Soluna Fine Art is pleased to present 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 聖所, a solo exhibition by Jon Poblador (b.1971, Quezon City in the Philippines). 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 聖所 is the artist's first exhibition with Soluna Fine Art, and we are glad to showcase his minimalist works characterized by monochromes, repetitions, and mark-making.

Jon Poblador has always lived a nomadic life, including in the Philippines, America, Singapore, China, France, and now resides in Hong Kong. Pablador's artistic practice shifted from figurative to conceptual pieces later in his career. His works initially consisted of tightly packed lines of text before evolving to dots, triangles, rectangles, and eventually the grid system he primarily produces today. As he keeps on repeating the buildup process, he realized there is a higher personal meaning behind the action itself.

To him, his paintings are the 'accumulations' of his devotional acts by painting on the individual grid sections with thin acrylic layers, similarly, practicing virtue requires the same buildup as well. His canvas then acts as a ‘sanctuary’ for him to explore the endless possibilities of how duality can be represented, from order-disorder to perfection-imperfection through the slightest deviations of the grid squares.