JON F. ALLEN
Hello there,
Thanks for dropping by. Here's a bit about me and the site:
I work in several media including video, installation, painting, and sculpture. My work has shown at Germ Books and Gallery, The Slought Foundation, Osvaldo Romberg Studio, Pterodactyl Philadelphia, and several other venues. Most notably, my solo painting show American Dystopia was held at The Hex Factory in an old Philly Kensington neighborhood (only a few blocks from The Philadelphia Brewing Company). I have also been co-curator ,with Dr. K. Malcolm Richards , of two art shows that challenge commonly accepted, and destructive institutions: Containment Policy (a group show), and Brian Spies’ Can’t find my way home (an installation concerning shale gas drilling in Brian’s hometown of Williamsport, PA). My video art is the culmination of my fascinations with psychedelia, the boiling cauldron of pop cultural acceptance and refuse, despair, conspiracy, mind control, grotesquerie, and humor. The avant-garde musicians Radio Eris, David E. Williams, The Extremist, and Diamond Cult gave me the opportunity to create music videos with aesthetics that benefit from collaboration with supremely talented friends. Lastly, I welcome you to please venture further into my site and check out my essays, images, video, and even an Edgar Allan Poe t-shirt for sale (I designed it and it’s multi-colored).
All the kaiju gone wild,
Jon F. Allen
