ARTIST STATEMENT
My work deftly outruns the weight of inertia. I refuse stasis and welcome the morphing evolution of theoretical concerns and varying forms of execution. My stylistic signature is the application of textural relief to articulate fine detail whether illustrative or abstracted. The majority of my work over the years has been in the form of paintings but the work maintains a non-traditional edge of experimentation. Exhibitions often feature complimentary installation elements, sculpture and sound to enhance the conceptual basis of the paintings presented. An allegorical and immersive experience is what I strive for in all my solo exhibitions.
Over the past couple of years, my efforts have focused on excavating spiritual contemplation from the detritus of urban observation. Source material has been gleaned from layers of shredded street and subway promotional posters. These organic readymade abstractions get reconfigured, edited and orchestrated as multi-paneled paintings, ceramic reliefs and hand-carved wood idols. With my work, I attempt to pause and capture spiritual fragments of our increasingly accelerated culture while the masses pass by idly staring into their smart phones
BIO
EDUCATION
1994 BA, Sociology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2013 New York, Garvey/Simon Art Access, Shreds
2012 New York, Garvey/Simon Art Access, Field Recordings Vol. I
2011 Indianapolis, Garvey/Simon Art Access, J. Ivcevich, A Sampling
2010 Franklin, Indiana, Franklin College, Johnson Center for Fine Arts, Surface to Air
2008 Memphis, David Lusk Gallery, Sanctuary
2007 Chicago, Thomas Robertello Gallery, Sidewalk Soliloquy
2005 Memphis, David Lusk Gallery, Crate Digger
Indianapolis, Ruschman Fine Art, Sacred City
Atlanta, Barbara Archer Gallery, Silhouette City and the Pastoral Paradox Reprise
Washington, DC, JET Art Projects, Street Semiotic
2004 Atlanta, SunTrust Plaza Gallery, Ghost on the Highway
2003 Indianapolis, Ruschman Fine Art, Tis of Thee II
Atlanta, Saltworks Gallery, Tis of Thee
2002 Atlanta, ShedSpace, Congregation of
2001 Atlanta, Uri Vaknin Gallery, Pastoral Paradox and other work
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 New York, Basak Malone, Butterfly Effect
2011 New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, I Bleed Black
New York, Lu Magnus Gallery, The Pleasure is All Mine
2010 Lisbon, Antagonist Movement, Dolls of Lisbon
New York, Empty No More, Never Records
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Employee of the Month
2008 Indianapolis, Ruschman Fine Art, Surface: Message & Medium
Mobile, Mobile Museum of Art, Post-Boomers and the New South
Providence, Dead Cat Gallery, Antagonist Art Movement
2007 Berlin, Antagonist Art Movement
Atlanta, Youngblood Gallery, SK8 or Die
2006 Atlanta, New Street Gallery, The Vinyl Show II
2005 Atlanta, Youngblood Gallery, SK8 or Die
Atlanta, New Street Gallery, The Vinyl Show
New York, Phillips de Pury & Co., Lucky Draw Sculpture Center Spring Benefit
New York, Gavin Brown’s Passerby, Hope Auction
Atlanta, MOCA GA at SunTrust Plaza, MOCA Majors
Washington, DC, JET Art Projects, Go Figure
2004 Jacksonville, Museum of Modern Art, Push Play: Redefining Pop
Pittsburgh, Fe Gallery, Running Rampant
2003 Atlanta, ArtSpot, Dekalb Ave.
Atlanta, Spruill Gallery, Looks Good on Paper
Atlanta, City Hall East, Unrandom Acts of Violence: Artists Respond to Terrorism and the War
Atlanta, Emory University, Young Alumni Invitational
Atlanta, Youngblood Gallery, SK8 or Die
2002 Boston, OSP Gallery, New American Paintings
Atlanta, Eyedrum, Collusion
Atlanta, NoNo Space, Fresh
Atlanta, Saltworks Gallery, Debut
Atlanta, Youngblood Gallery, Mon-Petit
San Francisco, Bucheon Gallery, Narrative Paintings
2001 Atlanta, Reed Gallery, The Shrine of the Holy Consumption
New York, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, I Love NY Art Benefit
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2011 The New Yorker, I Bleed Black, September 5th
2006 Open Studios Press, New American Paintings,Volume 59: Northeast Competition, Selected for Cover, p. 66-68
2005 Art Papers, “Reviews: Memphis, TN Hamlett Dobbins & J. Ivcevich” Susan W. Knowles, November/December, p. 48-49
Creative Loafing, “Asphalt City” Felicia Feaster, October 5th
Atlanta Journal Constitution, “The fake, real mix of complexity” Jerry Cullem, OCtober 9th
NUVO, “Sacred Appropriations” Julianna Thibodeaux, September
2004 Creative Loafing, “Drive by Shooting: J. Ivcevich turns the open road into a haunted highway” Felicia Feaster, March 4th, p. 54
Art Papers, “Reviews: Atlanta: Dekalb Avenue” Robin Bernat, January/February, p.40-41
2003 Art Papers, “Reviews: Atlanta: J. Ivcevich” Charles H. Nelson Jr., July/August, p. 35-36
NUVO, “Wimpy’s World” Julianna Thibodeaux, June 18th, p. 24
Creative Loafing, “Troubling Possibilities: J. Ivcevich’s retro renderings address a culture blind to ominous portents” Felicia Feaster,
March 19, p. 59
Open Studios Press, New American Paintings, Volume 40: Southeast Competition, Selected for Cover, p.82-85
AWARDS & GRANTS
2010 Finalist for MTA Arts for Transit 86th St. and 4th Ave Project
2004 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
1993 1st Place Visual Art, Stipe Society Creative Competition
1992 2nd Place Visual Art, Stipe Society Creative Competition
1991-1994 Member of the Stipe Society for Creative Scholars at Emory University
1989 Portfolio Winner, National Scholastic Art Awards, Indianapolis, Indiana
COLLECTIONS
Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia
Progressive Insurance
Southerland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, Georgia
King & Spalding, Atlanta, Georgia
Creative Arts Guild Permanent Collection, Dalton, Georgia