Born in 1969 in Toronto, Canada
Lives and works between Oslo, Norway and Los Angeles, USA
Born in Toronto, Canada, Jason Boyd Kinsella started painting again in 2019 after a 30 year hiatus, now splitting his time between Oslo and Los Angeles.
Unveiling mankind’s psychological makeup lies at the heart of Kinsella’s practice. In his work, he breaks down the personality traits of his characters into distinct geometric units whose shape, colour and size define their individuality based on the Myers-Briggs personality test, anchoring his subjects in the essence of their psychological attributes. If the clean surface of his paintings may recall the Old Masters’ works, his aesthetic and methods are resolutely contemporary.
education
1993
BFA, Bishop’s University, Quebec, Canada
solo shows
2022
Mentalverse, Perrotin, Dubai, UAE
The Impermanent State of Being, Perrotin, Paris, France
2021
Fragments, Unit London, UK
group shows
2022
Unit London Takeover, Nassima Landau, Tel Aviv, Israel
Shanghai Contemporary Art Fair, Galerie Perrotin, Shanghai, China
Art Basel Hong Kong, Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong
2021
High Voltage Two, Nassima Landau, Tel Aviv, Israel
Universes 4 by Sasha Bogojev, Galerie Droste, Paris, France
Opening Perrotin Secondary Market, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
Art Basel Miami Beach, Galerie Perrotin, Miami, USA
2020
The Future of_Space, Architecture and Design Museum, Los Angeles, USA (virtual show)
public collections
Long Museum, China
Crocker Museum, USA
Arsenal Contemporary Art, Canada
Nassima Landau Foundation, Israel
Azman Museum, Malaysia
