Ampersand Opens New Exhibition of Japeth Mennes Paintings
Japeth Mennes (Painting ’04) has a solo exhibition of new works at Ampersand in Portland, OR. City Paintings is on view through September 12, 2021.
Though he studied painting, Japeth notes this is the first time he has used the medium exclusively in the traditional sense for a focused body of work.
“Painting was always in my orbit of art-making,” he adds, “but most of my work prior to this was on paper—or videos, sculpture and photographic experiments with paint.” He also works as a musician and spent most of the past five years on what he calls a visual art hiatus, writing and performing music with the experimental rock group, Dead Painters.
Japeth Mennes lives and works in New York City. He received his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art and his BFA from Kansas City Art Institute. Also a musician, Mennes was a member of the experimental rock group, Dead Painters, from 2012 to 2018. City Paintings is his first exhibition at Ampersand.
