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Jon Poblador

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Jon Poblador (b. 1971 in Quezon City, the Philippines) is a Filipino American contemporary painter best known for minimalist works characterized by monochromes, repetitions, and mark-making. Having received both BFA (Northern Illinois University) and MFA (University of Pennsylvania) in the US, Poblador has always lived a nomadic life including in the Philippines, Singapore, America, China and Hong Kong. Initially, much of Poblador's works consisted of tightly packed lines of text before evolving to dots, triangles, rectangles, and eventually the grid system he primarily produces today. His paintings are the 'accumulations' of his devotional acts by painting on the individual grid sections with thin acrylic layers. The grid system empowers him to paint repetitively, with each gesture of brushstroke representing his silent prayers and devotions towards the art itself. Moreover, Poblador usually strips down his choices of color palette. The timelessness of primary colors, together with black and white, neutralizes the audience’s viewership of his works free from direct interpretations. Poblador resides in Hong Kong and is active in the contemporary art scenes in the city and the US, where he's had several solo shows at Larry Becker Contemporary Art in Pennsylvania, Gebert Contemporary in Arizona, and Galerie Koo in Hong Kong.

Selected Works

Jon Poblador, Del Carmen, 2019, Acrylic on linen over panel, 76 x 61 cm

 

Jon Poblador

 

Del Carmen, 2019

Acrylic on linen over panel

76 x 61 cm

Jon Poblador, Nockamixon, 2019, Acyrlic

 

Jon Poblador

Nokamixon, 2019

Acrylic on linen over panel

76 x 61 cm

Jon Poblador, Jackson Lake, 2019, Acyrli

 

Jon Poblador

Jackson Lake, 2019

Acrylic on linen over panel

76 x 61 cm

Jon Poblador, Security Garden, 2019, Acyrlic on linen over panel,  61 x 51 cm

 

Jon Poblador

 

Security Garden, 2019

Acrylic on linen over panel

61 x 51 cm

Jon Poblador, Quakertown, 2018, Acyrlic on linen over panel, 61 x 51 cm

 

Jon Poblador

 

Quakertown, 2018

Acrylic on linen over panel

61 x 51 cm

Jon Poblador, Shipaicun, 2019, Acyrlic on linen over panel, 61 x 51 cm

 

Jon Poblador

 

Shipaicun, 2019

Acrylic on linen over panel /

Cotton over panel

61 x 51 cm

Jon Poblador, Untitled (Blue), 2022, Acyrlic on linen over panel, 35.5  x 28 cm​

 

Jon Poblador

 

Untitled (Blue), 2022

Acrylic on linen over panel

35.5  x 28 cm

Jon Poblador, Red, 2019, Acyrlic on linen over panel, 35.5  x 28 cm​

 

Jon Poblador

Red, 2019

Acrylic on linen over panel

35.5  x 28 cm

Jon Poblador, Salt River, 2021, Acyrlic on linen over panel, 76 x 61 cm

 

Jon Poblador

 

Salt River, 2021

Acrylic on linen over panel

76 x 61 cm

Jon Poblador, Thule (Version 02), 2021, Acyrlic on linen over panel, 61 x 61 cm

 

Jon Poblador

 

Thule (Version 02), 2021

Acrylic on linen over panel

61 x 61 cm

Jon Poblador, Censy, 2021, Acyrlic on linen over panel, 40.5 x 51 cm

 

Jon Poblador

 

Censy, 2021

Acrylic on linen over panel

40.5 x 51 cm

Jon Poblador, Touching Fish (Version 02), 2022, Acyrlic on linen over panel, 35.5  x 28 cm​

 

Jon Poblador

Touching Fish (Version 02), 2022

Acrylic on linen over panel

35.5  x 28 cm

Jon Poblador, Yellow 02, 2019, Acyrlic on linen over panel, 35.5  x 28 cm​

 

Jon Poblador

Yellow 02, 2019

Acrylic on linen over panel

35.5  x 28 cm

Jon Poblador, Agua Fria, 2021, Acyrlic on linen over panel, 76 x 61 cm

 

Jon Poblador

 

Agua Fria, 2021

Acrylic on linen over panel

76 x 61 cm

Jon Poblador, Untitled (Red), 2021, Acyrlic on linen over panel, 61 x 61 cm

 

Jon Poblador

 

Untitled (Red), 2021

Acrylic on linen over panel

61 x 61 cm

 

Jon Poblador

 

Tonnerre, 2021

Acrylic on linen over panel

40.5 x 51 cm

Jon Poblador, Sea Bird, 2018, Acyrlic on linen over panel, 35.5 x 46 cm
Jon Poblador, Gila River, 2022, Acrylic (10 layers) on linen over panel, 76 x 61 cm

 

Jon Poblador

 

Sea Bird, 2018

Acrylic on linen over panel

35.5 x 46 cm

Jon Poblador, Tsuen Wan, 2019, Acrylic on Linen Panel, 76 x 61 cm

 

Jon Poblador

 

Gila River, 2022

Acrylic (10 layers) on linen over panel

76 x 61 cm

 

Jon Poblador

 

Tsuen Wan, 2019

Acrylic on Linen Panel

76 x 61 cm

 

Jon Poblador, Little Big Fish, 2018, Acrylic on linen panel, 61 x 51 cm

 

Jon Poblador

 

Little Big Fish, 2018

Acrylic on linen panel

61 x 51 cm

Jon Poblador, Haizhu 08, 2021, Oil pastel and pencil on paper, 33 x 46 cm

 

Jon Poblador

 

Haizhu 08, 2021

Oil pastel and pencil on paper

33 x 46 cm

Jon Poblador, Haizhu 09, 2021, Oil pastel and pencil on paper, 33 x 46 cm

 

Jon Poblador

Haizhu 09, 2021

Oil pastel and pencil on paper

33 x 46 cm

Jon Poblador, Verbs, 2020, Ink on paper, 76 x 56 cm

 

Jon Poblador

 

Verbs, 2020

Ink on paper

76 x 56 cm

Jon Poblador, Untitled (HB), 2019, Graphite pencil on paper, 76 x 56 cm

 

Jon Poblador

 

Untitled (HB), 2019

Graphite pencil on paper

76 x 56 cm

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