Interview with Caro Smith in connection to the exhibition waves, at the Mandala café. 29/3/24
K J J warren is an artist using free-form abstract mark-making in drawing and sculpture. His work is inspired by patterns in elements of earth, water, and air, and by ecopsychology, which explores the entangled relationship between the individual and landscape.
As this ecological thread works its way through his pattern forming process, artworks emerge and further the questioning by gathering and salvaging materials with ties to environmental concerns of waste and pollution. From wires and e-waste to fragments of rope, twine and netting found on beaches, these materials become poetic threads woven into sculptural assemblages.
These abstract assemblages emerge with a nebulous quality and Warren plays with this to keep the relation open between the known and the unknown. The forms created can then invoke and be evocative on both micro and macro scales, in degrees of chaos and order. In doing this his work evokes entanglements that characterise the ecology of the contemporary world and work to become part of an open space for ecological action.
Education
2018 – 2023 Professional Doctorate in Fine Art. University of East London.
2003 – 2006 BA (Hons) Falmouth College of Art
Selected exhibitions
2024, Waves, Mandala café, London.
2023, DFA Showcase, Viva Exhibition, AVA gallery, University of East London
2023, States of Exchange, Hypha studios, Stratford, London.
2023, Cosmiknot, Way Out East gallery, London.
2022, DFA Showcase, AVA gallery, University of East London.
2022, A Hole in The Network, Way Out East gallery, London
2021, Professional Doctorate Fine Art Showcase Exhibition, AVA gallery, University of East London.
2020, Virtual Visions, Blakefest, online exhibition.
2019, Work in progress, Way Out East gallery.
2019, East London Artists – Fine Art Professional Doctorate Showcase, AVA gallery, University of East London.