Jason Stopa, Brooklyn, NYC, 2023. Portrait by Adam Reich
Jason Stopa is a painter and writer living in Brooklyn. Stopa’s abstract painting language is both critical of our notions of progress and also opens up a horizon of possibilities. This horizon is what Edouard Glissant - the French writer, poet, and philosopher - would call 'creolization,' and in this way, Stopa’s work also reflects his identity as a mixed man. In a time of ecological crisis and political polarization, envisioning a new, possible world is at the epicenter of his paintings.
He received his BFA from Indiana University Bloomington and his MFA from Pratt Institute in NYC. Recent solo shows include Garden of Music at Diane Rosenstein Gallery (2023), Joy Labyrinth at Morgan Lehman in NYC (2021) and Hanging Gardens at Atelier W Pantin in France (2019). Group exhibitions include Wayne Thiebaud Influencer: A New Generation, at Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis, CA (2021), Light (curated by Rico Gatson) at Miles McEnery Gallery in NYC (2021), What's It All About at Jenkins Johnson Projects in Brooklyn (2021), and The New New at Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles (2015). Stopa teaches at Pratt Institute and is a contributing writer to Hyperallergic, Momus, and artcritical, among other art journals.