:founder/Artist

b. 1980

Jonathan was born in Fairfax, Virginia and developed a deep love and appreciation for the natural world as he spent most of his time outdoors playing in the woods and creeks behind his house.

When he was 8 his family moved to China. This obviously was a whole new world of experience that exploded all around him. Beijing became his long time playground of 10 years where there was endless exploration of art, culture and language. His favorite places to go were antique markets and the bird and fish market. These were the two spaces that really influenced his aesthetic sensibilities the most. Intricately painted snuff bottles and jades carvings, exotic songbirds, singing crickets in tiny ornate cages adorned with elaborate carving, Qing dynasty pocket watches…these were the type of things that held his fascination. The colors, textures and forms along with the historical and cultural mystique really was a type of dopamine for him and still is to this day. China was a place where his hunger for learning and discovery was always fed and the sense of adventure was consistently present.