ARTIST
Jeremy Gesualdo is a multi-media artist working and living in Toronto, Canada. His work is a visual conversation, drawing from thoughts, memories and experiences, that unfold into unique perspectives.
Inspired by that visceral feeling, Jeremy depicts a visual language that shows vulnerability and emotion.
Starting his career as a fine art photographer, many of Jeremy’s early pieces used appropriated images that he threw into abstraction, using a multitude of materials and techniques like collage and embroidery. This fascination with abstract art led to Jeremy’s latest endeavours in abstract expressionist, multi-media paintings. Using motion and the juxtaposition of shape, colour and texture, a story reveals itself on the canvas.
PRACTICE
Jeremy’s work uses a range of materials from acrylic, watercolor and ink, to graphite, marker and embroidery floss. Jeremy brings the viewer through a kinetic experience; starting with a single brush stroke or splatter of paint, every mark made is a reaction to the first. A deep navy blue could symbolize a woeful moment; bright droplets of yellow, an explosion of friendly laughter; Or a quick, rough mark could be a moment of tired frustration.
EDUCATION
Graduating from Ryerson University with a degree in Fine Art, Jeremy has sold and exhibited work nationally and internationally across the US and Europe. His work has been published in several art publications and he has work in the permanent collection of The Beaverbrook Provincial Art Gallery of New Brunswick.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021 | Affordable Art Fair - Metropolitan Pavilion, Chelsea NY
2021 | Art Attack - Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, Toronto ON
2012 | The Beaverbrook Provincial Art Gallery of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB
2011 | Maximum Exposure - Gladstone Hotel, Toronto ON
2011 | Function Magazine Exhibition - Steam Whistle Brewery, Toronto ON
2010 | Summer 2010- IX Gallery, Toronto ON
2010 | Maximum Exposure - Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto ON
2010 | Function Magazine Exhibition - Red Bull Gallery, Toronto ON
2010 | The Human Subject - I.M.A Gallery, Toronto ON
PUBLICATIONS
2011 | Not Paper. “Lines, Squares, Circles”. August 2011. (notpaper.net)
2011 | On The Verge, Off the Map Webzine. “Lines, Squares, Circles” June,
Toronto ON (otmzine.com) Pg.40-44
2011 | Roundup: Emerging Photographers, Knock Twice. May 2011, Toronto ON
2010 | Echo Review 0919, Faculty of Communication and Design Annual report, Ryerson University. “Perspective Complex”. November 2010, Toronto ON. Pg. 46
2009 | Portfolio Eleven. “Grid Composites”. December 2009, Toronto ON. Pg. 119-123
