The Artist
Jay Exon is a mid-career represented artist. He began flourishing a brush painting scenery for the theatre during his apprenticeship with noted set designer Richard Ellis. In 2015, Jay began painting full-time and soon developed a career as an independent artist. Though his abstract style is a departure from that of his formal training, he brings to each work a sense of theatricality.
He say's of his work, "My paintings are serendipitous discoveries revealed through open-minded experimentation. I paint as if treasure hunting, inspired by possibilities in pursuit of the novel. Painting is an adventure, a quest of self-discovery.
I find that there are no accidents on my canvases, only coincidences. Perhaps Robert Motherwell of the New York School put it best: 'In the brush doing what it is doing, it will stumble upon what one couldn't do by oneself.'"
Jay lives and works in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Artist CV
Present
Gallery Associate, Joseph Gierek Fine Art
Owner and Proprietor of Jay Exon, LLC
Instructor, Waterworks Arts Center
Solo Exhibitions
A Breath In Time, Howell Gallery: APRIL 2023 (Oklahoma City, OK)
The Curve Gallery: SEPT-OCT 2018 (Muskogee, OK)
Landon Thomas Designs: JUNE-AUG 2018 (Tulsa, OK)
Art Live, The Meridia: FEB 2018 (Tulsa, OK)
Plein Air Pop-Up, West Elm: FEB 2017 (Tulsa, OK)
Michael Brothers: JUNE-NOV 2016 (Tulsa, OK)
Group Exhibitions
Tulsa Artist Coalition Member's Show, TAC Gallery: JAN 2025 (Tulsa, OK)
Gallery Artists on Exhibit, Joseph Gierek Fine Art: Current (Tulsa, OK)
Rock, Paper, Scissors, Cox Center: OCT 2023 (Tulsa, OK)
Quality of Light, Gaylord Pickens Museum: JUN-SEPT 2023 (Oklahoma City, OK)
Members Exhibition, Living Arts: FEB 2020 (Tulsa, OK)
Holiday Art Show, Joseph Gierek Fine Art: DEC 2020 (Tulsa, OK)
Impressions of Landscape, Landon Thomas Designs: DEC-JAN 2019/20 (Tulsa, OK)
Canvas and Dance, Skiatook Arts Center: OCT 2019 (Skiatook, OK)
Parade of Homes: JUNE 2019 (Tulsa, OK)
46th Annual Designer Showcase, Harwelden Mansion: MAY 2019 (Tulsa, OK)
Yin and Yang, Chrysalis Salon: MAY-JUNE 2019 (Tulsa, OK)
Fresh Oklahoma 2019, Landon Thomas Designs: FEB-MAR 2019 (Tulsa, OK)
Abstracted, Tulsa Artery : JAN-FEB 2018 (Tulsa, OK)
Kindred Art Show: NOV 2017 (Jenks, OK)
Contemporium, Skiatook Arts Center : AUG-SEPT 2017 (Skiatook, OK)
Decopolis Fine Arts Show: NOV-DEC 2016 (Tulsa, OK)
Education
Internship, Richard Ellis Scenic Designs, JAN 2011 - DEC 2011 (Tulsa, OK)
Corporate Collectors
Loves
Oklahoma Community Foundation
The 2300
Crowe and Dunlevy
Gable Gotwals
Southside Behavioral Health