Galerie Stephanie | Olympus

“Olympus” is a word or a place used in the Greek Mythology. In some contexts it’s a mountain in Greece or home of the gods. It can define to someone ‘who has pinnacle of success,” which is the title of the solo show for Jomike Tejido starting the new year right with refreshing concepts that he continues to build and challenge himself. For this year, Jomike mixes up with his refreshing art style and adding installations to round up a narrative that convey that’s something far from the Greek Mythology or mount Olympus. But it speaks volumes to how he put together this show that is like pushing himself to make it on top of mountain of challenges in taking you to his journey as an ever evolving contemporary artist.

There are no gods inside Galerie Stephanie, but you’ll find yourself enthralled in the fresh new set of paintings from Jomike, and that’s all twenty four of them hanged all over the gallery. On top of that, there are thirteen installations that accompany the paintings in telling his story.

This could be the first time for Jomike to include art toys with a ratio of 1:1 each that doesn’t show any gods battling at any monsters, but an image of parents and their children that way how it reflects a callback to the time he was a TV presenter doing art for children at the same time shows that he’s not just an artist.

But as a parent that gives you each of the wooden creations of how the characters he created are bonding together. Not all are paired together, there are individual characters showing appreciation as well and that adds a layer of how he is fond with children while enjoying their hobbies.

You can find these thirteen art toys encased in acrylic glass on tops of a base. It’s quite impressive when Jomike mentioned he started this project in November 2022, and that counts for defining how he reached Olympus with these images below…

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"Olympus" is now on exhibit from 24 January to 7 February 2023 at Galerie Stephanie at the level 4 in the East Wing, Shangri-La Plaza. For more about the current exhibit and upcoming events you can follow this gallery through their social media via Facebook and Instagram.