Jason Trotter

Jason Trotter is an emerging artist known for his bold geometric abstracts rendered in acrylics. Trotter employs a hard-edge painting technique that produces sharp lines with abrupt transitions between color areas. While his colors are chosen intuitively, his compositions are inspired by lines and forms observed in daily life and are intended to evoke an instinctual, physical reaction from observers rather than interpretive analysis. 

Trotter’s current work focuses on triptychs. He was drawn to the multi-panel approach as it allows for a more dynamic effect. The correlation from panel to panel allows simple shapes to unite, resulting in non-representational compositions that make a singular, eye-catching statement. Jason Trotter is a graduate of Northern Illinois University who lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Drawn to minimal hard-edged abstraction, his work is strongly influenced by Carmen Herrera, Ellsworth Kelly, Josef Albers, and Frank Stella.

Education

1996

B.A. Communication Studies, Northern Illinois University

Exhibitions

2025

INTERTWINED, Voltz Clarke Gallery, New York, NY

2024

IN THE PINK: A Group Exhibition, The Colony Hotel, Palm Beach, FL

2023

How Soon Is Now, Voltz Clarke Gallery, New York, NY

2021

Resurgence, Voltz Clarke Gallery, New York, NY

2021

KICKSTART, Voltz Clarke Gallery, New York, NY

2020

Art On Fire 2020, The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN

2020

Market Art & Design, The Hamptons, NY (online: 1stDibs)

2020

Spectrum 2020 (30th Annual Juried Contemporary Art Show), Carriage Barn Art

Center, New Canaan, CT

2019

Equilibrium, Voltz Clarke Gallery, New York, NY

2019

SHOW Gallery’s Modernism Week Pop-Up, Palm Springs, CA

2018

Linear Precision, Soho House, West Hollywood, CA

2018

Geometric Impact, Fred Segal, Los Angeles, CA

Press

2020

Forbes, “Dreaming Of A Creative Career? How to Make It A Reality” by Sara Bliss, January 7, 2020 (Online)

2019

Manhattan Magazine, December 2019 (Print)

2019

Angeleno Magazine, September 2019 (Print)

2018

The Hollywood Reporter, “LA Insider Explains Surprising Career Change” by Chris Gardner, September 7 2018 (Online)

2018

WWD, “Fashion Publicist Turned Painter Shows At Ron Robinson” by Marcy Medina, August 31, 2018 (Online)

2018

C Magazine, “What’s Hot” by Lesley McKenzie, March 2018 (Print)

 

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