Jason Monzon
b. 1980 ∙ CE artist since 2006
Photo by Evguenia Shtill
Jason Monzon enjoys using watercolor, colored pencils, and collage, and has even created sculpture in papier-mâché.
Monzon is a meticulous artist who is notable for his excellent draftsmanship in creating highly-detailed landscapes and portraits. Simplified linework and delicate washes of color lend an elegant quality to his painting and mixed media artworks.
Monzon’s scenes of animals and organic forms are whimsical, swimming in the blue of the sky. Giraffes and horses are common figures in these scenes, usually facing left and depicted in profile, resting on a flat horizon.
His use of precise geometrical patterns, stripes, and dots complement the organic and sinuous flora in his pencil drawings, playfully destabilizing the scale and perspectives of his subjects. His colorful and mesmerizing scenes exude the mythological quality of vibrant and carefully planned hand-woven textiles.
Select Exhibitions & Projects
2019
See Me with My Own Eyes, LinkedIn InCommon Space, San Francisco, CA
2016
Pass Away - Dia de los Muertos Altar at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA
2014
A Curious Menagerie, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Elemental Renditions, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Shoerageous, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2013
Outsider Artists, Oakland International Airport, Oakland, CA
Breaking Barriers: Bay Area Artists with Disabilities, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2012
Are We There Yet?, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2011
SMALL, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
The Masters, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2010
Ritual/Habitual, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Spectrum, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2009
TV and Me, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2008
INsects INsectos, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2006
And Then... , March 2006
2004
You Are Here, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Functionable, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA