AJ Fosik

AJ received a BFA in Illustration from Parsons School of Design in New York. His artwork explores the powerful medium of language and metaphor to emphasize narrative and interpretation. Using wood and found materials, he creates figural, eclectic and intricately designed three-dimensional pieces that intrigue and provoke. Fosik's animal subjects and anthropomorphized beings are built using a complex process in which each form is carefully handcrafted by arranging hundreds of pieces of individually cut and varnished wood, which the artist paints in vibrant colors and patterns.

Sharp teeth, claws, and eyes emerge once the creatures are completed-either constructed as freestanding forms or wall-mounted pieces, referencing modern taxidermy practices. Evocative of American Folk Art, the work is often inspired by subversive cultural influences that shift complacency. Fosik creates work which suspends comfort with the appeal of familiar symbols and images. In this dynamic tension, the art and the viewer come together in an expanded definition of culture and assumption.

Exhibitions:

Jonathan LeVine Gallery
Five Year Anniversary
Group exhibition
Feb 27 thru Mar 27, 2010

Scope-Miami 2009
Scope Contemporary Art Fair
Dec 2 thru Dec 6, 2009

Beach Blanket Bingo - A Summer Mixer
Group exhibition featuring work by over 30 artists
Aug 5 thru Aug 22, 2009

AJ Fosik At the Edge of Town
Gallery II
Solo Exhibit
May 12 thru Jun 9, 2007

RUAS DE SÃO PAULO: A BENEFIT ART AUCTION
Sponsored by Brazil Foundation and Jonathan LeVine Gallery
Jan 31 thru Jan 31, 2007

Event at The Newspace, 530 W 21st Street, NYC
Wednesday, January 31st from 7-10 pm

Jonathan LeVine Gallery at Bridge Art Fair
Artists: Andrew Brandou, AJ Fosik, Andrew Schoultz, and Matt Haber
Dec 7 thru Dec 10, 2006
Catalina Hotel and Beach Club, Miami, FL

Jonathan LeVine Gallery presents "Friendly Fire" at Berman-Turner Projects in California
Group show featuring works by Ray Caesar, Jonathan Weiner, Dan Kennedy, and AJ Fosik
Oct 14 thru Nov 11, 2006
Berman-Turner Projects, CA

Sometimes I Just Want a Hug
Gallery II
Group Exhibit
Nov 19 thru Dec 23, 2005

Daniel Peacock and AJ Fosik:
Proof Denies Faith
Gallery II
Two Person Exhibit
Jul 16 thru Aug 13, 2005

An important source for modern and contemporary American & European Art in East Hampton, New York & worldwide, Vered Gallery's spectacular wide-ranging inventory consists of unique paintings, drawings, large & small scale sculpture, monotypes, prints and photographs  by Ansel Adams, Milton Avery, Richard Avedon, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Romare Bearden, Fernando Botero, Cartier-Bresson, Marc Chagall, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Willem De Kooning, Richard Diebenkorn, Thomas Eakins, Childe Hassam, David Hockney, Winslow Homer, Wolf Kahn, Jeff Koons, Fernand Leger, Roy Lichtenstein, Man Ray, Thomas Moran, Henry Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, Robert Rauschenberg, Mark Rothko, Cindy Sherman, Charles Sheeler, Bert Stern, Alfred Stieglitz, Andy Warhol, Carleton E Watkins, Tom Wesselmann and Andrew Wyeth.

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