John Sebastian / The New York Optimist
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John Sebastian
The bodies that house the mind the heart and the soul fascinate me.
I have spent a lifetime studying body movement facial expression and spiritual intent in hopes of gaining some port of entry to every individual I come in contact with, to explain (mostly to myself) why we do what we do and why evolution within our species seems to be taking so long.
Interactions with each other and our environments, with the elements of nature and the creatures we share the planet with intrigue me to no end. Just when I thought I may have found an answer I am pleasantly and sometimes unpleasantly surprised to find that I may have been wrong or lead to another path of understanding and must rethink my whole approach.
Supernatural occurrences, things that go bump in the night and the power we have within us which lays dormant within most either unintentionally or intentionally can send a chill straight up my spine. The power of the female and her dominance over the male will keep my mind occupied for years and years to come. Her shape and form and true beauty astounds me and her capacity to create life can sometimes fry my brain like bacon and eggs. Art in all its forms and genres have captivated my world and I dedicate myself and my life to it.
Through art we can explain the unexplainable.
Words visual impressions and physical and spiritual interactions consume us and through these experiences we will hopefully live a full and whole life. There are those who choose to live smaller more quiet existences and those of us who live a more grandiose existence. Our need to judge and gauge - compare and compete - succeed and fail and succeed from our failures, this is the human condition and experience. This is what my art and life revolve around all of the above plus some. Magic in metaphors and the poetry of the universe are my compass and ruler and the earth and the surrounding multiverse and the creatures in it are my preferred subject to study and measure.
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2000 - 2006 : Atelier Art Soho: Artist in Residence: 4 Solo Exhibitions yearly
2004 - 2008: Lisa Eickholt Landmark Gallery Space Soho
Monthly Salon Party Group Shows 2 Solo Exhibitions Yearly
MAIN ART EXHIBITIONS
1999: First Exhibition - Solo Show : Jadite Gallery - Hell’s Kitchen
2000: Solo Exhibition : Series: The Underground: Skylight 6 Art Gallery Photo Studio Chelsea
2000: 33 Degrees Fashion Company Solo Exhibition -Garment District - Showroom - Midtown
2001: The Red Door Gallery Midtown : Solo Exhibition
2001 Nov: The Venezuelan Consulate - Inauguration Group Show, Midtown
2001 - 2003: Helmsley Spear, Manhattan, Corporate Lobby Exhibitions
2003: Solo Exhibition The Hudson Lounge - Several Private Exhibitions For The De Niro Family and Other Celebrities
2003 - 2006: Tribeca Film Festival: 7 Locations on the Tribeca Film Festival Tour 7 Paintings
2004: The Art Bar: West Village Solo Exhibition Drawings
2008 - Present: Publisher / Owner The New York Optimist LLC: Weekly Online Magazine Featuring Artists From all Over the World.
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:
Brooklyn Museum Of Art
Hearst Publishing
Corcoran
Helmsley Spear
Douglas Elliman
Robert De Niro
Porsche Club - Alsace France.
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