Jonathan Lyndon Chase
(b. 1989)Multimedia artist Jonathan Lyndon Chase depicts the intimacies of Black queer identity by centering the complexity of bodies and identity and inciting dialogue around intersectional subjectivities.
Biography
As a young child, Chase watched their mother draw, which led them to adopt drawing as a visual language. In watching anime, horror, and science fiction, Chase developed a love for images that push the boundaries of truth and reality.
Chase attended community college in Philadelphia and earned an associate degree in art and design. They went on to obtain a BFA from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, and an MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Chase was raised Baptist, which the artist cites as a point of artistic influence and philosophical departure. As such, spirituality and ritual are infused into their practice and work. Influenced by artists across various disciplines, such as visual artists Romare Bearden, Robert Colescott, Kerry James Marshall, Alice Neel, Henry Taylor, and Alison Saar; musician John Coltrane; and filmmaker Marlon Riggs, Chase’s paintings explore the themes of love, community, spirituality, queerness, and subjectivity. The artist positions their subjects in domestic spaces, often in moments of physical and emotional intimacy. Their sculpture and installation work similarly situate viewers in domestic settings, such as laundromats, in order to explore the boundaries between public and private.
Their work has been featured at exhibitions internationally including Art Basel, Switzerland; Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia; LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia; California African American Museum, Los Angeles; and Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia. Their work can be found in the collection of the High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; Rubell Museum Contemporary Arts Foundation, Miami; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and the Wedge Collection, Toronto. The Studio Museum in Harlem first acquired Chase’s work in 2020.
Jonathan Lyndon Chase
(b. 1989)Multimedia artist Jonathan Lyndon Chase depicts the intimacies of Black queer identity by centering the complexity of bodies and identity and inciting dialogue around intersectional subjectivities.
Biography
As a young child, Chase watched their mother draw, which led them to adopt drawing as a visual language. In watching anime, horror, and science fiction, Chase developed a love for images that push the boundaries of truth and reality.
Chase attended community college in Philadelphia and earned an associate degree in art and design. They went on to obtain a BFA from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, and an MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Chase was raised Baptist, which the artist cites as a point of artistic influence and philosophical departure. As such, spirituality and ritual are infused into their practice and work. Influenced by artists across various disciplines, such as visual artists Romare Bearden, Robert Colescott, Kerry James Marshall, Alice Neel, Henry Taylor, and Alison Saar; musician John Coltrane; and filmmaker Marlon Riggs, Chase’s paintings explore the themes of love, community, spirituality, queerness, and subjectivity. The artist positions their subjects in domestic spaces, often in moments of physical and emotional intimacy. Their sculpture and installation work similarly situate viewers in domestic settings, such as laundromats, in order to explore the boundaries between public and private.
Their work has been featured at exhibitions internationally including Art Basel, Switzerland; Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia; LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Philadelphia Museum of Art; Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia; California African American Museum, Los Angeles; and Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia. Their work can be found in the collection of the High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia; Rubell Museum Contemporary Arts Foundation, Miami; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and the Wedge Collection, Toronto. The Studio Museum in Harlem first acquired Chase’s work in 2020.