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Desire Obtain Cherish

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Desire Obtain Cherish

Graduated from the nationally acclaimed Parson’s School of Design with a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts, Paul has been featured in numerous shows and art fairs as well as galleries worldwide. His work has propelled with unusual fervor amid collectors and the public respectively.

Jonathan Paul (DOC) has become known as conceptual artist working across a wide variety of different media and a combination of styles. His controversial art work explores contemporary desires and obsessions with sex, gender, drugs, commerce, media and fame. Transporting controversial, satirical messages, Paul's vibrantly colorful, entertaining and impeccably produced art exposes society’s inability to control itself and examines the commercial promise of fulfillment and happiness that ends in dependency.

Meant to have an impact on its audience, Paul employs sarcasm to tackle and provoke society’s value system. Aiming to avoid the conventional, stereotypical standards of “good taste” in art, his ideas are more in line with contemporary commerce and marketing methods than traditional artisan methods.

The esteemed New Yorker art critic Benjamin Genocchio characterized Paul’s work as “not malicious, even if his works cut to the bone. He is more like our social conscience, delivering up uncomfortable and unpleasant truths wrapped in the most beautiful and seductive of packages.”

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Desire Obtain Cherish (b. 1975)

Salinas, California

Education
AA Hartnell College - Magna Cum Laude
BFA Parsons School of Design - Magna Cum Laude

Select Solo Exhibitions

- 2017 Sweet Tooth: The Art of Dessert, Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT
- 2016 Servant To Infinite Distraction, New York, NY

Feast For The Eyes, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn, NY

- 2015 Sweet Sensations, WIlliam Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT
- 2014 We Are Known By The Company We Keep, UNIX Gallery, New York, NY
Addict, Bluerider Art, Taiwan
- 2013 KM Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Galerie Bel Aire Fine Art, Switzerland
McLoughlin Gallery, San Francisco

Galen At The Galen, Palm Springs Art Museum
- 2012 UNIX Gallery, Miami, FL
- 2011 Lab Art, Los Angeles, CA

Select Museum Exhibitions

Select Art Fairs

- 2017 Art Miami, Miami FL
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary, Palm Beach, FL
- 2016 Art Miami, Miami, FL
Art16, London, UK
Art New York, New York, NY
Art Central, Hong Kong
Art Southampton, Bridgehampton, NY
Art Beijing, Beijing, CHN
Art Aspen, Aspen, CO
LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
- 2015 Art Miami, Miami, FL
Art Stage Singapore, Singapore
Art15, London, UK
Art Miami New York, New York, NY
Art Southampton, Bridgehampton, NY
Texas Contemporary, Houston, TX
- 2014 Zona Maco, Mexico City, Mexico, MX
Art Miami, Miami, FL
Art Toronto, Toronto, CAN
LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
Art Southampton, Southampton, NY

- 2013 Art Miami, Miami, FL

Collections

Joseph and Diana Dimenna, New York, NY
Diplo, Los Angeles, CA
The Mandarin Oriental, New York, NY
Jose Martos, São Paulo, Brazil
Gilbert Benhamou, Miami, FL
Dirk Nowitzki, New York, NY
Andrei Kirilenko, New York, NY
Chris and Richard Mack., New York, NY
Stephen Mack, New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA
The Ecclestone Collection, London, UK and Los Angeles, CA
The Feinberg Collection, Los Angeles, CA
La Laliberté Collection, Quebec, CAN

Television

- 2015 “The Streets Are A Canvas”, James Daichendt, Ed.D, TedTalks
- 2012 “Street Artists Series,” Cafe Racer for Discover Channel

