Jonathan Gardner is a New-York based artist known for his depictions of stylized figures in their leisurely worlds. Gardner’s richly colored paintings are filled with nonchalant figures against flattened space, adding to the surreal, uncanny air of the works. Drawing from the aesthetics of modern art, his painting sets up an absence of hierarchy between the motifs, combining several realities: landscape, portrait and still life.
Gardner received his BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York, and his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. In 2017, he was finalist candidat for the Prix Jean-François Prat.
Jonathan Gardner was featured in a group presentation at Almine Rech Paris, Turenne, from October 12 to November 16, 2019.
Born in 1982, Jonathan Gardner lives and works in New York City.
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Jonathan Gardner, Doorways, 2021
Oil on linen
165.1 x 137.1 cm
66 x 56 in -
Jonathan Gardner, The Dressing Room, 2021
Oil on linen
167.6 x 142.2 cm
66 x 56 in -
Jonathan Gardner, Reader in the Mirror, 2021
Oil on linen
142.2 x 132 cm
56 x 52 in -
Jonathan Gardner, Reading Menus, 2021
Oil on linen
101.6 x 142.2 cm
40 x 56 in -
Jonathan Gardner, Dining Scene, 2021
Oil on linen
187.9 x 157.4 cm
74 x 62 in -
Jonathan Gardner, The Bathhouse, 2021
Oil on linen
177.8 x 198.1 cm
70 x 78 in -
Jonathan Gardner, Sketch Book Drawer, 2021
Oil on linen
167.6 x 111.7 cm
66 x 44 in -
Jonathan Gardner, Hotel Room, 2021
Oil on linen
142.2 x 96.5 cm
56 x 38 in -
Jonathan Gardner, Cool Water, 2021
Oil on linen
190.5 x 165.1 cm
75 x 65 in -
Jonathan Gardner, Figures Waiting, 2021
Graphite on paper
36.5 x 43.5 cm
14.4 x 17.13 in -
Jonathan Gardner, Dreamer Diptych, 2021
Graphite on paper in two parts
16.5 x 24.7 cm / 6.5 x 9.75 in -
Jonathan Gardner, Three Columns, 2021
Graphite on paper
31.1 x 29.8 cm
12.2 x 11.7 in -
Jonathan Gardner, A Passage of Light, 2021
Graphite on paper
39.3 x 36.8 cm
15.5 x 14.5 in