Typography / “Face Paint”

featuring works by Reginald Jones II

Curated by Cypha and Lucia Kudielela Fernandes

August 11th - September 5th, 2011

chashama 161 Gallery
90-26 161st Street
Jamaica, NY 11432

Opening Reception: August 11, 6pm-9pm
Open Mic Night: Wednesday, August 31st, 6-8p
Sign-up at 6p : Showtime at 7p

Reginald Jones II creates hybridized images that at once maintain their integrity and give the work a tension evident in the bold use of colors and linear arrangements of space. 

Artist Statement
"In this body of work, I aim to harmonize representations of figures and words through bold color schemes and linear arrangements in an esoteric manner. It will remain my effort to confront viewers with the dichotomy in technique in order to help illustrate the infinite possibilities of subatomic chaos which is at the center of all manifestations both seen and unseen."

Orignally from Denver, artist Reginald Jones II has continued to push new forms of visual expression through illustration, painting and print media. Though trained as a young professional rather than a young creative, Reggie exhibited an innate artistic ability early in his life. This talent was cultivated from time spent with peers and through the freelance work that he pursued after graduating from Colorado State University. Since that time, Reggie has done design work for wide variety of clients including public and private universities, restaurants, clothing companies and other businesses such as STARZ! Entertainment. Reggie has also had his work published in Illiterate and Next Level Magazine. In addition to these achievements Reggie has spent time organizing art workshops in the Denver Public School System. His work straddles the physical and metaphysical, organic and architectural, painterly and graphic, in a way that has forged a new aesthetic language.