In Illumilocity, Jon explores a territory where light becomes language. Each painting investigates the energy that inhabits color, the vibration that arises when matter surrenders to luminosity. Here, painting does not represent — it radiates.

Jon works from gesture and intuition, allowing movement to lead the way rather than form or control. Across the surface, layers of pigment behave like electric pulses, like urban reflections that breathe and dissolve. What emerges is not an image, but an atmosphere — an inner city built from color and rhythm.

His work dialogues with the legacies of material and gestural abstraction, yet moves beyond them into a contemporary space where light no longer illuminates from the outside, but emanates from within the painting itself. There is no nostalgia in his gesture, only continuity: a process of constant expansion, of growth understood as openness.

The colors — deep blues, electric violets, burning reds, radiant yellows — are not merely tones, but energies. Each embodies a distinct frequency: blue contemplates, violet reflects, red pulses, yellow vibrates. Together they compose a visual symphony that oscillates between calm and brilliance.

In this solo show at Red Dot Art Fair, Jon presents a body of work that affirms painting as a luminous experience. Illumilocity is a journey toward inner clarity — a celebration of movement, vibration, and presence. As Henri Matisse once said, “Creativity takes courage; one must have the courage to let go of what is known.”

Lucas Kokogian

Lucas Kokogian

Art Curator and Art Critic. GALERIA AZUR

Jon Gilchrist is a self-taught abstract artist born in 1975 in Oklahoma City, OK. Jon’s upbringing was enhanced by his involvement in various forms of artistic expression.

Later, Jon was exposed to, and inspired by, the following artists: as Joan Mitchell, Sam Gilliam, Mark Rothko, Sam Francis, Robert Motherwell, Norman Lewis, and Romare Bearden.

He expresses these influences through his use of texture, materials, arrangement, application, and elevating his own brand of social commentary to a more universal stature.

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SESSION 08

SESSION 08

FROM DEC 5TH TO JAN 9TH/2026

Pop Up Miami Art Week 2025

Pop Up Miami Art Week 2025

FROM DEC 1ST TO 15TH/2025

RED DOT 2025

RED DOT 2025

FROM DEC 3RD TO 7TH/2025

ILLUMINOCITY

ILLUMINOCITY

FROM DEC 3RD TO 7TH/2025

SET 006

SET 006

FROM NOV 7TH TO DEC 7TH/2025

BLUE TAKE ME TO THE END

BLUE TAKE ME TO THE END

FROM OCT 31ST TO NOV 29TH/2025

SESSION 07

SESSION 07

FROM OCT 24TH TO NOV 25TH/2025

PARIS POP UP 2025

PARIS POP UP 2025

FROM OCT 8TH TO NOV 1ST/2025

BON BON LE MORTE

BON BON LE MORTE

FROM OCT 8TH TO OCT 18TH/2025

NATURAL BALANCE

NATURAL BALANCE

FROM OCT 10TH TO NOV 2ND/2025