JACH

Statement

I am interested in the interaction between art and other disciplines; design, literature, philosophy, psychology, economics, and theology. My work is conformed equally by the need to transmit an idea and to depict it graphically. The Bauhaus and Dada Movements, Robert Massin, and artists who blurred the line between art and design like Ed Ruscha, Jenny Holzer, and Barbara Kruger interest and inspire me. Their work has paved the way by incorporating typography and phrasing in contemporary art.

Although my formal studies are in economics and I have succeeded in cultural entrepreneurship, I have parallelly self-taught in art publishing and journalism, editorial and graphic design, media theory, history of media, and behavioral psychology. These seemingly contradictory teachings have become the essence of my artistic and intellectual proposal in which I question the relations between the self and Money, Media, People, and God.

I am not interested in depicting my roots or my past. I do not want my work to be related to any country, much less an ethnicity or a particular tradition. I don’t belong to any ideological, artistic, or political group; my message intends to tap into today’s Human Condition, which is why I use everyday objects and references. It is also why I have adopted the universal language: English.

Though each of my pieces represents a whole idea, my aim is to present the audience with a bigger ideological corollary. In attempting such a purpose, I have resorted to use my own exhibition space; the creation of artist books, art objects, digital murals, urban interventions, video art, GIF-based NFTs, and other art mediums.