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bio Name: J. Slattum
Location: Portland, Oregon USA
Medium: Oil
Education: Self Taught
 
 
   

" Not places but versions of our world, twisting and turning, flying and learning... These snippets, all in your mind, doorways and portals to another find... A lucid validity in another land, tiny life on a grain of sand,
Sliding through fingers of a clocks hand. Decisions and Decisions. Visions of Visions... This is what I see."

I believe, the Artist Shaman sees the world through a different window. A universe of information behind every thing we observe- stories, emotions, and magic. Seeking enlightenment, we have vortex-minds driven by unquenchable curiosity.

Inspiration is bountiful as I look at humanity and our potential, whether we squander or strive, dive or fly. There's so much positive I portray in my work, to inspire. There's also an equal, balancing, amount of negative I enjoy mocking and bringing forward to challenge my viewer, as constructive anger.

In my work, it is not art unless it creates a galaxy of thought in the mind of the viewer

J. Slattum is a self-taught artist, his work entering a visionary surreal world.  His subjects gravitate towards anything that may answer those great philosophical Why's of The Universe, from science and quantum physics to metaphysics, mythology to psychedelics.  After a near-death experience in 2007, inspired by a personal enlightenment, Slattum fell into a world of paint. Using the point of the paintbrush as a mantra, he views the process of creating as his meditation. Working from his studio in Portland, Oregon, his work is collected internationally, thanks to a deep online following.

 

RESUME:
Showings:
  • The Hive, Hard Love, Los Angeles, CA, February 2011
  • The Hive, Tarot Show III, Los Angeles, CA, January 2011
  • The Hive, Feature, Los Angeles, CA, September 2011
  • The Launch Pad, "Portals", Portland, OR, July 2011
  • "Unnatural Disaster- Japan Benefit", Los Angeles, CA, June 2011
  • The Refuge, NW Dubcollecive- Live Painting, Portland, OR, April 2011
  • Emerge Oregon, Live Painting, March 2011
  • Atrium Gallery, Showing and Live Painting, Portland, OR; January 2011
  • Sideshow Alley, Lowbrow Gallery, Portland, OR, Winter 2010
  • The Hive, "Hell Vs Monster Mash", Los Angeles, CA, October 2010
  • Epicenter 2010, JVC Perfect Experience ArtSpace, Fontana, CA, September 2010
  • The Hive, Tall Wall Artist, Los Angeles, CA, September 2010
  • Emerge Oregon, Salem, OR, February 2010
  • Coffe House Cafe, Salem, OR, November 2009
  • The Hive "Tarot Card Show", Los Angeles, CA October 2009
  • The Hive, Los Angeles, CA; September 2009
  • Cafe Noir; Salem, OR, July 2009
  • The Hive; Los Angeles, CA; June 2009
  • The Black Cherry Tattoo Gallery; Salem, OR; June 2009
  • Syn503 UltraContemporary; Salem, OR; December 2008
  • The Space; Salem, OR; October 2008
  • Mix n Mash Group Show; Salem, OR; October 2008
Contests:
  • New Art Perspectives; 2nd Place; December 2008
  • MyArtContest.Com; Honorable Mention; July 2008
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