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Name: |
J. Slattum |
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Portland, Oregon USA |
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Oil |
| Education: |
Self Taught |
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" 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.
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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
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Contests: |
- New Art Perspectives; 2nd Place; December 2008
- MyArtContest.Com; Honorable Mention; July 2008
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