San Gimignano

Soluna Fine Art is proud to present San Gimignano, a solo exhibition by Hong Kong–based Filipino American artist Jon Poblador. Inspired by his visit to the Italian city last year, he was deeply moved by the colors encountered in one of its ancient churches. The exhibition presents a new body of work shaped not by image, but by an experience of atmosphere. Poblador’s paintings are not concerned with representation, but rather immerse the viewers in the act of looking. Working within his signature grid, Poblador constructs each surface through hundreds of repeated marks. Though structured, the grid is not a rigid or prescriptive form, but a condition for attention, enabling focus, discipline, and commitment. Within this framework, color is both composed and discovered, shifting through adjustment and chance. Built up via carefully considered palettes and layered applications of paint, the labor of the work remains largely unseen. Over time, colors contained within individual units begin to dissolve into one another, forming a shared, atmospheric field. As relationships between colors evolve, the surface opens, and what first appears still begins to feel quietly inhabited. Each brushstroke functions as a kind of silent prayer, meditative, devotional, and sustained by focused attention. San Gimignano invites a slower mode of looking. These paintings do not reveal themselves at a glance; they unfold over time. Through sustained attention, something begins to surface, not a fixed meaning, but a shift in awareness. The surface shifts from structure to atmosphere, from stillness to a quiet sense of presence.