Artist Jacq Kino
"I don't want a painting to look like something that it isn't. I want it to look like what it is. And I think that a painting looks more like the real world when it is composed of elements of the real world,” —Jacq Kino
Who is Artist Jacq Kino?
Jacq Kino is contemporary painter and sculptor who was born in France in 1945. Today, the artist is known for his canvas assemblages that exhibit neo-expressionist influences. The canvas becomes Kino's playground of contemporary inspirations, including figures, street art inspirations, and various iconography.
In 1968, Jacq Kino began his artistic journey at the age of 16, winning the first prize of the Artists of Midi-Pyrénées. Afterwards, Kino began studying at the Beaux Arts of Toulouse, where he was classically trained in sculpture, painting, and other modern art forms.
Despite his initial success in the arts, the French artist opted to pursue a professional career in sports for the next fifteen years. However, in 1998, Jacq ventured into mural design, creating large scale creations in hotels and palaces. Capturing the gaze of the global audience, Kino's original pieces sparked widespread attention.
At the age of 30, Kino became fascinated by artist Robert Rauschenberg during a visit to the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Inspired by Rauschenberg's method of assembling materials, Jacq refined his artistic style.
Appropriating the tradition of the "painting assembly," Kino adopts it into the routine of the individual punter. Creating his paintings like assemblages, each distinct part becomes a whole to create the final effect.
In his workshop in Antibes, Jacq relies on a myriad of materials - cardboard, old sheets, magazines, fabrics, newspapers, wood, and iron. He delicately composes his pieces on canvas, wood, aluminum, infusing them with painted colors. The result, is the composite of the real world through elements drawn from reality itself.
