EXHIBITION 014

CONTROL GALLERY is pleased to announce EXHIBITION 014: Everything That Glitters, the very first Los Angeles solo exhibition from Jasmine Monsegue. 

Everything That Glitters draws from Monsegue’s upbringing within the Afro-Caribbean, Latinx & African American culture deeply embedded in the Southern United States, to explore themes of spirituality and identity. The surreal imagery and experimental applications of airbrush Monsegue is known for, permeates though this body of work, as she expands her practice beyond a wall-mounted canvas to surfaces that further her narratives.

The Pony, 2025, Acrylic on Canvas 40 x 20 in

With this body of work Monsegue hopes to present a contemporary history of southern African-Americans with softness, taking this opportunity to elevate subcultures within the region with allusions to memory, seduction and delicacy. Working with unconventional objects, such as synthetic hair and recycled furniture pieces, the artist highlights the versatility of her medium and resourcefulness embedded in human nature. The soft-glow quality of airbrush embeds subjects such as pop stars and strippers within otherworldly environments that reference Black spiritual life, sexuality, and femininity.

Jasmine Monsegue in her Los Angeles studio.
 
Monsegue’s painting, entitled The Pony, depicts an industry-known strip club in a desolate area of Memphis, Tennessee.  The piece is haunting but enchanting; the push-and-pull between soft blur and clearly rendered, and the brightly colored building against the dark and isolate setting, pushes the viewer to feel the tension that exists in sex work. The exhibition continues with these themes through large-scale pieces, emphasizing strong female figures within evocative spaces, where there is freedom to express vanity, promiscuity and a divine power.

Jasmine Monsegue "Everything That Glitters" (Installation)

The opening reception for Everything That Glitters will take place on February 15, 2025, from 6PM to 9PM, with the exhibition running through March 29, 2025.

GALLERY & RETAIL HOURS
Wednesday – Saturday: 11 AM - 6 PM
Sunday – Tuesday: Closed

ADDRESS
434 N La Brea Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036


ABOUT JASMINE MONSEGUE
Jasmine Monsegue (b. 1994, Houston, TX) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, CA. Monsegue's work explores themes of femininity, identity and pop cultural references. Her practice travels through an array of mediums including airbrush painting, sculpture and furniture design. Her artistic language materializes through the manipulation of digital imagery, a process involving altered photographs and visual imagery from her own digital archive. Jasmine often uses collage and reconfiguration techniques to compose a rough account of the layout before translating it to canvas with airbrush. This procedure allows her to comment on contemporary themes of self-image, social climates and the commodification of beauty. Her paintings evoke a deeper study into what it means to be human, as well as how technology has reshaped our interaction within society and self-image. Monsegue's paintings can involve a provocative brooding of womanhood and the appropriation of beauty within African-American studies as well as influence of her Afro-Caribbean background.  Jasmine Monsegue lives and works in Los Angeles.

Jasmine Monsegue has been actively participating in group exhibitions around the world, honing her technique and developing her voice; from palm springs to Portland, and Seol to Paris, culminating in her very first solo exhibition in Los Angeles, of which we are honored to host.
https://spacebrat.net/


About CONTROL Gallery
CONTROL Gallery was born of a desire to reclaim space that so many artists have been excluded from. It not only explores the vast primal instincts of mark-making, but also the most experimental and expansive artwork being made in the world today. CONTROL champions artists who have been at the forefront of rule-breaking artistry and anti-establishment practices. It brings together a community of creators that have done things their way, while paving roads for a new generation that drives the very idea of art beyond any real or imagined boundary.

PRESS ENQUIRIES
heidi@hijinxarts.com

SALES ENQUIRIES
info@control.gallery

EXHIBITION 014

EVERYTHING THAT GLITTERS


JASMINE MONSEGUE


02.15.25 - 03.29.25

CONTROL GALLERY is pleased to announce EXHIBITION 014: Everything That Glitters, the very first Los Angeles solo exhibition from Jasmine Monsegue. 

Everything That Glitters draws from Monsegue’s upbringing within the Afro-Caribbean, Latinx & African American culture deeply embedded in the Southern United States, to explore themes of spirituality and identity. The surreal imagery and experimental applications of airbrush Monsegue is known for, permeates though this body of work, as she expands her practice beyond a wall-mounted canvas to surfaces that further her narratives.

The Pony, 2025, Acrylic on Canvas 40 x 20 in

With this body of work Monsegue hopes to present a contemporary history of southern African-Americans with softness, taking this opportunity to elevate subcultures within the region with allusions to memory, seduction and delicacy. Working with unconventional objects, such as synthetic hair and recycled furniture pieces, the artist highlights the versatility of her medium and resourcefulness embedded in human nature. The soft-glow quality of airbrush embeds subjects such as pop stars and strippers within otherworldly environments that reference Black spiritual life, sexuality, and femininity.

Jasmine Monsegue in her Los Angeles studio.
 
Monsegue’s painting, entitled The Pony, depicts an industry-known strip club in a desolate area of Memphis, Tennessee.  The piece is haunting but enchanting; the push-and-pull between soft blur and clearly rendered, and the brightly colored building against the dark and isolate setting, pushes the viewer to feel the tension that exists in sex work. The exhibition continues with these themes through large-scale pieces, emphasizing strong female figures within evocative spaces, where there is freedom to express vanity, promiscuity and a divine power.

Jasmine Monsegue "Everything That Glitters" (Installation)

The opening reception for Everything That Glitters will take place on February 15, 2025, from 6PM to 9PM, with the exhibition running through March 29, 2025.

GALLERY & RETAIL HOURS
Wednesday – Saturday: 11 AM - 6 PM
Sunday – Tuesday: Closed

ADDRESS
434 N La Brea Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90036


ABOUT JASMINE MONSEGUE
Jasmine Monsegue (b. 1994, Houston, TX) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles, CA. Monsegue's work explores themes of femininity, identity and pop cultural references. Her practice travels through an array of mediums including airbrush painting, sculpture and furniture design. Her artistic language materializes through the manipulation of digital imagery, a process involving altered photographs and visual imagery from her own digital archive. Jasmine often uses collage and reconfiguration techniques to compose a rough account of the layout before translating it to canvas with airbrush. This procedure allows her to comment on contemporary themes of self-image, social climates and the commodification of beauty. Her paintings evoke a deeper study into what it means to be human, as well as how technology has reshaped our interaction within society and self-image. Monsegue's paintings can involve a provocative brooding of womanhood and the appropriation of beauty within African-American studies as well as influence of her Afro-Caribbean background.  Jasmine Monsegue lives and works in Los Angeles.

Jasmine Monsegue has been actively participating in group exhibitions around the world, honing her technique and developing her voice; from palm springs to Portland, and Seol to Paris, culminating in her very first solo exhibition in Los Angeles, of which we are honored to host.
https://spacebrat.net/


About CONTROL Gallery
CONTROL Gallery was born of a desire to reclaim space that so many artists have been excluded from. It not only explores the vast primal instincts of mark-making, but also the most experimental and expansive artwork being made in the world today. CONTROL champions artists who have been at the forefront of rule-breaking artistry and anti-establishment practices. It brings together a community of creators that have done things their way, while paving roads for a new generation that drives the very idea of art beyond any real or imagined boundary.

PRESS ENQUIRIES
heidi@hijinxarts.com

SALES ENQUIRIES
info@control.gallery