—  About

Jeremy Thomas works primarily with air and color. He has worked to develop his process defining chromatic metal objects with air

For the past seventeen years I have focused on inflating steel objects. In that time, my understanding of this and why I do it, has evolved from viewing my process as a metal sculptor, to the exploration of atmosphere and air itself. Air is ethereal, something we experience, yet defining it is difficult. Air’s seemingly temporary, intangible nature is elusive. The act of breathing air is the continuous chemical reaction that sustains our life. Air is one of the things that physically connects us to each other and all other living beings, through each respiration, affecting the atmosphere around each of us. What one exhales, another inhales, making for an unspoken, yet intimate exchange.

Air is measured and experienced through pressure and volume. This sets up a climate or prevailing set of conditions. This work is the visual experience of those conditions as applied to geometric constructs consisting of basic concrete geometry, stemming from the shapes found in the building blocks of life. These objects are grown more than fabricated.  Each work is specific to the dialogue between maker, material and each moment of inflation. Creating a record of the object’s physical history within each crease, fold and mark. Within the random nature of inflation, is set up a series of relationships between surface, form, structure, color, and process.

Within our modern society we are bombarded continuously with color in marketing and imagery to affect our perceptions in our consumer economy. Color is used throughout commercial industry to objectify and manipulate. When these colors are removed from their original commercial contexts and re-appropriated by the individual, we are able to experience them viscerally, outside of these pretexts. This allows for a new experience, or reflection on past experience within the context of our color memory. Each object allows the viewer to explore and evaluate past experience in relation to these abstract objects, attempting to relate them to our current experience and climate.

—  Gallery Representation

Charlotte Jackson Fine Art - Santa Fe, NM

charlottejackson.com/artists/JeremyThomas.html 

Gallerie Renate Bender - Munich, DE                                                              

galerie-bender.de/jeremy-thomas.html

Bentley Gallery - Phoenix, AZ                                                 

bentleygallery.com/portfolio-items/jeremy-thomas-sculpture/?portfolioID=100

Galerie Richard - New York, NY / Paris, FR

galerierichard.com/en_artist.php?code=Thomas

Multiple Art - Zurich, CH

multipleart.net/kuenstler-innen/88-thomas-jeremy

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