About Me
Summary
Jon Jaylo is a modern Filipino surrealist artist based in New York City. Having painted professionally for many years, Jon’s paintings have traveled the world exhibiting in Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, Australia, Germany, London, Italy, Paris, Switzerland, and the US.
Jon Jaylo’s floating, surreal dream world is constantly evolving in both himself theatrical ever-recurring, occurrences experience ideas, and form together with the artist himself. In Jon Jaylo’s dream world, surreal images that are equal parts playful and thought-provoking spill straight out of his subconscious, narrating a deep philosophy of thought through a theatrical rendition of brilliant colors and off-beat visual references to some fin de siècle time and place usually set in a quasi-Victorian alternate history setting, or ‘What the past would look like if the future had happened sooner’ what with the ever-recurring bowler hats or top hats juxtaposed with pop fantasy references that delight the viewer.
Jon Jaylo discovered his potential in art when he was four years old. Jon states that he’s inspired by dreams, daily occurrences, direct experiences, and some close friends’ stories. His usual model is his sons, friends, and his fellow artists. He claims to be influenced by several known artists like Rene Magritte, Paul Delvaux, Gustav Klimt, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, and William Bouguereau.
