BIOGRAPHY
In 1974 Jason Covert was born on Cape Cod between a harbor and a marsh. Underoos™ were the rage and his grandfather's Pinto was considered a smart purchase.
Schooled in Connecticut at the liberal arts edifice known as Connecticut College he graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. He worked for a time with the controversial Massachusetts based artist Barre Pinske before deploying himself in earnest into the world at large. Having lived in Boston, San Francisco, Tasmania and Portugal, Jason landed in New York City in 2000.
Striving to become a recognized artist he found himself sleeping in doorways, his car and on the couches of friends and acquaintances for months on end. And so, it was not without considerable struggle that these past years have come and gone allowing Covert to enjoy a sizeable clientele of collectors that literally span the globe. His fine artwork can be seen in private collections and his commercial design and photography have been sought by such varied agencies as the Inverse Theater Group, High Fife Comedy Troupe, House of Diehl, Celebrity Cruise Lines, The Virginia Chutney Company, and various musical acts, as well as gracing the pages of such publications as Time Out New York.
The artist lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I am drawn in outlines; I am drawn in a million different directions at one time, and occasionally the very ground will swirl beneath my feet, like ocean eddies in the wake of a passing ship. It is from these details and the distractions of life that I draw my inspiration.
I am fascinated by the power and sway of symbols, be they iconic or instructional, for a symbol’s power is measured not by its own strength, but by the investment we make in it.
I deal largely in totemic imagery, often pregnant with loaded meaning, and yet left beautifully open for the viewer to imbue it with their personal message and worth. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure, or so it’s said. We make of it what we will.
I am often struck by the human face in that it is truly a mighty symbol of all that we are: it is one of the first things we see when we come into this world, it shapes our communication with others more than we know, and it says more in a moment than we could ever say with a thousand words. Though we place a fearsome burden of expectation on this aspect of ourselves, it seems we rarely stop to think about all that it truly means to us.
If one person stops and looks into the symbology of the faces and lines I create, then I have born a moment in time that is unique and truly different than any other; that is the real art, even if it is something that we cannot see or feel save in the confines of our own minds.
