John Magnus is a self-taught, Manila-based interdisciplinary artist that grew up in Saudi Arabia and Dallas, Texas. He currently works with mixed mediums, water-based paints, ink, marker, paper, glue on canvas and wood, hiding messages, symbols, and quotes in thick layers of paint and imagery.

He takes elements of expressionism, street art, collage, and iconography to express his subconscious, much of which is obsessed with the ancient wisdoms, esoterica, God, and man’s plight. Looking inward instead of outward, he paints and creates, almost as if to remind himself to stay the course.

John Magnus continues to experiment and create with fresh eyes, and explores deeper into the abyss of emotions and experiences that enriches one’s life.

“Through deep thought, the kind of thought where you stop thinking and start feeling, that is where I dwell, that is where I will dip my hands in the paint of life, and these hands will spill and drip, and fill these canvases, with the great sorrowful beauty of existence.”