Jonathan Gent

"Painting Las Vegas" 40 by 29 inches giclee print on Hahnhemuhle rag 2008 Born in 1976 in Cheshire England, Lives in The UK, USA, Thailand. Jonathan Gent will be having his frst solo exhibition at Carter Presents in London in 2009, Other solo shows include XVA Gallery the Creek Art Fair Dubai 2008, HOTEL 'america', London 2004, GLU Gallery Los Angeles USA 2004, GLU Gallery 'Shapes and Colours', Los Angeles USA 2005 After studying at Cheshire and Edinburgh School's of Art respectively, Gent moved to Glasgow then Aberdeenshire to forge his practice. Since that time he has been an artist in transit, constantly moving between The USA, Latin America, Europe, The Milddle East and England. Gent's paintings and drawings explore a perceptive and wry observation on human complexity. Humorous, wry, and acutely tuned his work is punchy and fast. Sometimes strikingly minimal, they can often be deceptively simple. Gent's obsession is with the line and the expansion of ideas through its limitless possibilities. His observations on close examination feel painfully inciteful and true to life. They are visual poems keenly observed teetering on the brink of pathos and comedy. Jonathan Gent has work in numerous private and public collections