Jeffrey Konen (b. 1987, Houston, Texas, USA)

Konen is an abstract painter and collagist whose work explores materiality, memory, and place through richly textured, site-responsive compositions. Drawing from the legacies of Abstract Expressionism and Arte Povera, he incorporates found and everyday materials into his surfaces, transforming discarded objects into layered, tactile paintings that challenge hierarchies of value and conventional notions of medium.
 

Influenced especially by Arte Povera’s use of humble materials and process-driven experimentation, Konen’s practice rejects spectacle and polish in favor of intimacy, history, and the poetic potential of the overlooked. His works function as visual assemblages—part abstraction, part autobiography—where remnants of lived environments become embedded in paint.
 

He currently resides in Sausalito, California, where he continues to paint and develop his studio practice.