This Journal is made up of 64 pages of prints taken from JonOne’s sketchbooks. It was published in 500 copies, each numbered and signed by the artist. The book features an elegant, artisanal design and is made by hand.

This artbook was published in 300 copies, with the first page numbered and signed by the artist. Exploring the repetition of line, never quite the same nor totally different, the book illustrates deep process of graphic exploration which at times threatens to veer into monomania. These obsessions are so inherent to artists, to their unique quest…

“John is a painter who fights. His work is a fight. A fight with matter, a fight with time. As though the canvas, like a subway train, was going to move away before the last gesture is finished.”
Jacqueline Rabouan

To see and understand JonOne, his countless lives and twists and turns, some of his most intense works from his latest series have been selected for this book. The reader is immersed in full-page, experimental creations and raw acts of self-expression. JonOne is currently the most influential abstract expressionist painter working today, coming from the world of graffiti where color plays an essential role. The book also includes an interview with the artist about his career.

From 2011 to 2014, JonOne divided his time between his Paris studio at Mairie des Lilas and Marseille. With the support of famous gallery owner David Pluskwa, JonOne brought together little chapters from his life, stories, and mood boards to create the artbook Chronicles. A limited-edition copy was also released, released as a series of 200 signed editions that came with a resin sculpture, JonOne’s signature, and a numbered print.