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Featuring at Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers for the first time, Jon Jaylo is an accomplished Filipino artist whose works are created in the manner of Surrealism. The Traveller illustrates a tortoise with a home as its shell, making its way across a bed of rocks. The artist has employed the Pointillism technique to painstakingly depict the creature, a symbol of wisdom and knowledge. Jon’s artistic inspiration comes from dreams, daily occurrences, direct experiences and sometimes the stories of his close friends. Also known as Enigma, Jon Jaylo attained his grade-school education in the Philippines. His family moved to Chicago, Illinois where he finished grade school and high school. Later he moved back to his home country where he attended college studying fine arts. He participated in a number of international shows namely the Uiwang International Placard Art Festival in Kyunggi-do, Korea, Beyond Borders III, Singapore in 2008. In 2009, his work was displayed in Magistrates in Berlin, Germany and was part of KunstArt 2009, the sixth International Art Fair in Bolzano, Italy. He also showed Tabi Tabi Po in San Francisco, California. In 2010, he exhibited at Unlocking an Enigma in Berlin, and Art Fair 21 Strychnin Bloom in Cologne. In 2012, Jaylo showed at The Distinction Gallery in Escondido, California and thereafter showed Metamorphosis at Copro Gallery in Santa Monica, California. Jaylo participated in Painted Sound at Flower Pepper Gallery in Rome, Italy in early 2013. His recent exhibition titled Cabinet of Curiosities was held at EY Gallery, Singapore in 2014. REFERENCE http://www.ey.com/SG/en/Newsroom/News-releases/News-EY-asean-art-outreach-filipino-surrealist-artist-jon-jaylo