Jon Poblador’s Quiet Triumph: A Meditation in Color
Jon Poblador’s meditative new solo show “Chapel of Color” is on view at Bridgette Mayer Gallery from June 3 to August 2, 2025.
By Allan Lane
The Bridgette Mayer Gallery presents “Chapel of Color”, the long-awaited first solo exhibition by Filipino American painter Jon Poblador. On view from June 3 through August 2, 2025, “Chapel of Color” represents a pivotal moment in Poblador’s distinguished career—an exhibition that marks both a homecoming and a breakthrough. Featuring 20 new paintings and drawings, the show is a luminous celebration of Poblador’s distinct visual language: one that finds transcendence in repetition, harmony in restraint, and meaning in process.
An MFA graduate from the University of Pennsylvania, Jon Poblador has spent the past two decades cultivating a body of work that marries conceptual discipline with poetic introspection. Now based in Hong Kong, Poblador has exhibited across the globe—from New York and Philadelphia to Guangzhou and Phoenix—but “Chapel of Color” at the Bridgette Mayer Gallery is perhaps his most personal statement yet. Through rectangular grids, methodically layered color fields, and subtle asymmetries, Poblador constructs a visual sanctuary—a space where the viewer is encouraged to pause, reflect, and engage in a deeper form of seeing.
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