Lavaughan Jenkins’ paintings push the boundaries of medium by using oil paint to make three-dimensional work—what he refers to as “3D Paintings.” Jenkins begins each piece with a skeleton of wire and molding paste, then applies four or five dense coats of oil paint to flesh them out. He employs traditional methods to build layer after layer of vibrant brushstrokes until his paintings begin to imitate sculpture. The work takes emphasis away from form and focuses on light and color, mapping a journey for the eye across the surface.
Lavaughan Jenkins (b. 1976) Pensacola, FL is a painter, printmaker, and sculptor currently working in Boston, MA. He received a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2005. In 2019 Jenkins was awarded the James and Audrey Foster Prize by the Institute of Contemporary Art / Boston. In 2016, he was named Emerging Artist of the year at Kingston Gallery in Boston, MA, Jenkins is a recipient of the 2015 Blanche E. Colman Award and in 2002 received the Rob Moore Grant in Painting. He has exhibited his work most recently at venues such as Vielmetter Los Angeles, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery (Boston), The Painting Center (NY), VOLTA NY, Suffolk University Gallery (Boston), and Oasis Gallery (Beijing). His work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.
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