“Jonelle Pérez (b. 1987, New York, NY)  is a figurative-abstract artist and painter with 10+ years of studio practice.

His work is characterized by figurative elements and expressionistic brush strokes. It teeters the line between the whimsical and the comical with melancholy and underlying commentary.

He has exhibited his work in galleries and fine art fairs throughout several boroughs of NYC. 

He currently lives and works out of the historic district in downtown Lancaster, PA.”

(Lancaster Local Arts—Artist Spotlight, Gallery Showings: August 2025)

A r t i s t S t a t e m e n t

I've always been fascinated by the imperfections in paintings. As a young boy, my mother would take me to museums and gallery’s where I would closely inspect the details in paintings. The accidental or not so accidental brush strokes—the paint drippings. They offer a glimpse, a behind the scenes look at how the artist created the work.

    Today, I continue to draw inspiration from the masters of abstraction. I work from feeling, constructing figures and then distorting them. I want the image to surface almost by chance. I work best with order on one side and chaos on the other. I am a student of life; forever learning and sharpening my craft. I am interested in everything, especially things I've never heard of. I am not afraid to be vulnerable in my art and share my defects of character or celebrate my virtues, because being an artist means healing your own wounds, and at the same time continuously exposing them. I think art should raise more questions than it answers, and because of this I feel a duty to comfort the troubled and trouble the comfortable.

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