Hobbie’s paintings on canvas entangle her alluring figures within intricate, hypnotic arrangements of plant life and cultural geometries. In Peak Desire, a commanding female figure is seen amid a sea of richly rendered yellow tulips, blue plumeria, and multicolor dahlias. Black and red butterflies that flutter among the petals echo hues in the woman’s vest, oscillating between dimensional curves and flat textures. Slipping the portrait between billowing patterns, the contrast between foreground and background collapses. In her own world, the woman’s face projects a gaze that defines the artist’s visual vocabulary, extending her reach beyond the frame.
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Jocelyn Hobbie: Beauties
Jocelyn Hobbie: Beauties
March 8-April 20, 2024
Jessica Silverman is pleased to announce Jocelyn Hobbie‘s “Beauties” the artist’s first solo show in San Francisco, from March 8 to April 20, 2024. The artist will present a series of new oil paintings on canvas and paper portraying introspective women whose bodies evaporate into floral and graphic designs.
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Jocelyn Hobbie
Peak Desire, 2023/2024
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 inches / 76.2 x 101.6 cm
Peak Desire, 2023/2024
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 inches / 76.2 x 101.6 cm
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Jocelyn Hobbie
Floating World, 2023/2024
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 inches / 61 x 61 cm
Floating World, 2023/2024
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 inches / 61 x 61 cm
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Jocelyn Hobbie
Gardencraft, 2023
Oil on canvas
48 x 30 inches / 121.9 x 76.2 cm
Gardencraft, 2023
Oil on canvas
48 x 30 inches / 121.9 x 76.2 cm
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Jocelyn Hobbie
Shine, Star Flower/Orange Plaid, 2023/2024
Oil on canvas
16 x 16 inches / 40.6 x 40.6 cm
Shine, Star Flower/Orange Plaid, 2023/2024
Oil on canvas
16 x 16 inches / 40.6 x 40.6 cm
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Jocelyn Hobbie
Floating World, 2023/2024
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 inches / 61 x 61 cm
Floating World, 2023/2024
Oil on canvas
24 x 24 inches / 61 x 61 cm
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Jocelyn Hobbie
Gardencraft, 2023
Oil on canvas
48 x 30 inches / 121.9 x 76.2 cm
Gardencraft, 2023
Oil on canvas
48 x 30 inches / 121.9 x 76.2 cm
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Jocelyn Hobbie
Shine, Star Flower/Orange Plaid, 2023/2024
Oil on canvas
16 x 16 inches / 40.6 x 40.6 cm
Shine, Star Flower/Orange Plaid, 2023/2024
Oil on canvas
16 x 16 inches / 40.6 x 40.6 cm
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Hobbie’s paintings reflect her command of art history, engaging the traditions of Art Nouveau and Ukiyo-e, for example, and her dialogue with artists such as William Morris, Gustav Klimt, Tamara Lempicka, and Kehinde Wile. Inventions of her imagination, Hobbie’s hyper-real depictions of women are painted without models. Her patterns are original, albeit inspired by a wide range of tiles, textiles, and other ornamental abstraction.
Jocelyn Hobbie
Big Plaid/Zinnias, 2023
Oil on paper
Paper size: 38 x 50 inches / 96.5 x 127 cm
Big Plaid/Zinnias, 2023
Oil on paper
Paper size: 38 x 50 inches / 96.5 x 127 cm
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The exhibition also includes several oil-on-paper paintings. Unlike the dense layering of her canvases, these delicately executed works combine patterns on a flat plane. Like art quilts, they draw from the legacy of 1970s feminist art.
Jocelyn Hobbie
Chevron Vest/Blue Flowers, 2023
Oil on paper
Paper size: 39 x 38 3/8 inches / 99.1 x 97.5 cm
Chevron Vest/Blue Flowers, 2023
Oil on paper
Paper size: 39 x 38 3/8 inches / 99.1 x 97.5 cm
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Jocelyn Hobbie
Ball Sleeves, 2023
Oil on paper
Paper size: 38 1/2 x 36 3/4 inches / 97.8 x 93.3 cm
Ball Sleeves, 2023
Oil on paper
Paper size: 38 1/2 x 36 3/4 inches / 97.8 x 93.3 cm
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Jocelyn Hobbie
Uki Dress, 2023
Oil on paper
Paper size: 38 x 27 inches / 96.5 x 68.6 cm
Uki Dress, 2023
Oil on paper
Paper size: 38 x 27 inches / 96.5 x 68.6 cm
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Jocelyn Hobbie
Swoon Zinnias/Pink & Green Plaid, 2023
Oil on paper
Paper size: 38 1/2 x 27 inches / 97.8 x 68.6 cm
Swoon Zinnias/Pink & Green Plaid, 2023
Oil on paper
Paper size: 38 1/2 x 27 inches / 97.8 x 68.6 cm
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Hobbie places her women into universes of complex harmony, contrasting stillness with movement, exertion with rest. Her dense patterns do not entrap her subjects; rather, the swirl of visual activity shields them from solitude.
Jocelyn Hobbie
Green Plaid Coat/Yellow Flowers, 2023
Oil on paper
Paper size: 23 x 23 inches / 58.4 x 58.4 cm
Green Plaid Coat/Yellow Flowers, 2023
Oil on paper
Paper size: 23 x 23 inches / 58.4 x 58.4 cm
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Jocelyn Hobbie
Two Columns/Striped Dress, 2023
Oil on paper
Paper size: 13 x 19 1/2 inches / 33 x 49.5 cm
Two Columns/Striped Dress, 2023
Oil on paper
Paper size: 13 x 19 1/2 inches / 33 x 49.5 cm
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Jocelyn Hobbie
Octopus, 2023
Oil on paper
Paper size: 20 1/2 x 20 inches / 52.1 x 50.8 cm
Octopus, 2023
Oil on paper
Paper size: 20 1/2 x 20 inches / 52.1 x 50.8 cm
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Jocelyn Hobbie
Green Plaid Coat/Yellow Flowers, 2023
Oil on paper
Paper size: 23 x 23 inches / 58.4 x 58.4 cm
Green Plaid Coat/Yellow Flowers, 2023
Oil on paper
Paper size: 23 x 23 inches / 58.4 x 58.4 cm
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Jocelyn Hobbie
Two Columns/Striped Dress, 2023
Oil on paper
Paper size: 13 x 19 1/2 inches / 33 x 49.5 cm
Two Columns/Striped Dress, 2023
Oil on paper
Paper size: 13 x 19 1/2 inches / 33 x 49.5 cm
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Jocelyn Hobbie
Octopus, 2023
Oil on paper
Paper size: 20 1/2 x 20 inches / 52.1 x 50.8 cm
Octopus, 2023
Oil on paper
Paper size: 20 1/2 x 20 inches / 52.1 x 50.8 cm
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ARTIST BIO
Jocelyn Hobbie (b. 1968, Northampton, MA) has a BFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design. She has enjoyed solo exhibitions at Fredericks & Freiser, New York; Jack Tilton Gallery, New York and GNYP Gallery, Berlin. Recent group exhibitions include Nassima Landau Foundation, Tel Aviv, Israel; Tick Tack, Antwerp; Eric Hussenot, Paris; Carl Kostyal, Stockholm; Phillips, Hong Kong; Rental Gallery, East Hampton; and Hall Art Foundation, Reading, VT. She is represented by Fredericks & Freiser, New York.
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