Jordy Kerwick
Image courtesy the artist and The Sydney Morning Herald. Photo by Murial Cavanhac.
Born in Melbourne, Australia in 1982. Lived in Hong Kong briefly during childhood. Currently lives and works in Albi, France.
Jordy Kerwick is a self-taught artist who began his painting career in 2016, as encouraged by his wife, a trained artist. He cited French Fauvist painter Henri Matisse as a major influence of his work. Kerwick has quickly acquired global recognition for his bold, raw and unapologetic approach to palette and pattern, executing vivid, expressionistic and highly-stylised compositions.
Known for his colourful, eclectic still-life paintings from earlier, Kerwick's latest body of work explores the fantastical elements and storied visions of the artist's interior imagination where new and unknown terrains collide. Bright colours aside his polycephalic, monster-like creatures hint at contemporary fears: consequences of genetic engineering or fallout from nuclear conflict. Using a variety of materials, from oil, acrylic and spray paint on canvas, to oil stick and collage on paper, the artist's "the more mistakes, the merrier" approach rejoices by unexpected combinations of colour, texture, and form.
Kerwick's striking visual language stems largely from his homebody, domestic lifestyle—his son’s freehand doodle inspired him in the first place. His work draws on the contours of organic forms in domestic settings. Texture and colour inhabit his canvas, often centred on a potted plant. Sometimes traces of human life present themselves in way of an abandoned cigarette or a pile of books, their titles written playfully on their spines almost as if conversing with the viewer. The artist utilises a decisive use of impasto paint in blocks of colour combined with anarchic references to mythical figures, punk, and the odd romantic poet or philosopher. Kerwick’s paintings go beyond simply beautiful subject matter to reveal deeply personal stories like an inside joke.
1982年出生於澳洲墨爾本，兒時曾於香港生活，現於法國阿爾比生活和工作。
Jordy Kerwick是一位自學成才的藝術家，於2016年在藝術家內子鼓勵下開始了他的繪畫生涯。Kerwick曾透露自己畫風深受法國野獸派畫家馬蒂斯影響—Kerwick以大膽、原始的用色和圖案，執行生動、非常風格化的構圖，迅速風靡全球。
Kerwick早期以其色彩繽紛的靜物畫而聞名，以油彩、丙烯、噴漆及油畫棒等多種材料，充滿富想象力的奇幻元素和神話式敘事擦出火花。色彩背後他的多頭怪物暗示了當代人所懼怕的：基因工程或核武戰爭的後果。他以將錯就錯的心態作畫，會對顏色、質感和形式撞出的意外組合感到欣喜。
Kerwick奪目的視覺語言主要源自他的家庭生活—他受兒子無拘無束的塗鴉啟發。他的作品借鑑了家庭環境中常見物件的輪廓，經常以盆栽植物為中心，洋溢著紋理和色彩。 有時，Kerwick的作品中會遺下煙蒂或一堆書等生活的痕跡，更透過書脊上書名俏皮地與觀眾交談。 藝術家厚厚塗上大片油彩，揉合了神話人物、龐克和浪漫派詩人或哲學家的引言，果斷地帶出無政府主義的意味。 Kerwick的畫作不單外觀綺麗，背後更是潛藏深刻軼事，比較像一個圈內笑話。
Previous Exhibitions
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2023
Jordy Kerwick | Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza | Madrid, Spain
So Many Sheep, So Few Wolves | Vito Schnabel Gallery | St. Moritz, Switzerland2022
So Many Sheep, So Few Wolves | Vigo Gallery | London, UK
Jordy Kerwick | Gallery NOW | Toyama, Japan
Jordy Kerwick | Vigo Gallery | London, UK
ANNÉE DU TIGRE | WOAW Gallery, ALLOUCHE BENIAS | Hong Kong2021
Things we talk about, things we see | Vito Schnabel Gallery | New York, NY
