JUDE ALLY
A Seychellois abstract painter, Jude Ally studied in Seychelles and Western Australia. He now lives and works in Seychelles.
He works across different complementary techniques and is influenced by abstract expressionism. His most complex artworks are mixed media collage compositions.
His major collage works explore colour fields and expressive strokes, mark making, symbols, letters with numbers, code and hidden messages with layers of mixed media. Works can resemble street walls and posters/graffiti - battered and aged by time, rust and weather. Jude Ally’s methodology has changed over the years, in favour of new media and processes, but his work still translates senses of emotional expression. Rather than imitating or representing nature, they most often express and articulate mankind and/or his “inner creatures”.
The artist’s first solo exhibition was in 2015 in Seychelles, since when he has exhibited mostly in group shows in Europe, China, Australia and Lebanon. Jude Ally, who currently works as an art teacher, is also a poet and songwriter.
Jude Ally is a member of "Pro-art Seychelles" an association for Seychellois artists, as well as "Lardwaz", an association for Seychellois writers.