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Biography:

Observations of how separate objects in space interact with each other provide the impetus for J Garcia's paintings. The existence of one entity inherently affects all others through attributes of thoughts, language, action and occupation of space. Garcia's paintings construct and explore a diffusion of color within fleeting relationships of associating symbols. He highlights these relationships by integrating an embedded repetition of patterned motifs. Working with a fluctuating, yet recognizable repertoire of imagery, Garcia's paintings consist of multiple layers that tell stories of botanical, zoological, mechanical and invisible dynamic worlds.

Each layer's natural progression is evidence of the foundational layers that have come before. Intentional contrast of transparent and opaque foreground imagery serves as a platform to examine what is beneath. Garcia confirms a visual language that reflects a grounded understanding of a ubiquitous, comprehensive consciousness. The paintings remain open to definitive interpretations that validate the viewer's culturally established perspectives and expectations.

When Garcia is not painting in his studio or researching local taquerías, he can be found painting live on stage with touring musicians. The painting of each performance is in congruence with the sound and energy of the collective experience of the musicians and the audience. Each event dictates its own unique catalog of imagery and allows him to develop a broad progressive range of imagery and styles. One of the original live painters on the current music scene, Garcia has painted for over a decade with an eclectic variety of bands and musicians, as well as professional sports events across the United States, Europe and Japan.

Bands Performance Painting With:

A Poet Named Life
Audio Angel
Bassnectar
Blew Willie
Bluetech
BLVD
Boreta
Cheb i Sabbah
Dan the Automator
Dead Kenny G's
DJ Quest
EdIT
Dr. John
Hallucinogen
Hairy Apes BMX
J Tonal
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey
James Christopher
Karl Denson's Tiny Universe
Karsh Kale
KebMo
Keller Williams
Kraddy
Les Claypool's Frog Brigade
Material
Medieval Pundance
Mochipet
Modest Mouse
MONO
New Deal
Nitin Sawhney
Ooah
Ozomatli
Papa Grows Funk
Pnuma
Pharcyde
Ripple
Robert Walters
The Duo
The Roots
The Seahawks
The Slip
Signal Path
Simply Jeff
Soulive
Sound Tribe Sector Nine
Spesh
String Cheese Incident
Walter "Wolfman" Washington

Selected Live Painting Venues:

Red Rocks | Morrison, Colorado
The Greek Theatre | Berkeley, California
Qwest Field | Seattle, Washington
Bimhuis | Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Nokia Theatre | Times Square
The Warfield | San Francisco, California
The Fillmore | Denver, Colorado
Bonnaroo | Manchester, Tennessee
Metamorphose | Izu, Japan


Exhibition:

2008
Manifest Hope – Andenken Gallery, Denver
365 – 111 Minna, San Francisco

2007
Flesh and Fantasy - Godard, Vancouver

2006
10 Artists / 10 Eames Chairs – ADD, Brooklyn

2005
Minds Wide Open - Light Space Gallery, Venice CA; Microcosm Gallery, NYC; Around the Coyote Gallery, Chicago
Jazzfest - Frenchy Gallery, New Orleans
Light Bodies - Binary Mine, Chicago

2004
Synergenesis - Cellspace, San Francisco
Interdimensional – Oseao Gallery, Seattle
Art and Science, Chicago

2003
Illa s'Arenella Villa de Arte, Cadaques, Spain
Interdimensional - Oseao, Seattle

2002
Ray Patlan Benefit,Balazo Gallery, San Francisco

2001
Cuban Styles - SomARTS, San Francisco; Ira Pinto Gallery, Washington DC

2000
Mission Muralists, Gallery Luscombe, San Francisco



Bibliography and Media:

2009 Re:Generation, Anonymous Content

2008 MONO, The Sky Remains The Same As Ever, DVD

11/07 Seattle Seahawks, Gameday Program

2006 STS9, Live As Time Changes, DVD
12/06 Seattle Seahawks, Gameday Program

4/05 Relix, USA

4/04 Popeye Magazine, Japan
2/04 Overground Magazine, Japan

5/01 Precita Eyes Public Mural Award

9/00 Latin Eyes, Bay TV, San Francisco
8/00 Kalifornia Traum von Freiheit, Gruppe 5 Filmproduktion, Germany
2/00 Register Guard, Eugene, Oregon


Community:

Garcia’s art has raised over 30,000 pounds of food for Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and local food banks through The Conscious Alliance Food Drives, paid for six teachers salaries in musical programs in Gugarat, India through Ahimsa Benefits, raised awareness and cultural education via The Smithsonian Sikh Gallery and Sikh Heritage Foundation, enriched the lives of inner city youth through mural programs at Precita Eyes Mural Arts Center of San Francisco, raised funding for the research of psychotropic medicine by MAPS, been used for banners in Rainforest Action Network activist demonstrations, contributed towards the building of a music and creative writing school in Johannesburg, South Africa through a Playing For Change Benefit and raised funding for Seattle based charities by painting during NFL games with the Seahawks.

Education:

1993-1997 BFA, University of California, Los Angeles
1998-1999 MFA Painting Program - 1st year, San Francisco Art Institute

Memberships:

Artist Trust, Member, 2008