John John Jesse

Timeline

: A Punk rocker and former Catholic Schoolboy, John John's work reflects the angst and trials of those two opposites. Self-taught as an artist, his visionary works of have the semblance of near-goth styles held in tandem with the acidic flair for neo-Art Nouveau. Only he can show us the worlds he has lived through, where the mistakes of our youth, sometimes can't replace the wrong choices made. As the ethereal beauty of youth is depicted, we also witness the nonchalant behaviors brought on from oppressive environments, such as organized religion. These yield themselves to moments of self-destruction, substance abuse, and mockery, between what innocence should be, and what it tragically often becomes. He does this however in such obsessive detail and flair for originality, that the only hope beyond the tragedy of life, is the fact that he has survived it with his art.

2003: How NYC Transformed Sex in America, Museum of Sex, NYC
2003: Nice and Naughty, John John Jesse and Yumiko Kayukawa, Roq la Rue Gallery, Seattle WA
2003: One Year Anniversary, Antagonist Movement, Niagara, NYC
2003: John John Jesse and Patrick Finney, Gallery Bink, Portland Oregon
2003: Seattle Erotic Art Fair, Seattle WA
2003: John John Jesse, Scott Ferry and Isabel Samaras, Perihelion Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2002: Group Sex II, Art @ Large, New York City
2002: Gods and Monsters, Roq la Rue Gallery, Seattle WA
2002: CATHOLICA EROTICA, (SOLO EXHIBITION) Art @ Large, New York City
2002: Art & Lust, Wild Seduction Gallery, Miami FL
2002: Electro-Nomicon~Gomorrah, True, NYC

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