Punk rocker, and former Catholic School boy of 8 years, John John's work reflects the gravitation and trials of those two opposites.
Born in New York City's Lower East Side, John John first gained notoriety as the founding member and bassist of the legendary influential political punk band Nausea. Nausea toured the D.I.Y. punk circuit all over the United States and Europe in the late 80's and early 90's, and released an LP and various 7" singles. Though since disbanded, to this day they still maintain a loyal following, and have influenced the next generation of the genre.
Now with Punk Electrique, John John gives us more of the anarchy of youth. A portrayal of class war struggle, street anarchism, and his past teenage destructive punk rock lifestyle. A heroic fight from the gutter of the streets of the 80's Lower East Side, to the triumph of post-addicted street youth.
John John Jesse has exhibited with: CBGB 313 Gallery, Bullet Space, Museum of Sex, Fuse Gallery, all in New York, Roq La Rue Gallery in Seattle, Wild Seduction in Miami, Perihelion Arts in Phoenix, Copro/Nason in Culver City California, and is represented exclusively by Art @ Large, New York City.
John John Jesse has had interview's, or reproductions, published in: Museums New York, Juxtapoz, High Times, New York Waste, Tear Magazine, Destroy All Monthly, Vampyre Magazine, Fetish, Swank, The Aquarian Weekly. He has a book forthcoming of his collected works.
