Jo Fish

Jo Fish (b. 1996) is an American artist based in New York City. Her paintings focus on bridging historical inspirations with forthcoming scientific and cultural shifts. Fish pulls a great amount of inspiration from the Renaissance, Expressionists and Pop eras while considering contemporary questions that face painting today: how does the image differ in look and feel than previous movements and what tools should we use ? Her process involves a unique synthesis of traditional painting techniques and contemporary technological tools. By using both image and language softwares the artist creates “ready-made” brushstrokes to incorporate on the canvas; these textures range from code to faux splatters and crosshatches...etc. There is an apparent chronology of thought and passage of time in her work, as sometimes represented by geometric horizontal lines. Fish creates works that reflect on our species, our history and our acceleration, while remaining grounded in the tactile, material tradition of painting, always in dialogue with the rich history that precedes us. Strictly depicting scenes from imagination, she gives a window into how she sees, how she sees people seeing and how she learns from those who saw before her.