Bio

John Paul David is an emerging artist born in Bataan. He mainly works with oil and is best known for his attention to detail and his use of organic shapes in his compositions, which are formed by image cut-ups and abstract chaos. His inclination toward biomorphic shapes can be traced back to his childhood memories of his hometown, where local artisans employed organic-shaped curtains in festival decorations.

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Having a background in portraiture from a very young age set the stage for him as an artist. He actively experiments with and explores different styles and techniques while carrying with him the craft and fundamentals of realism, which can create a representational tendency in how certain shapes are rendered, creating a perfect balance between craft and expression.

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The artist is fascinated by how written language commands our daily life, yet he naturally finds himself communicating more with images. That is why he crafted an image-making system that merges distorted and rearranged graphemes from certain words with images reduced to abstraction like silhouettes and outlines, allowing him to tap into both powers of words and images and to create distinct, structured, and powerful compositions that he can use as his personal language or a tool for articulating contents beyond and within his emotional landscape.