Jonas Gerard Biography

OVERVIEW

Basically self-taught.

Born in Casablanca, Morocco in 1941, of French and Brazilian ancestry. Now established in a 5,000 square-foot studio and gallery in Asheville, NC.

MEDIUM

Acrylics on canvas, mixed-media and found objects collage, 3-D wall-hung painted wood sculpture, painted wood / painted steel free standing sculpture.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS

Smithsonian Institution
The World Bank
Citibank International
City of Asheville Mayor's Office
Chamber of Commerce, Asheville, NC
Capital Bank, Asheville, NC
Deutsche Genossenschafts Bank

Siemens Energy and Automations
Worldwide Nissan
Halstead Industries , Grand Rapids, MI Palm Beach, FL
Marty Margulies, Collector, Miami, FL
Price Waterhouse
Florida Department of State, Tallahassee, FL
Raymond James Financial, St. Petersburg, FL

SELECTED COMMISSIONS

Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Oslo, Norway
Dr. Gilbert Amzalag, Paris, France
K. Jawa, Saudi Arabia
JL Pucknus, Duesseldorf, Germany
Sassoon Fashions, NYC
Jeff Hunt Machinery , SC
University of Minnesota
Diageo, United Distillers & Vintners, Miami
Levitt Weinstein Memorial Chapels, Miami, FL.
Megabank, Miami, FL.

MUSEUM COLLECTIONS

The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
The Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
The Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL
The Boca Museum of Art, Boca Raton, L
The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, FL
The University of California Berkeley Museum
The Jewish Museum, Miami Beach, FL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Asheville Community Theatre Gallery, Asheville, NC
Summit One Gallery, Highlands, NC
Big Arts, Sanibel, FL
Artist in Residence Gallery, Coconut Grove, FL
Slater-Price Fine Art, Soho, NY
NationsBank Sky Gallery, Downtown Miami, FL
Capitol Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
Jeanine Cox Fine Art, Miami Beach, FL
Henri Gallery, Washington, DC
ArtiZen Fine Art, Dallas, TX

Art Resources Gallery, Chicago, IL
Mary Bell Gallery, Chicago, IL
Judith Wolov Gallery, Boston, MA
Joan Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, FL
Joy Moos Gallery, Miami, FL
Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, FL
Miami- Dade Public Library, Miami, FL
Diego Victoria Gallery, N. Miami Beach, FL
The Coral Gables Congregational Church, FL

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

"An Evening Among the Artists”, Fairchild Tropical Gardens, Coral Gables, FL
“Masks” Jewish Museum, Miami Beach, FL and Bal Harbour Gallery, Bal Harbour, FL
“Art and Science” Museum of Discovery, Ft Lauderdale, FL
“Jazz & Art “ Saint Margaret’s Episcopal Church, Dayton, Ohio
“A Safe Haven for Newborn”, Parrot Jungle, Watson Island, Miami, FL
Art Resources Gallery , Chicago, IL and Minneapolis, MN
"BBC Gardener's Live", Steel Outdoor Sculpture, Birmingham, England
"Pablo Picasso: Homage To a Modern Icon", Fraser Gallery, Washington DC
Johnny Amsterdam Fine Arts
Art in the Square, Dallas, TX
Gallery One, Naples, FL
New Morning Gallery, Asheville, NC
Coconut Grove Arts Festival
Atlanta Dogwood Festival
Port Clinton Art Festival

NY Art Expo", Jacob Jarvits Center, NYC
"SOFA CHICAGO", Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
"SOFA MIAMI ", Coconut Grove, Miami, FL
Turnberry Gallery, Miami, FL.
King's Chosen Exhibitions, Ann Arbor, M
Diego Victoria Gallery, N. Miami Beach, FL
Fairchild Tropical Gardens, Miami, FL
Palm Avenue Gallery, Sarasota, FL
Matthew Scott Gallery, Miami, FL
Ocean Drive Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Tavelli Gallery, Aspen, CO.
Blanco Y Blanco, Deerfield Beach, FL
ArtiZen Gallery, Dallas, TX
Old Town Art Festival, Chicago, IL
Northern Virginia Festival of the Arts, Reston, VA

ART IN PUBLIC PLACES

"The End of Struggle," Acrylic on Canvas, Chamber of Commerce, Asheville, NC
“Jungle Boogie”, Paseo Sculpture Park, Paseo Drive, Palm Desert, CA
"Dancing Barefoot” , Painted Bent Steel Sculpture, Esplanade Park, Ft. Laud, FL
"Happy Happy II" and "Raw Eccentricity", Steel Sculpture, Broward County Courthouse, Ft. Laud. FL
"To Speak of Unity", Mixed Media on Canvas, Office of the Mayor of the City of Miami Beach, FL
“Eclectic Mantra” , Painted Found Steel Sculpture, Esplanade Park, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

HONORS

2008 Telly Award- Bronze for Documentary Trailer by Bitter Jester Creative
Artist of the Year 2008 - Asheville Area Arts Council
Featured on ABC's 20/20 news special " Happiness in America"
Artist of the Year 2007 - Southlake Art in the Square

"Despite the spontaneous air, the work is never chaotic, Gerard’s compositions are impeccable. They are about real things, the underside of the seeable world, the side that determines people’s lives, the unobservable one that lies beneath external reality,"

-Joan Altabe, Art Critic, Sarasota Tribune

"Jonas Gerard’s work is filtered through his Mediterranean sensibility (one easily adaptable to Florida). Who's afraid of color? Certainly not Gerard, whose paintings evoke the sunset, the ocean and the meandering of tropical vines. The grace and cosmopolitan ease of Gerard's art lies in his witty linking together of disparate elements."

- William Zimmer, New York Times, NYC

jonas@jonasgerard.com