Jason Seife
Jason Seife (born 1989) is an American visual artist and musician from South Florida. He works across painting, drawing, sculpture, installations, digital animations, and generative art, exploring Middle Eastern heritage and Persian carpet designs in a contemporary way.
He was born in Miami to a Cuban mother and a Syrian father. To study traditional textiles, he traveled to Morocco, Turkey, Iran, and Syria to meet carpet-weavers and local artists.
Seife started as a graphic designer and began painting at age 7. His process blends digital design with painting: he drafts elements digitally and tests color relationships before hand-drawing and painting, usually with acrylic on canvas or concrete. Works can take weeks or months to finish.
In 2021, with Andrew Cassetti, he created an algorithm that generates endless variations from eleven hand-drawn designs, by analyzing pattern units to produce new versions.
In his early 20s he toured with bands before returning to visual art, saying he missed drawing. Before pursuing a solo art career, he collaborated with Nicki Minaj, Pharrell Williams, and Big Sean.
Critics note the physical-digital-physical approach; Mark Westall of FAD Magazine praised how craftsmanship remains central. He has had solo shows in the United States, the Middle East, and Europe, and his work is in collections including the Fort Wayne Museum of Art (USA), Mosaic Art Foundation (Istanbul), Goss-Michael Foundation (Dallas), Dean Collection (Los Angeles), Contemporary Art Platform Kuwait, and the Tribal Art Foundation (Raipur, India).
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