Tessar Lo

Jakarta, 1984

Tessar Sebastian Lo is always searching, driven by a desire to work freely beyond the boundaries of convention. As he reaches with an open heart toward that mysterious place where dream-reality and waking-reality merge, his vision is perpetually evolving.

Born in Indonesia and raised in Toronto, Tessar explores themes from his Asian heritage, motivated by the same quest to express nature’s primal force as were primitivists like Gauguin. Working in mixed media on canvas, he builds compound layers of deep, dusky colour and unusual textures, drawing the viewer inward and creating an almost sensual awareness of surface.

By stripping his work of artifice and surrendering to instinct, he aspires to turn seemingly mundane subjects – a corner of a backyard, a walk in the park, a childhood toy – into powerful sources of inspiration and potential. Around these familiar landmarks, he constructs unfolding mythologies that stir the reservoirs of childlike wonder that lie buried within us all.

Tessar Lo lives and works in Toronto.

Works

pre-rem,

mixed media on paper
2014
21 x 16 cm
€ 1.250

noashima after onsen,

mixed media on paper
2014
21 x 16 cm
€ 1.250

the moon as a tiger,

mixed media on paper
2014
22 x 22 cm
€ 1.350

kintamani shh,

mixed media on paper
2014
30 x 21 cm
€ 1.350

creep,

mixed media on paper
2014
22 x 22 cm
€ 1.350

watermelon candy,

mixed media on paper
2014
27 x 21 cm
€ 1.350

race,

mixed media on paper
2014
27 x 21 cm
€ 1.350

syncing feeling,

mixed media on paper
2014
30 x 25 cm
€ 1.350

blue boo,

mixed media on paper
2014
22 x 22 cm
€ 1.350

baby-sitting,

mixed media on paper
2014
26 x 25 cm
€ 1.350

evening’s king,

mixed media on paper
2014
30 x 21 cm
€ 1.350

the sun as a basketball,

mixed media on paper
2014
30 x 21 cm
€ 1.350

red future,

mixed media on paper
2014
36 x 29 cm
€ 1.450

monochrome harvest,

mixed media on paper
2014
32 x 26 cm
€ 1.350

found,

mixed media on paper
2014
36 x 29 cm
€ 1.450

a pink moon’s well wishes,

mixed media on paper
2014
36 x 29 cm
€ 1.450

tunnel,

mixed media on paper
2014
57 x 39 cm
€ 1.450

burning,

mixed media on paper
2014
36 x 29 cm
€ 1.450

cradle,

mixed media on paper
2014
50 x 40 cm
€ 2.200

constellation jam,

mixed media on paper
2014
60 x 50 cm
€ 2.400

short story,

mixed media canvas
2014
50 x 40 cm
€ 2.200