Jonathan Molvik

The idea of the mask is central to both my process and my subject matter. The base layers of my paintings are created from various identities. My latest paintings began with large non-representational abstract images. Some of my mixed-media pieces began as discarded ethnographic photographs from past museum exhibitions. Other pieces began as my past paintings that I have cut apart and re-purposed. Images are masked and selectively painted over. With these images the original identity remains.

CONTACT

Fort Wayne, IN
Cell: 9492930652
jonathanmolvik@gmail.com
https://jonathanmolvik.com/

MEDIA

Acrylics
Collage
Drawing
Mixed Media
Oils
Painting
Pencil
Watercolor
Charcoal
Monotypes

GALLERIES

Fort Wayne Museum of Art
Crestwoods Gallery
Purdue Fort Wayne Visual Arts Gallery

BIOGRAPHY

Jonathan Molvik finds inspiration for his paintings in natural forms woven through urban development. His layered paintings depict the interactions between positive and negative, as well as natural and constructed, spaces by looking through, beyond and around forms. Influenced by his study of batik in Indonesia, masking and printmaking methods create layers within his work. He received his B.A. in Studio Art from UCLA, studying under John Baldessari, Roger Herman and Tim Ebner, and his MFA in Visual Arts from UCSD studying under Ernest Silva. Jonathan has been teaching art and graphic design as an adjunct professor at Huntington University, Ivy Tech, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Taylor University and University Saint Francis. Jonathan Molvik lives and works in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Jonathan has been working as a fine artist and graphic designer for over twenty years. My most recent exhibition featured three of my paintings and I was an invited speaker at the Art of Hope exhibition at Purdue University Fort Wayne. His artwork is featured in the 2020 and 2022 Irvine Valley College’s Literary Journal, The Ear. He has been an exhibiting artist with the juried Laguna Art-A-Fair Fine Art Festival in Laguna Beach.