Jonathan BAEZ
THE MORPHINE SERIES
“Life was going on as usual with no real disruption. Suddenly in the summer or 2019 I became gravely ill… Doctors hadn’t the slightest clue of what I had or how to approach it.While hospitalized for approximately a month and a half and through heavy morphine sedation I began working on a series of pieces which would up to some point save me going Crazy… This would later become THE MORPHINE SERIES. A visual Diary of my days of heavy medication and nights in ephemeral parallel universes.
The art work is the exploration and discovery of myself at a time when uncertainty was the order of the day. Without giving up the present world and circumstances, I invented a whole new realm where fantasy and hope and morphine dreams were just a brushstroke away.”
Artist statement I try not getting in the way of my work. To allow something else to appear, to show me the way… I recognize the presence of something else that works through me at the time of the creation. This can only happen when I surrender the illusion of control and become receptive.
Bio Jonathan Baez (born July 20 1976 in the Dominican Republic) living in South Florida. Jonathan Baez moved from the Dominican Republic where he lived with his grandmother (a ceramic artist) to Miami Florida in 1989. Jonathan began to take an interest in the arts first as a musician playing in local punk bands, his need to express later evolved into plastic arts. Jonathan felt that there were more ways to express than with just words, which can have different meanings and be misleading. He also felt that in life there was something else out there which he could not see but was certain of its presence. At the age of thirty-two Jonathan began the studies of the teachings of George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (The fourth way) Jonathan’s work is his way of making sense of those things which can not be intellectualized, only be felt. His work is abstract by nature with a touch of visual story letting which gives the viewer the ability and sensation to participate in the visual experience by leaving open suggestions which form and finish images.
Tiny totem avenue - Mixed media on canvas / Technique mixte sur toile - Dim : 152 X 122 cm
The Machine Mixed media on canvas - dim : 152 x 122 cm
The Outer conforming to the Inner Mixed media on canvas dim : 121 x 121 cm
Beauty fall - Mixed media on canvas - dim : 152 x 122 cm
Private Collection
Night at the mausoleum - Mixed media on canvas / Technique mixte sur toile - dim : 82 X 112 cm
Private Collection
La infancia es la patria - Mixed media on canvas / Technique mixte sur toile - dim : 81 X 152 cm
Semi-dream state - Mixed media on canvas / Technique mixte sur toile - dim : 152 X 122 cm
BiographyJonathan Baez (born July 20 1976 in the Dominican Republic) living in South Florida. Jonathan Baez moved from the Dominican Republic where he lived with his grandmother (a ceramic artist) to Miami Florida in 1989. Jonathan began to take an interest in the arts first as a musician playing in local punk bands, his need to express later evolved into plastic arts. Jonathan felt that there was more ways to express than with just word, which can have different meanings and be misleading. He also felt that in life there was something else out there which he could not see but was certain of its presence. At the age of thirty-two Jonathan began the studies of the teachings of George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (The fourth way) Jonathan’s work is his way of making sense of those things which can not be intellectualized, only be felt.
Biographie Jonathan Baez (né le 20 juillet 1976 en République Dominicaine) habite en Floride du Sud. Il a démenagé de la République Dominicaine où il vécut avec sa grand-mère (céramiste) à Miami, Floride en 1989. Jonathan s’est intéressé aux arts au début en tant que musicien jouant dans les groupes punk des alentours, ensuite sa volonté de s’exprimer l’a mené vers les arts plastiques. Jonathan était certain qu’il existait d’autres moyens d’expression en dehors des paroles, qui ont des sens multiples et souvent trompeurs. Il ressentait autre chose dans la vie qu’on ne voyait pas mais en était certain de sa présence. A l’âge de trente-deux ans, Jonathan commença à étudier les enseignements de George Ivanovich Gurdjieff (La Quatrième Voie). L’œuvre de Jonathan représente sa manière de comprendre ce qui ne peut pas être intellectualisé, seulement ressenti. |
Tertium quid refers to an unidentified third element that is in combination with two known ones. The phrase is associated with alchemy. It is Latin for « third thing ». This could also be seen in art as the silent conversation between art and viewer.
Tertium quid is by definition unknown… We will never be able to pin point in absolute this element, but in the search, we will discover many things, which have always been there, but we have been asleep and blind to them.
Artist statement
I try not getting in the way of my work. To allow something else to appear,
to show me the way… I recognize the presence of something else that works through me at the time of the creation. This can only happen when I surrender the illusion of control and become receptive.
Tertium quid indique un troisième élément non identifié qui combine avec deux éléments reconnus. Cette expression est souvent associée avec l’alchimie. C’est ‘La troisième chose’ en latin. Elle se traduirait en termes de l’art comme le dialogue silencieux entre l’art et le spectateur. Tertium quid reste par définition inconnaissable… nous ne pourrons jamais mettre le doigt précisément dessus, mais, le long du chemin, nous découvrirons plein de choses, qui ont toujours existé, mais que nous avions ignorées.
Déclaration de l’artiste
Je m’efforce de ne pas obstruer mon travail, plutôt de faire apparaître autre chose … Je reconnais la présence d’un élément indéterminé qui me guide, m’aide au moment de créer. Ceci ne peut qu’arriver que quand je renonce à l’illusion de maîtrise et que je deviens réceptif.
Recent Exhibitions
| December 2012 | TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCE (The bridge, Miami Florida) |
| March 2013 | SOLO show (Mimosa, North beach art district) |
| July 2013 | TWO MAN SHOW BRIAN BUZZELLA AND JONATHAN BAEZ (Helium Creative Fat Village art district Fort Lauderdale) |
| July 2013 | REVEL ON THE BLOCK (Fat Village Art District) |
| November 2013 | IRREVERSIBLE MAGAZINE WINNERS EXHIBITION 2013 (Gallery 2014Hollywood Florida) |
| December 2013 | POPPING THE CHERRY AT THE BRIDGE (The Bridge, Miami Florida) |
| January 2014 | ART PALM BEACH IRREVERSIBLE MAGAZINE BOOTH (Palm beach convention center) |
| April 2014 | ART MONACO 2014 (Monaco) |
| July 2014 | BEDDINGTON FINE ART (Bargemon – Var) |
| 17th December Spring 2015 |
The International Medical Center Quartier Tassy Tourettes (83440) |
