Freight+Volume

Continuing our ARTIST SPOTLIGHT series of the artists currently showing in “True Colors”, on view through the end of the Summer at 39 Lispenard St.

Jai Hart

Jai Hart is an American artist. Jai holds a M.F.A. from School of Visual Arts, New York, a B.F.A. from Kansas City Art Institute, KC, MO., and studied at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. In 2025 Jai participated in several exhibitions, included was a solo exhibition “Loose Ends” was the inaugural exhibition and the grand opening of The Burlington Micro Gallery, Burlington, MA.. and a couple of two-person shows: “How to Let Go of the World: A Duet with Kelly Worman” at Freight and Volume Gallery in Tribeca, NY., as well as “Chalky Wrinkle Shape and Shine”, with Timothy Kadish, at The Essex Art Center, MA. Hart’s 2025 group exhibitions include “SUBWAY RIDERS” at Spring Projects, Dumbo, NY., “So It Goes” at The Wassaic Project’s Summer Exhibition, NY., “Immortal Threads” at The Phoenix Gallery, Waterbury, VT. and “Pastoral: Refuge and Redemption” at ReadyMade Gallery, Orleans, (Cape Cod) MA. Other recent exhibits include “In Nature’s Grasp” at The Brattleboro Art Museum, VT., “Stuffed” at Boston University Stone Art Gallery, MA. and “Slant Rhyme” at Brandeis University’s Kniznick Gallery, MA. Hart and was a nominee for the Rema Hort Mann Grant and has received artist grants, fellowships, and stipends from art organizations, including the The Massachusetts Cultural Council, The Oregon Arts Commission, The New York Foundation for the Arts, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, The Vermont Studio Center, and The St. Botolph Club Foundations, MA. Jai’s work can be found in private and corporate collections within the US, and abroad, Jai currently lives and works in Concord, MA.

Image:
Hairpin Turns in Red, Green, Blue and Yellow, 2026
Acrylic on canvas, poly-fil stuffed canvas tube frame
72 x 42 inches

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Landscape with /// and :::::”s, 2026
Acrylic on canvas, poly-fil stuffed canvas tube frame
51 x 40 inches

Rain beams +clouds, 2025
Acrylic on canvas, poly-fil stuffed canvas tube frame
11 x 9 inches

Riding the Shinkansen (high speed train) from Tokyo to Kyoto, 2025