Jason REVOK
Entirely self-taught, Jason REVOK is known for pushing creative boundaries that began in the street. Although his story begins with graffiti, the artist has spent the last decade focussing on his studio practice and the evolution of process and concept. Refusing to be limited by his early recognition, REVOK allows only certain elements from graffiti culture to transition to his contemporary work – modest materials and industrial tools, ingenuity, his name – but his proclivity towards minimalism and post-painterly abstraction has become the driving force behind his practice. Examining the question of authorship from start to finish, REVOK has developed systematic yet imperfect tools to carry out his vision and has created a number of unmistakable bodies of work. His bold, balanced, geometry is heightened by the personal and imperfect sleight of the human hand.
Born in Riverside, CA in 1977
Lives and works in Detroit, MI
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019
depersonalization-derealization – Library Street Collective | Detroit, MI
2018
Installation by Jason REVOK – Arts Brookfield | Los Angeles, CA
2016
SYSTEMS – Library Street Collective | Detroit, MI
Systems Cont. – Allouche Gallery | New York, NY
2015
REVOK: Los Angeles – Library Street Collective | Los Angeles, CA
REVOK – Ruttkowski; 68 | Cologne, DE
2012
Ordinary Things – Library Street Collective | Detroit, MI
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020
Mother Tongue – curated by Jason REVOK, Mini Galerie | Amsterdam, Netherlands
NEON – curated by Jens-Peter Brask, Martin Asbæk Gallery | Copenhagen, Denmark
2019
Beyond the Streets – curated by Roger Gastman | New York, NY
Dallas Art Fair – Library Street Collective | Dallas, TX
Zona Maco – Library Street Collective | Mexico City, MX
2018
Beyond the Streets – curated by Roger Gastman | Los Angeles, CA
2017
Machine Show – Library Street Collective | Detroit, MI
Unobstructed Views – Library Street Collective | Detroit, MI
Double Edged – Circuit 2 | Dallas, TX
2016
Painting/Object – Library Street Collective | Los Angeles, CA
LSC Presents – Library Street Collective | Detroit, MI
Mint Julep – Galleria Patricia Armocida | Milan, IT
Major Work – Chandran Gallery | San Francisco, CA
2014
Revok/Pose – Library Street Collective | Los Angeles, CA
The Provocateurs – curated by Shepard Fairey | Chicago, IL
Dubai – Library Street Collective | Detroit, MI
Exhibit Z – Library Street Collective | Detroit, MI
Art Basel Miami – Library Street Collective | Miami, FL
Cruel Summer – curated by Roger Gastman, Jonathan LeVine Gallery | New York, NY
2013
Uphill Both Ways – Jonathan LeVine Gallery | New York, NY
Out With the Old – Library Street Collective | Detroit, MI
2011
Art in the Streets – Museum of Contemporary Art , MoCA | Los Angeles, CA
Street Cred – Pasadena Museum of Contemporary Art | Pasadena, CA