Between Consciousness and Sleep | Vigo Gallery | London, UK
I'll Come Back Again | UNION Gallery | London, UK
The duality of a moment, Chapters 1 & 2 | Galerie Julien Cadet | Paris, France
Don't Burn The House Down Yet by Jordy Kerwick | ALLOUCHE BENIAS | Athens, Greece
Jordy Kerwick | Part2 Gallery | Oakland, CA2020
The Complexity of Grey: on one hand this, but on the other hand that | Part2 Gallery | Oakland, CA
The Three Month Dream | Piermarq | Sydney, Australia2019
FATAL PURITY | MAKI | Tokyo, Japan
Micro | Macro: Paintings of Love & Hate | TWFINEART | Brisbane, Australia
I Love You. What’s Your Name | Anna Zorina Gallery | New York, NY2018
Jordy Kerwick - Outro | Piermarq | Sydney, Australia
The Radical Familiar | Piermarq | Sydney, Australia -
2023
MORPHEUS | Maddox Gallery | London, UK
A RETROSPECTIVE OF CONTEMPORARY ARTWORK: A JOURNEY THROUGH ARTISTS' VOCATIONS | Intent Gallery | Dubai, UAE
Ten: A decade of Unit London | Unit London | London, UK
Jenise & Dordy | CFHILL | Stockholm, Sweden
UNI[2]ON | Union Gallery | London, UK
Summer Vibes | Strouk Gallery | Paris, France
As Friends & Partners | WOAW Gallery | Singapore2022
Between color and poetry: Kerwick, Salgado and Omofemi | Artsomnia | Milan, Italy
FNG TAIPEI 2022 | FNG-Art | Taipei, Taiwan
FLOWER | CHOI&CHOI | Seoul, South Korea
Artists Inspired by Music: Interscope Reimagined | LACMA, Interscope Records | Los Angeles, CA
ANASTASIA BAY + JORDY KERWICK | Anna Zorina Gallery | New York, NY
Inti-Punku | Strouk Gallery | Paris, France
Reflections: Partly Fiction | WOAW Gallery | Hong Kong2021
Mixed Pickles 9 | Ruttkowski;68 | Munich, Germany
Domesticity | Volery Gallery | Dubai, UAE
Holding Hands | UNION Gallery | London, UK
LIMBO act II | Everyday Gallery | Antwerp, Belgium
High Voltage Two | Nassima Landau | Tel Aviv, Israel2020
Hey! Follow me! It's Happy Hour Time! | Galeria Fran Reus | Palma de Mallorca, Spain
HYBRID | CFHILL | Stockholm, Sweden
Sydney Contemporary Presents: CAROUSEL | Piermarq | Sydney, Australia
LIMBO | Everyday Gallery | Antwerp, Belgium
Reflections: Open Ended | Gana Art Nineone | Seoul, South Korea
Brindar Con Extraños | Trinta Arte Contemporánea | Santiago de Compostela, Spain2019
Come Away With Me | heliumcowboy | Hamburg, Germany
'From Europe, With Love' Henrik Godsk, Jordy Kerwick, Olivier Vrancken | Piermarq | Sydney, Australia
We're still here | heliumcowboy | Hamburg, Germany
Untitled | heliumcowboy | Hamburg, Germany
Summer Marathon 2019 | Beers London | London, UK
75 Works on Paper | Beers London | London, UK
Favorites | Ambacher Contemporary | Munich, Germany2018
TWFAX2 + MATT SHERIDAN + W HOTEL | TWFINEART |
NORTH Kunstmesse | heliumcowboy | Hamburg, Germany
Summer Lovin' | heliumcowboy | Hamburg, Germany
CRISP | heliumcowboy | Hamburg, Germany2017
FRESHAF | Abstract Figuration I | TWFINEART | Brisbane, Australia
we are the ones doing works on canvas, painting xxxx | CGK Galleri & Kunstsalon | Copenhagen, Denmark
Summer Group Exhibition | Anna Zorina Gallery | New York, NY
