“I vividly remember seeing the Milky Way for the very first time. How intimate and wondrous this visual spectacle felt. It was probably my first subjective experience and inspires me until this day.”
Inspired by telescope images of deep space, contemporary computer compression algorithms and early non-representational art Jan Pieter Fokkens creates paintings of unimaginable sights by using the tangible qualities of pattern, form and color.
Born in the Netherlands he received his M.F.A. from the Burren College of Art National University of Ireland Galway and his B.F.A. from Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, The Netherlands. Jan Pieter lives and works in Chicago.