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About the artist
CJ is a Canadian contemporary artist who creates limited edition, hand-pulled silkscreen prints. He combines photo collage, digital graphics, typography and line art to build strong messages about the state of the world and the issues facing humanity.

Artist statement
Much of my work questions our society’s current obsession with technology: I'm attempting to provoke discourse and thought on this and other dire issues facing humanity and the world. I want my work to be a counterpunch to the general malaise and sense of powerlessness that today’s realities cause. The goal for me is to illuminate and inspire, and to push for a better world. If I can change people's minds for the better, I believe I have succeeded as an artist.
Inspiration for my work comes from numerous sources, including some mostly forgotten thinkers of recent years- brilliant people such as Wendell Berry, Neil Postman, Lewis Mumford, and Adam Curtis.