JOHN TREVINO &
CONNIE MARTIN TREVINO

LOS ANGELES - Band of Vices (DTLA) is pleased to present YONDER, the first major exhibition between the married creatives of John Trevino and Connie Martin Trevino.

How far are we from YONDER? John Trevino and Connie Martin Trevino journey through the ocean’s depths and vastness of the natural world to paint landscapes and craft ceramic creatures that imagine and populate the unknown destination with wonder. Hailing from Long Beach, CA, and Chicago, IL respectively, this creative couple has oriented themselves with elements out of site. Navigating above and below, they live in yesteryear’s yonder and follow artistic inclinations that expand painting, photography, collage, and clay in every direction. Visitors arrive at YONDER for an optimistic outlook of distance that collapses the air of difference. We’re enveloped in surrealist surroundings and are greeted by guardians—the Trevino’s independent practices are married here as non-neutral meeting grounds. 

John Trevino’s large-scale acrylic landscapes collapse concepts of place and time. Ancient worlds emerge from a mist-muted color pallet enveloped by lush foliage and accented with geometric forms, revealing the structures of culture and composition. The textural surface alludes to our built environment, while the horizon lines ground one’s gaze at sea level. This perspective is influenced by the artist’s sensory experiences diving and stewarding swimmers through the open ocean. 

Yielding land and water, Connie Martin Trevino’s sculptural ceramics emerge from the organic formulas of clay and the fluidity of her imagination. Hand-built, these hybrids evolve past plant and ocean life, combining animal forms and nodding to the appendages of the human body. These figures embody protection against societal stressors faced by folks of color. The supernatural sculptures stand in for the unseen deities and change agents who shape our unknown future over YONDER.