Jon Andreas Håtun is a Norwegian visual artist and composer working across painting, animation, assemblage, sound and performance. His practice is eclectic, transdisciplinary and rooted in a bricolage method —constructing new meanings from intuitive combinations of fragments, techniques and media.
Håtun’s visual work unfolds in the tension between the abstract and the figurative, the conceptual and the playful. With influences ranging from Dada and Neo-Dada, early modernism classical, Zappa, Beefheart, Surrealism, Pop Art, French/Belgian 70’s cartoons, postmodernism and contemporary art his images emerge through improvisation, layered mark-making and a deliberate disruption of formal expectations.
Each work is both a construction and a deconstruction—an ongoing search for a motif that hovers at the edge of recognition. His approach is materially driven and process-based, where meaning arises through the act of making rather than pre-conceived intention.
In parallel, under the name Jono El Grande, Håtun has developed an extensive body of musical work spanning over two decades, releasing 13 albums and numerous EPs and singles through Rune Grammofon and Cosmic Anthill. His output traverses art rock, experimental composition and performative absurdism.
He is currently Associate Professor at Kristiania University College (Westerdals Institute for Creativity, Storytelling and Design), where he teaches visual communication with a focus on transdisciplinary methods, experimental dramaturgy and speculative design.
Håtuns work has been exhibited, performed and published widely, and has received international critical attention from The Guardian, The Wire, Modern Painters, AllMusic, and numerous niche publications across Europe, North America and Asia.
