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.
mixed media on paper
2014
21 x 16 cm
€ 1.250
mixed media on paper
2014
21 x 16 cm
€ 1.250
mixed media on paper
2014
22 x 22 cm
€ 1.350
mixed media on paper
2014
30 x 21 cm
€ 1.350
mixed media on paper
2014
22 x 22 cm
€ 1.350
mixed media on paper
2014
27 x 21 cm
€ 1.350
mixed media on paper
2014
27 x 21 cm
€ 1.350
mixed media on paper
2014
30 x 25 cm
€ 1.350
mixed media on paper
2014
22 x 22 cm
€ 1.350
mixed media on paper
2014
26 x 25 cm
€ 1.350
mixed media on paper
2014
30 x 21 cm
€ 1.350
mixed media on paper
2014
30 x 21 cm
€ 1.350
mixed media on paper
2014
36 x 29 cm
€ 1.450
mixed media on paper
2014
32 x 26 cm
€ 1.350
mixed media on paper
2014
36 x 29 cm
€ 1.450
mixed media on paper
2014
36 x 29 cm
€ 1.450
mixed media on paper
2014
57 x 39 cm
€ 1.450
mixed media on paper
2014
36 x 29 cm
€ 1.450
mixed media on paper
2014
50 x 40 cm
€ 2.200
mixed media on paper
2014
60 x 50 cm
€ 2.400
mixed media canvas
2014
50 x 40 cm
€ 2.200
mixed media on canvas
2014
70 x 50 cm
€ 2.400
mixed media on canvas
2014
65 x 50 cm
€ 2.400
mixed media on canvas
2014
65 x 50 cm
€ 2.400
mixed media on canvas
2014
65 x 50 cm
€ 2.400
mixed media on canvas
2014
65 x 50 cm
€ 2.400
mixed media on canvas
2014
65 x 50 cm
€ 2.400
mixed media on canvas
2014
130 x 105 cm
€ 3.800
mixed media on canvas
2014
130 x 105 cm
€ 3.800
mixed media on paper
2012
21 x 15 cm
€ 1.350
mixed media on paper
2012
29 x 21 cm
€ 1.350
mixed media on paper
2012
79 x 55 cm
€ 1.850
mixed media on paper
2012
79 x 109 cm
€ 2.800
mixed media on paper
2012
79 x 109 cm
€ 2.800
mixed media on paper
2011
21 X 14 cm
€ 1.100
mixed media on paper
2011
14 x 21 cm
€ 1.100
mixed media on canvas
2011
61 x 46 cm
€ 2.200
mixed media on canvas
2011
61 x 46 cm
€ 2.200
mixed media on canvas
2011
92 x 112 cm
€ 3.800
mixed media on canvas
2011
99 x 102 cm
€ 3.800