Jón Sonni Jensen (b. 1988) is a Faroese visual artist working and living in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands. He holds a First Class BA (Hons) in Fine Arts from Norwich University of the Arts in Norwich, UK (2012). He has participated in a large number of group and solo exhibitions in the the Faroe Islands and abroad in places like the UK and Finland. He has also curated several exhibitions.
In addition to being an independent visual artist, he also works as a graphic designer, visual art teacher and sewing instructor. He is also a member: State of the Art Network (2020) and With the River Collective (2023) - two cross-disciplinary collectives in collaboration Nordic and Baltic artists, academics and scientists.
“My practice is focused on scrutinising the bodily with premise in biology, anatomy and the psychology between repulsion and appeal. With respect to these subject matters I particularly base my research on theories and imagery methods within medical technology, transhumanism and an experimentation in psychosomatic experiences of materiality. Through my depiction of the corporeal as fragment, construction and mass-product as well as my undeviating utilisation of a juxtaposition of aesthetically organic and clinical/industrial materials, I aim to simultaneously generate familiar and alienated notions of the bodily and its identity.”
See Jón Sonni Jensen’s website for full CV and portfolio.
