JonOne
John “JonOne” Perello was born in 1963 in New York to parents from the Dominican Republic. Growing up in Harlem, his introduction to street art began at an early age, when he would see graffiti and tags on subway cars and city walls. Adopting these modes of expression, JonOne used the energy he felt from the city to find freedom in painting his urban landscape. While he has evolved from his early tagging days, his art continues to be inspired by the “Urban Jungle” from his youth.
“When you walk around, you see the names everywhere. Instead of reading newspapers like everybody else, I’d read graffiti on the streets every morning. I was curious about who was responsible and wanted to do it myself.”
JonOne presents us with paintings that defy the “rules” of graffiti. With a tremendous sense of movement and color, his compositions combine freestyle, hand-painted aesthetics with a sense of repetition akin to textile patterns. His work has often been compared to that of abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock and French artist Jean Dubuffet. By layering precise strokes and vibrant color, he creates a uniquely balanced yet dynamic visual experience.
JonOne lives and works in Paris.
Select Works
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Exhibitions
A Beautiful Madness | November 3 - December 2, 2012
French Invasion | May 12 – June 24, 2012
Media
2013
Vhils, JonOne, Yz | Centre Pompidou | Paris
Vhils JonOne, Obey, ect. | Voklienger Hutte Museum | Voklienger, Germany
Scope NY 2013 | Fabien Castanier Gallery | New York
A Beautiful Madness | Fabien Castanier Gallery | Los Angeles
2012
A Beautiful Madness | Fabien Castanier Gallery | Los Angeles
French Invasion | Fabien Castanier Gallery | Los Angeles
Transformations | Galerie Rive Gauche | Paris
Overlook | Galery Magda Danysz | Shanghai
2011
The City Breathes | Galerie Rabouan Moussion | Paris
Words and Dreams, Where Technology Meets Dreams and Vice Versa | 18Gallery | Shanghai
2010
Abstractions | Galerie Magda Danysz | Paris
Retrospective 20 ans / 20 years | Speerstra Gallery | Bursins, Switzerland
Carved In Stone | Galerie Brugier-Rigail | Paris
2009
Solo Show | Don Gallery | Milan, Italy
Solo Show | 18Gallery | Shanghai
Solo Show | Galerie Magda Danysz | Paris
Whole in the Wall | Helenbeck Galllery | New York
Solo Show | Graffitigalleriet | Copenhagen
Tag au Grand Palais Show | Paris
Propeace | Maison Folle | Lille, France
Arte Fiera | Galerie Magda Danysz | Bologne, Italy
2008
Whole in the wall American Graffiti | Galeries Helenbeck | Paris & Nice, France
Solo Show, Show Off | Galerie Magda Danysz | Paris
My Father’s Keeper | Galerie Lefeuvre | Paris
Follow the Sun | Speerstra Gallery | Bursins, Switzerland
Brut Graffiti | Speerstra Gallery | Bursins, Suisse
2007
Game Over | Galerie Magda Danysz | Paris
Abbaye d’Auberive | Auberive, France
Musée Paul Valery | Sètes, France
L’art modeste sous les bombes | MIAM, exposition de groupe | Sètes, France
Sir JonOne | Galerie Helenbeck | Paris
The Art of Living | Galerie Speerstra | Bursins, Switzerland
2006
Serigraff | Galerie Speerstra | Paris
JonOne |Espace Art 22 | Bruxelles
Friends of Basquiat | Galerie Agnès B. | Paris
Ugly Winners | Galerie Agnès B. | Paris
Art Statement Gallery | Hong-Kong
Galerie 5213 | Berlin, Germany
2005
Urban Calligraphy | Galerie Speerstra | Paris
Festival Walk | Art Statement Gallery | Hong-Kong
JonOne | Espace HelenBeck | Nice
The Live Issue.#2 | Back Jumps | Berlin, Germany
Bande à part | Galerie Agnès B. | Paris
2004
Night and day | Galerie Speerstra | Paris
C3 | Galerie Anthem | New-York
Ice Blue | Hong-Kong
2003
Galerie Agnès B. | Fiac | Paris
Talking to walls Galerie Speerstra | Paris
Collaborative Works JonOne-Agnès B | Agnès B. | Los Angeles, San Fransisco, Chigago
Black Block | Palais de Tokyo | Installation | Paris.
2002
Black Diamonds |Galerie Speerstra | Paris
Armory Show | Galerie Agnès B. | New York
Galerie Agnès B.| Installation Works | Hong-Kong
2001
Seven Deadly Sins | Triiad | Paris
Color Wars | Galerie Michel Gillet | Paris
Color Wars | Espace Zali | Paris
JonOne | Pop-Up | Paris
2000
JonOne | Galerie Cargo | Paris
1999
Fundation Peter Pichler Autriche
1998
Freestyle | Nowhere-Land | Belgium
1997
JonOne | Unko Shimada | Paris
JonOne & Sharp | Preo | Tokyo
1996
Crossing Path | Galerie Michel Gillet | Paris
1995
JonOne | Carrousel du Louvre | Paris
JonOne & Dzine | Idaho Gallery | Chicago, USA
1994
Good Times | Espace Dunoyer | Paris
1992
Galerie Magda Danysz | Paris
Hopital Ephémère | Paris
Galerie Structures Montpellier, France
Galerie Michel Gillet, Paris Galerie B5, Monaco
1991
Espace Protis Paris
1990
Galerie Glebisch 45 | Berlin