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Jonathan Charles Vaughan MFA Brief bio: Jonathan Charles Vaughan was born in London, England, in 1977. He moved to the U.S.A. in 1985. In 1999 he received his Bachelors of Fine Arts from The School of Visual Arts in New York, New York, and 3 years later in 2002 he received his Masters of Arts in Teaching in the Visual Arts from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His work has been exhibited in both solo and group shows in Florida, Connecticut, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Germany. In addition he has also received a number of awards for his studio and educational practices. Currently he is enrolled in the Masters of Fine Arts program at The University of South Florida where he is engaged in the exploration of ornamentation and social art. He is an Adjunct Professor of Studio Art at The Art Institute of Tampa and is also a Production Assistant at Graphicstudio, a printmaking and sculpture atelier. Artist’s statement: In my work, whether printmaking, drawing, or painting, my focus remains fixed on the exploration of space and form, while seeking the undercurrent of natures more elusive qualities. My purposeful use of exaggerated movement, dense values, fabric patterns, and material manipulation attempts to echo and harness nature’s powerful energies. Undulation, the movement of creation, creates flowing and dynamic compositions that thrust and swirl, capturing the viewer in the saturated confines of presented surface. Often direct references to historical imagery are incorporated into my pieces and even when they are not, the works become historized in their deployment of costume, coiffure, environment, and even materials. The notion of ornamentation is often directed specifically towards exterior embellishment, in my work though, I attempt to translate nature’s energies into compositions where form and space is represented in an ornamented manner, not just surfaces and textures. Ornamentation therefore becomes more than simple artifice and spectacle; it becomes a reminder of the splendor of nature’s energies, recalling notions of sublimity from both the Pre and Post Academic art world. |
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