMo
Keller Williams
Kraddy
Les Claypool's Frog Brigade
Material
Medieval Pundance
Modest Mouse
MONO
New Deal
Nitin Sawhney
Ooah
Ozomatli
Papa Grows Funk
Pnuma
Pharcyde
Robert Walters
The Roots
The Seattle Seahawks
The Slip
Signal Path
Soulive
Sound Tribe Sector Nine
String Cheese Incident
Walter "Wolfman" Washington
Exhibition
2006
Interdimensional - Gallery of the Senses, Seattle
2005
Minds Wide Open - Light Space Gallery, Venice CA; Microcosm Gallery, NYC; Around the Coyote Gallery, Chicago
Interdimensional - 912 12th, Seattle
Jazzfest - Frenchy Gallery, New Orleans
Light Bodies - Binary Mine, Chicago
2004
Synergenesis - Cellspace, San Francisco
Interdimensional - Gallery of the Senses, Seattle
Art and Science, Chicago
2003
Illa s'Arenella Villa de Arte, Cadaques, Spain
The Node Gallery, Santa Cruz
Interdimensional - Gallery of the Senses, Seattle
Imbibe - Olive, San Francisco
2002
Ray Patlan Benefit,Balazo Gallery, San Francisco
2001
Cuban Styles - SomARTS, San Francisco; Ira Pinto Gallery, Washington DC
2000
Mission Muralists, Gallery Luscombe, San Francisco
Media
2008 MONO, The Sky Remains The Same As Ever, DVD
11/07 Seattle Seahawks, Gameday Program
2006 STS9, Live As Time Changes, DVD
12/06 Seattle Seahawks, Gameday Program
6/05 Notes on the Scene, USA
4/05 Relix, USA
4/04 Popeye Magazine, Japan
2/04 Overground Magazine, Japan
5/01 Precita Eyes Public Mural Awards
9/00 Latin Eyes, Bay TV, San Francisco
8/00 Kalifornia Traum von Freiheit, Gruppe 5 Filmproduktion, Germany
2/00 Register Guard, Eugene, Oregon
Education
1993-1998 BFA, University of California, Los Angeles
1998-1999 San Francisco Art Insitute
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