West Virginia
FOR THE SAKE OF DRAWING
ROHEN JONES
THE EXHIBIT
Saying that this show is about the figure seems a bit unfair. More so, it’s about drawing as a way of thinking. Not representation, but inquiry.
Drawing becomes a form of presence, where every mark, hesitation, and revision remains visible. It’s like trying to explain a dream—words fall short, but the feeling lingers. Memory distorts, and in that distortion lies a kind of truth.
Drawing holds contradictions: clarity and doubt, emotion and structure, chaos and control. It doesn’t resolve them, but allows them to exist together. In its simplicity, drawing offers a way to return to something real—not by inventing something new, but by uncovering what’s already there.
FOR THE SAKE OF DRAWING
THE ARTIST
(b. 2004, Charleston, West Virginia)
Rohen Jones is a 20-year-old artist from Charleston, West Virginia, currently based in Chicago, where he studies Painting and Drawing at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He began his undergraduate studies at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Born to a white father and Indian Muslim mother, Rohen's identity quietly informs a practice rooted in intuition, ambiguity, and the pursuit of understanding rather than explanation. His work often begins beneath language-led by instinct, not intention-and evolves through subtle shifts in light, texture, and gesture. For Rohen, painting is a process of discovery: a way of listening more than speaking.
ROHEN JONES
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THE CATALOG
