studio photo by Nikki Sargent

Contact: jonnyfenix@mac.com

Jonny Fenix is An American painter living in Portland, Oregon by way of Nacogdoches, Texas and Los Angeles' Skid Row. Situated within the realm of Pop Surrealism, his work emerges from a long line of cultural activism in contemporary art. Fenix engages the icons of mass culture and consumerism to disturb traditional and status quo cultural narratives of apathy, celebrity, religion, globalization, colonization and economics. The affecting visual style of shiny, glossy, bright images, are often aptly juxtaposed by the authentic sadness, hypocrisy, and outrage of their accounts. Within this complex body of work, there lies a genuine and simple thread of honesty, hope, nostalgia and rebellion.

Jonny Fenix has exhibited at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Portland and San Francisco. He can be found whistling with his wife Nikki and daughters Brave and True. 

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SOLO EXHIBITIONS

  • 2009 "Swing the Door Wide" Leo Kesting Gallery, NYC

http://www.vimeo.com/5399731

  • 2009 "A Time For Lions" A Duo show with BLAKE BRITTON at Nemo Design, Portland Oregon

http://vimeo.com/4017500

  • 2008 "The Show Up" Leo Kesting Gallery, NYC
  • 2007 “Blue Sky (if you close your eye) ” A Duo show with STEVE ELLIS, Capla Kesting Fine Art, NYC
  • 2007 “Los Angeles I Am Thinking of Leaving You” Groundworks on Traction Ave. L.A.
  • 2007 “Sometimes Again” Groundworks on Main Street, L.A.
  • 2006 “Conversations With My Parents” Groundworks on Traction Ave. L.A.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

  • 2010 "Fountain Exhibit Miami" McCaig-Welles Gallery, San Francisco
  • 2010 "Capricious Fall" Public Works Gallery, San Francisco
  • 2010 "Stereo On Sixth Street" 1269 Gallery, L.A.
  • 2010 "Dog's In School" Screaming Sky Gallery, Portland
  • 2009 "Print Heavy" N.O.M.A.D. Gallery, L.A.
  • 2009 " Mixed Metaphors and Obsessive Compulsive Behavior" Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco
  • 2009 "Fountain Exhibit New York" Leo Kesting Gallery, NYC
  • 2009 "All That Glitters is Gold", McCaig Welles, Brooklyn
  • 2008 "The Effect! A Pop Art Blast" James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia
  • 2008 "Grand Opening" Leo Kesting Gallery, NYC
  • 2007 "Home For The Holidays" Leo Kesting Gallery, NYC
  • 2007 "Guild of the Black Eagle III" David Hochbaum’s Studio, NYC
  • 2007 "Let's Kill God" Maude Carin Gallery, L.A.
  • 2007 "Fountain Exhibit Miami" Capla Kesting Fine Art, NYC, in Miami
  • 2007 “Tall Totem Pole” 1269 Gallery, L.A.
  • 2007 “Fountain Exhibit Chicago” with Capla Kesting Fine Art of NYC, in Chicago
  • 2007 “2007 Preview Show” Capla Kesting Fine Art, NYC
  • 2007 “Fountain Exhibit New York” Capla Kesting Fine Art, NYC, in New York
  • 2006 “Fountain Exhibit Miami” Capla Kesting Fine Art, NYC, in Miami
  • 2006 “Sunset and St. Marks” Capla Kesting Fine Art of NYC in L.A.
  • 2006 “The 1st and Hope Exhibition” Berra’s Skate Park, L.A.
  • 2006 “Jail Wedding” Maria Mars Gallery, L.A.
  • 2006 “Woo, Art the World” Woo Private Gallery, L.A.
  • 2006 “Sunset and St. Marks” Capla Kesting Fine Art of NYC, in NYC
  • 2006 “Guild of The Black Eagle 2” David Hochbaum’s Studio, NYC
  • 2006 “Keep Is What It Is” 1269 Gallery, L.A.
  • 2005 “What Are You Looking At.” 1269 Gallery, L.A.
  • 2004 “The Fascist Who Stole Christmas” 33 1/3 Gallery, L.A.
  • 2003 “The Fascist Who Stole Christmas” 33 1/3 Gallery, L.A.