John is an abstract artist based in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, where he lives with his wife and two children. He was nominated as a Top Abstract Artist by the American Art Awards and his work was showcased on concert poster for the Grammy winning band ‘The Strokes’.
Through his paintings, he strives to merge abstraction with the tangible, delicate, and vibrant life found in the natural world. His work draws on fractal patterns and color theory as seen in the natural world. This is to draw his viewer's attention to the immense transformations that are constantly occurring all around them.
He is influenced by Abstract Expressionists from the mid-twentieth century including Barnett Newman, Hans Hofmann, Jackson Pollock, Joan Mitchell, Mark Rothko, Wassily Kandinsky, and Willem de Kooning. He is particularly drawn to these painters’ ideas of art as a unique form of communication and language even at its most abstract point. He strives to reach the same level of wholeness that he experiences when he sees the work of these artists.
For more information please see the below interviews.
Interviews:
Benq | Unleashing Creativity and Passion: The Journey of Abstract Artist John Kotos
RevArts | The Artistic Journey of John Kotos: Finding Meaning Through Abstract Art
TheArtList | Artist of the Month
Awards:
American Art Awards | One of the Top Abstract Artists of 2020
American Art Awards | One of the Top Abstract Artists of 2021
Saint Augustine Art Association | Honorable Mention | 2022 Spring Show
American Art Awards | One of the Top Abstract Artists of 2022
American Art Awards | One of the Top Abstract Artists of 2023
TheArtList.com | Artist of the Month | July 2022
World Art Awards | One of the Top Abstract Artists of 2023
Collaborations:
The Strokes | Mexico City Show May 2022
4Ocean | Brand Ambassador
Group Exhibitions:
Art Collective Saint Augustine | Nov 2024 to Present
Amplified Avondale (Monthly Art and Music Festival) | October 2023 to Present
Saint Augustine Art Association | Honors Show 2024
Saint Augustine Art Association | Spring Show 2024
Saint Augustine Art Association | Honors Show 2023
Saint Augustine Art Association | Spring Show 2023
Saint Augustine Art Association | Spring Show 2022
Saint Augustine Art Association | Spring Show 2021
Las Lagunas Gallery – Painterly | 2021
Global Art Alliance – Bloom | 2021
Art Gallery118 – Impressions | 2021
Colors of Humanity Art Gallery – Water | 2021