“I Am Other - Street Art vs. Illegal Billboars,” Voice of Art

Press & Bibliography

- 2016 “You’re A Servant to Infinite Distraction,”by DJ Pangburn, Creators
“Desire Obtain Cherish,” Vendome Magazine
“In New York, Fashion Week Goes Beyond the Runways,” by Shivani Vora, New York Times
“In the Age of Social Media, Artist Desire Obtain Cherish Explores Instant Gratification Culture,” by G.
James Daichendt, KCET.org
“You’re A ‘Servant To Infinite Distraction’ At This Exhibition” by DJ Pangburn, ARTSY
“Desire Obtain Cherish In The Never-Ending Pursuit Of Happiness At UNIX Gallery”, Widewalls
- 2015 “Artist Installs Nine-Foot-Tall Lollipop Along Venice’s Grand Canal”, by Briget Gleeson, ARTSY
“Sex, Desire, and Dictators at the LA Art Show”, ARTNet News
“Owners Reinvent Lobbies As Artspaces”, New York Post
“Artist Desire Obtain Cherish Takes Aim At The Art World”, ARTSY
“Jonathan Paul’s Ironic Take On Fashion, Fame, and Consumerism”, HG.com
“On The Edge: Art Central Rocks Hong Kong”, Huffington Post
“New Work By Artist Desire Obtain Cherish at art Miami”, If It’s Hip It’s Here.com
“Unix Gallery” by Roberto Zaragoza, EJ Central.com (Mexico)
“Crece Imán del Arte Actual,” by Jesus Pacheco, El Golfo (Mexico)
“Desire Obtain Cherish: Art With Good Taste,” Fahrenheit .com
“Get To Know: Desire Obtain Cherish,” by Martin Julio, Young Offenders.com
“Desire Obtain Cherish Makes Commentary on Consumerism, Makes Striking Pop Sculpture,” by Taylah Kleid, Acclaimmag.com
“Consumption in Pills,” Ideafixa.com (Portugal)
“Desire Obtain Cherish’s Sculptures,” News Easy Branches.com
- 2015 “Desire Obtain Cherish’s Sculptures Explore Our Obsession With Consumerism, Fame, And Luxury” by Erotica, Juxtapoz
“The Subversive Art of Desire Obtain Cherish,” Jungle Gym Magazine.com
- 2014 “Scope NY Desire Obtain Cherish: Drugs, Fame, and Art” by Lisa Derrick, Huffington Post

“Contemporary Obsessions & Desires as Art by Desire Obtain Cherish” Tamika Frye, StupidDope.com
- 2013 “El Arte Se Hace Un Lifting”, by Avelina Lesper, Milenio (Mexico)
“Fashion Pills”, CO/INCIDE.com
“Recap: Desire Obtain Cherish Solo Exhibition #sideeffects” by Che Ly, Ask Missa.com
“Artworks For The Cure 2013 Benefit Set for Barker Hangar”, Broadway World.com
“Desire Obtain Cherish Has #sideffects in San Francisco”, Jeremy Raid.com
“Prestigious Pill-Popping. Designer Drugs by Desire Obtain Cherish”, If It’s Hip It’s Here.com
“Artistas que Debes Conocer Jonathan Paul,” Rude Magazine.com
“Designer Drugs by Artist Desire Obtain Cherish,” Trend Safari.com
“Desire Obtain Cherish: Un Artiste Anticonformiste À Suivre,” The Milliardaire.com (France)
“Designer Drugs”, GDL Magazine (Holland)
“Desire Obtain Cherish”, Streets Are Saying Things.com
“Label Me!” by Sıla Güven, The Bone Magazine.com
“Logowahn”, Plot Magazine (Germany)
“Desire Obtain Cherish’s #undertheinfluence Channels L.A.’s Dissolute Soul” by Benjamin Genocchio, Blouin ArtInfo
“L.A. Artist Desire Obtian Cherish Opens #undertheinfluence Exhibition” by Lydia O’Connor, Los Angeles Magazine
“Desire Obtain Cherish: #undertheinfluence”, by G.James Daichendt, Artweek.LA
“Desire Obtain Cherish Solo Los Angeles Exhibition at KM Fine Arts” by Lori Bjork, Examiner.com
“Designer Drugs by Artist Desire Obtain Cherish” by Doya Karolini, The 6 Million Dollar Story.com
“2013 LA Art Show” by Sara McLean, Dunn Edwards.com
“Art: ‘Designer Drugs’ by Desire Obtain Cherish” by Emiko Swag, Swag Section.com
2013 “LA Art Show: Desire Obtain Cherish, Diamond, Dust Duschamp, and Series of Portraits” by Lisa Derrick, Cart Wheel.com
“The Art of Desire Obtain Cherish” by Nickj, Life Lounge.com

