ARTIST STATEMENT: From Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but have spent most of my life in NY. I am a painter and video artist. I am profoundly inspired by Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Mary Frank, Henri Matisse, William Kentridge, among many others. In my work I explore many personal and universal themes. I am very interested in Otherness as a subject- whether otherness is experienced socially, physically, or in the unconscious. Graduate of the Visual and Critical Studies Dept. at the School of Visual Arts. Recent Group shows: Antica Libreria Cascianelli, Piazza Navonna, Rome Italy, 2014 The Rema Hort Mann Foundation, New York, 2013 Michael Mut Gallery, Handy Minds, New York, 2013 Prienne Hali Benefit Show, NY, 2012 Contact: nazarethjon@gmail.com @joueurdevie on Instagram