Jean-Christian Knaff

About

The ‘Multiplicity’ series covers a wild range of obsessional thoughts I had about people/characters as a thriving crowd, interfering – or not – with themselves, sometimes losing their identity to the benefit of the whole. 

The series' Elephant and Monkey' was created after a lengthy stay in India and is deeply and emotionally inspired by 16th century Indian art and set in a contemporary context of man-made genetic deconstruction.

Original Art Work

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Diane

Acrylic on birch panel 

40,6 x 50,8 cm / 16 x 20 in

€ 1,500.–

Minorca

Acrylic on birch panel

81,3 x 116,8 cm / 32 x 46 in

€ 4,500.–

Drown Tuktuk

Tempera on archive paper

53,3 x 71,1 cm / 21 x 28 in

€ 2,100.–

Twins

Tempera on archive paper

48,3 x 53,3 cm / 19 x 24 in

€ 1,900.–

Blue Hill

Tempera on archive paper

35,6 x 53,3 cm /14 x 21 in

€ 1,500.–

Red Elephants

Tempera on archive paper

22,9 x 63,5 cm / 9 x 25 in

€ 1,500.–

Flying Monkey 

Tempera on archive paper

58,4 x 45,7 cm / 23 x 18 in

€ 1,800.–

By the River

Tempera on archive paper

35,6 x 53,3 cm / 14 x 21 in

€ 1,500.–

Jean-Christian Knaff

Jean-Christian Knaff first studied linguistics at the Université Stendhal, in Grenoble, France, where he achieved an M.A in English linguistics and Education.

As an illustrator, his works have been published in such magazines as GQ, Life, New Scientist, Die Zeit, Cosmopolitan, Stern, Marie Claire, Vogue, and annuals like American Illustration, Novum, Graphis, European Illustration, Creative Quaterly and 3X3 Magazine in New York.

Jean-Christian directed and designed international events in Marseilles, Avignon, France and Toronto with his partner Claude Micéli. He teaches Illustration at OCAD University where he is an Associate Professor.

With Claude Miceli he curated and designed the 2009 Nuit Blanche 'Moon-in on McCaul’ at OCAD University, Nuit Blanche 2015 (Fragile) and 2016 (Home). For Nelvana/Corus Entertainment, Canada's premier animation company and world-leading producer and distributr of children's content, he has created animations (Wild, Wild Circus Company).