Joey Monsoon Archives – Daily Art Fixx

Joey Monsoon – Painting – 2018

January 8, 2018 By Wendy Campbell

It’s been a while since we posted about Columbus, Ohio based artist Joey Monsoon (featured) – and we don’t know why – there’s nothing out there like his work.

In the artists words: “Joey Monsoon’s paintings are an effort to construct revelations of our imperfections. Built on narrow structures of flesh and bone, the portraits depict the turbulence and resilience of the body. The subtle distortions of anatomy point inward to the marks of a life endured and overcome. The figures are isolated from contextual environs just as living tends to isolate the image one has of oneself. These paintings are brutal with beauty.”

See more of Monsoon’s artwork on his website joeymonsoon.com as well as on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

Joey Monsoon @ Lindsay Gallery

June 5, 2012 By Wendy Campbell

DAF favourite Joey Monsoon (featured) has a new exhibition at Lindsay Gallery in Columbus, Ohio.

“Monsoon paints people who have been worn down by the lives they have lived, and that wear and tear shows in their eyes, their skin… even their posture. But as world weary as they are, he always treats them with the respect and dignity that a hard-lived life deserves. It’s remarkable for a self-taught painter to be able to depict people from the inside out. To show us how their struggles in life have affected the way their skin hangs on muscle and bone… so that we can clearly see who they are, and imagine what they have experienced. These are not “pretty” paintings… but they are beautiful in their own way. ” (from Lindsay Gallery)

To see more, visit Lindsay Gallery and JoeyMonsoon.com.

Joey Monsoon: Painting

February 12, 2012 By Wendy Campbell

The latest work from one of DAF’s favourites Joey Monsoon. Based in Columbus, Ohio, Monsoon fell in love with drawing heroes and characters as a child and has never stopped. Monsoon’s work is influenced by the work of Egon Schiele, Barry McGee, and Doze Green, among others.

“My figures and portraits hover somewhere between reality and myth. Their worldly weariness is revealed through a dream-like lens. They are not so much portraits of people as they are portraits of emotional triumphs and failures. We don’t always know their stories, yet in our gut we know how they feel.” (from Lindsay Gallery)

To see more of Joey Monsoon’s work, visit JoeyMonsoon.com.

Joey Monsoon: Painting

February 10, 2010 By Wendy Campbell

Joey Monsoon is a self-taught artist from Columbus, Ohio. He was raised in the suburbs by a single-father, with the help of comic books and cable television. His work depicts the folk heroes of a personal mythology. He is influenced by the work of Egon Schiele, Barry McGee, Futura, Doze Green, Joseph Campbell and Mike Tyson. He loves his wife, his dogs, the music of Clutch and the ghost of Bill Hicks. (from Lift Gallery)

To see more of Joey Monsoon’s work, visit JoeyMonsoon.com.