“Designer Drugs: As American As Apple Pie” by Jessica Czeck, Visual News.com
- 2012 “50 Greatest Hits from Miami’s Art Fair Extravaganza” Blouin Art Info.com
“Jagged Little Pills”, by Rachel Sanzone, Maniac Magazine.com
“Il dissacratore della fashion addiction: Desire Obtain Cherish”, Fools Journals.com
“Fashion Recap: Artist targets label addicts” by Cindy Ha, SF Gate Magazine
“Designer Drugs by Desire Obtain Cherish” by Loannis, Perfect Lounge.com
“Desire Obtain Cherish Designer Drugs”, Hurricane Vanessa.com
“Art Reviews”, by Tanya Yvette, La Bohème Miami.com
“Designer Drugs Crucial to our Existence says Desire Obtain Cherish,” GizmoDiva.com
“Desire Obtian Cherish’s Designer Drugs” by Cyril Foiret, Trendland.com
“‘Designer Drugs’ at the Miami Art Fair,” by Martin, Next Guru Now
“Art Miami and Context: The Most Intriguing Food Art We’ve Seen” by Laine Doss, Miami News Time
“Pill-Popper” by Cai Subijano, Philstar.com
"Designer Drug’ Sculptures Inspired by Luxury Fashion”, by Justin Korkidis Complex.com
“Letterlijk Verslaafd Aan Mode” NSMBL.com (Netherlands)
“La Moda Crea Dipendenza? Arriva la Terapia di Desire Obtain Cherish,” Sfilate.com (Italy)
“Pourquoi C’est Important Les Médocs Griffes de Jonathan Paul” by Zisla Tortello, Elle (France)
“Adictos a la moda?” by Patricia Tapia, Elle (Mexico)
“Pílula fashionista: Artista Contemporâneo Cria ‘Remédio’ Com Logos de Marcas Grifadas,” PureTrend.com (Portugal)
“Viciada em grifes? Artista Cria ‘Pílulas Grifadas’” by Shirley Stamou, GarotasModernas.com (Portugal)
“Jonathan Paul Thinks You’re Addicted to Drugs,” Pout Perfection.com
“I Farmaci ‘Fashion’ di Jonathan Paul” by Riccardo Fano, Panorama (Italy)
“Accros a la Mode?” Mode Doctissimo.com (France)
“Desire Obtian Cherish: La Moda es una Droga,” Oh Mundo Cruel.com (Mexico)
“Desire Obtain Cherish: Designer Drugs (Artist’s Luxury fashion Rhapsody - High fashion),” MM33.com (China)

" (If luxury brands to enter the pharmaceutical industry),” LiveDoor.com (Japan)
“‘Designer Drugs’ by Jonathan Paul” by Brian Farmer, High Snobiety.com
“Cool Drugs by Desire Obtain Cherish” by Sara Ferron, Pig Mag.com (Italy)
“Jonathan Paul ‘Designer Drugs’ Mixes Fashion and Drug Culture” by Trenton Millar, TrendHunter.com
“One Artists Quest to Destroy Pop Culture for the Greater Good,” LA Canvas Magazine
“Les Sculptures de la Semaine N35!” Houhuhaha.com (France)
“Stay Up Los Angeles Street Art” by G.James Daichendt, Street Art Book On LA Street Artists
“Street Art Expression” by G.James Daichendt, Beverly Hills Lifestyle Magazine
“Review/Critique of Miami’s Art Scene” by Adam Lindemann, Ian Deleon Arts.com
“Finding Art in Adderall and Handcrafted Dust Balls: Two Noteworthy Exhibitions in Miami” by TaraSolomon, Huffingtonpost
“Art Interrupted,” Bunker Hill Magazine
“Is This Illegal?” Brooklyn Street Art.com
- 2011 “Street Scape,” Los Angeles Times Newspaper
“Desire Obtain Cherish versus Stella Artois on Hollywood Boulevard,” Tanjabarnes.com
“Desire Obtain Cherish Show At Lab Art,” All City Street Art .com
“Desire Obtain Cherish First Solo Show, Los Angeles Coverage,” StreetArtNews.com
“Inside The Launch of Street Art’s Desire Obtain Cherish Debut”, Guest Of A Guest.com

“Three Magic Words” by Nickolai, Intrepid LA.com