Jason Macaya spent much of his youth surrounded by abundant natural beauty. Born in California and raised on the West Coast (from Santiago de Chile to Portland, Oregon), he earned a BA in Theatre Arts at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. He currently lives in the expansive, enigmatic city of Los Angeles where canyons of concrete multiply endlessly and seas of people teem in wary symbiosis. Ever observant of his surroundings, Jason utilizes the colors, lines, and light of his past and present environments to create stained glass-like tableaus evoking the ubiquitous conflict of Man vs. Nature.

Jason has exhibited in several emerging galleries and prominent events throughout Los Angeles and beyond. His work resides in numerous private collections.

Education

1999 Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts
University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA

Selected Exhibitions

2008
Liquid Equinoxes, April, Chango Coffee House & Gallery, Echo Park, Los Angeles (solo)

2007
That Show!, December, Gallery Revisited, Silver Lake, Los Angeles
Reunion--Create:Fixate 6 Year Anniversary, December, Imperial Arts Complex, Downtown Los Angeles
Off the Wall 3: Ecological Billboard Art, April, Deja Design Gallery, Los Angeles (public billboard)

2006
Floating in the Western Hemisphere, November, Camas Public Library, Camas, WA (solo)
Promise Imagination, May, Create:Fixate/Electric Lodge, Venice, CA
3rd Inauguration, February, Gallery Revisited, Silver Lake, Los Angeles

2005
Small Wonders, December, Pharmaka Gallery, Downtown Los Angeles
Create:Fixate 4 Year Anniversary, December, Spring Arts Tower, Downtown Los Angeles
Recent Works, September, Lawrence Asher Gallery, Miracle Mile, CA (with Jospeh Beckles and Douglas C. Bloom)
City-scapes, July, Lawrence Asher Gallery, Miracle Mile, CA
More Patterns, May, Bamboo Lane/Revisted Gallery, Chinatown, Los Angeles
Off the Wall, April, Deja Design Gallery, Pico Corridor, Los Angeles

2004
Methods, October, Soloexpedition Studio, Dallas, TX
Tarfest, October, Lawrence Asher Gallery, Miracle Mile, curated by Peter Frank and Holly Meyers
1018 Group Show, June, Hangar 1018, Downtown Los Angeles
Up Our Sleeve 1 Year Anniversary, June, Inshallah Gallery, Downtown Los Angeles
Urbane and Untamed, May, Gallery Co7, Portland, OR (two person)
Tarfest Winter Exhibition, February, 5820 Wilshire, Miracle Mile (two person)

2003
Day of the Dead, October, Viveza Gallery, Seattle, WA
Surface, September, Mezzanine, San Francisco, CA
Up Our Sleeve Launch, June, Inshallah Gallery, Downtown Los Angeles
Found, June, Found Music Gallery, Miracle Mile

2002
Group Show, Badlanz Gallery, December, Hollywood, CA
Solo Exhibition, December, Found Music Gallery, Miracle Mile

Commercial and Design Work

The Hit and Run, Plug Research/Dublab, Create:Fixate, S Guaro Spirits