Artist's Statement
I was raised by a television in suburban America -- tuned in to all the big,
bold, shiny things being sold in big, bold, shiny commercials. One of my first
memories is the colors of the cereal aisle flashing by as I rode in my mom's
grocery cart. I still see things this way. I'm more likely to notice an ad on
the side of the highway than the forest behind it.
What has become visual white noise to most people is what I'm interested in.
This is what America really looks like: strip malls full of franchises, endless
arrays of products and packaging anything to isolate us from the unfamiliar. I
think that these mundane things that have so completely saturated our lives have
inherent moments of value. Painting them shows us something about who we are,
what our values are, and what's surprisingly acceptable and eerily beautiful.
- Jason Chase
Shows
- 2007
- Trans Am, Newton Arts Center, Newton MA
- 2006
- National Image, Sherman Gallery, Boston, MA
- Jason Chase : Step Right Up, Locco Ritoro Gallery, Boston, MA
- 2005
- America, Are We Drowning?, Art Murmur Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Pop Surrealism: The Rise of Underground Art, Sangre de Cristo Arts
Center,Pueblo, CO
- 2004
- Joan Mitchell Foundation 2002 - 2003 MFA grant recipients, Cue Art Foundation
New York, New York
- 150 by 150, The Gallery @ Green St., Jamaica Plain, MA
- Stars and Strip Malls, The Harbor Gallery, Boston , MA
- 2003
- 150 by 150, The Gallery @ Green St., Jamaica Plain, MA
- Summer Surprises, The Nielsen Gallery, Boston, MA
- Superpower, The Gallery @ Green St., Jamaica Plain, MA
- Boston University MFA Thesis Show, The 808 Gallery, Boston, MA
- A New Generation of Magic Realists, Sangre de Cristo Arts Center, Pueblo, CO
- 2002
- After Before: Artistic Encounters Following September 11,
- Attleboro Center, Attleboro, MA
- 2001
- Farewell Show, The Warehouse Gallery, Colorado Springs, CO
- Front Range Student Art Exhibition, Regis University, Denver, CO
- 2000
- Works of Jason Chase, Chaos Studios, Colorado Springs, CO
- Colorado Biennial 2000, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, CO
- Artesia, Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO
Awards
- 2006
- 2006 Somerville Arts Council Grant
- 2002-03
- Joan Mitchell Award
- Boston University School of Fine Arts Scholarship
- Constatin Alajalov Scholarship
- 2000
- Highest distinction, studio art, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Education
- 2000
- BA, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
- 2003
- MFA, Boston University
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