Taymour Grahne Projects is pleased to present Scenes From My
Quarantine, an online solo exhibition by LA-based artist
Jake Sheiner, opening virtually on February 8, 2021.
B. 1986 in Los Angeles, California.
Lives and works in Los Angeles.
Jake Sheiner had his first solo show 'Pandemic Portraits' at Alias East (LA) and participated in the La Loma Projects (LA) group show 'Inside Voices'. Previously, he exhibited his work at Hou Yee Chen Gallery (LA) and Scott Projects (Chicago, IL). His paintings have been featured in LA weekly, KCET, Veja, Magnetic Magazine, Complex and most recently in The New York Times. Jake's works are included in the Beth Rudin DeWoody collection and the X Museum collection.
The 'Scenes From My Quarantine' series began in March 2020, when a mandatory statewide stay-at-home order was issued in California. By painting mundane yet honest scenes from his everyday life, Sheiner attempts to document the shared lockdown experience. The series consists of 40 paintings, 21 of which are included in this show. Any moment of the day is a potential painting subject for Sheiner, though some moments present themselves more clearly than others.
The paintings are snapshots of the artist’s life, most often painted from his direct point of view, but filtered through the lens of his phone camera. Sheiner uses images taken from his immediate surroundings as a jumping off point for his work. Sheiner’s paintings attempt to convey humor and tenderness, but also succeed in exposing the vulnerabilities, feelings of isolation and melancholy of those living alone during the pandemic.
Sheiner works directly onto the surface from the phone image, which he uses as a compositional sketch. Each painting is completed in one sitting, giving an urgency to what may often be a banal moment in time. Upon completion of a painting, Sheiner posts an image of the work to his Instagram account. In doing so, he completes a sort of loop from real world to digital image, to physical painting and back to digital again. Sheiner shares his own experiences through paintings in real time.
Sheiner’s paintings attempt to convey humor and tenderness, but also succeed in exposing the vulnerabilities, feelings of isolation and melancholy of those living alone during the pandemic.
Each painting is completed in one sitting, giving an urgency to what may often be a banal moment in time. Upon completion of a painting, Sheiner posts an image of the work to his Instagram account.
This website uses cookies
This site uses cookies to help make it more useful to you. Please contact us to find out more about our Cookie Policy.