Jon Key @jkey13 first solo show “Violet: Mythologies and Other Truths” @rubberfactoryny until March 17, 2019 As Jon Key describes himself, a Queer Black man originally from the small rural town Seale, Alabama now living and working in Bushwick, NY. A writer, designer and painter, his work excavates the lineage and history of his identity through four themes: Southerness, Blackness, Queerness, and Family. Through the process of writing, photography and painting, Jon’s work is portrayed graphically through four colors: Green, Black, Violet and Red. Respectively, these colors intertwine memory and intimate recounting of the four pillars grounding the work. Jon's work has been showcased recently in Spring/Break Art Fair and “Punch" curated by @NinaChanel at @JeffreyDeitchGallery NY. Jon is a co-founder and the design director of @CodifyArt, a Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist collective whose mission is to create, produce, and showcase work that foregrounds the voices of people of color, highlighting women and queer people of color. #art #qtpoc #jonkey #codifyart #ninachanelabney #jeffreydeitch #rubberfactoryny #poc #blackness #southerness #queerness #queer #queerart #americanart #contemporaryart #africanamerican #africanamericanart #arte #kunst #blackhistorymonth #acrylicpainting #worksonpaper #artgram #artoftheday #melaninmonday #artcollector #artcurator #artadvisor #artconsultant #joakimvonditmar (at Rubber Factory) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtwXHp5lIiQ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1h3yb29pmk21s