Jay Stoneking

Jay Stoneking is a queer, mixed Vietnamese-American artist based in Seattle, Washington. Creation is the physical, ritual magic through which he dreams into the world, each painting reflecting inner journeys captured in gilded portals, gates, and arcane scrolls. His works reimagine his intersectional identities through art and the occult, drawing inspiration from fantasy and science fiction alongside symbols and forms from modern witchcraft.

Primarily self-taught, his creative practice includes traditional and digital mediums, design, and written works, with his paintings found in private collections across the United States and Canada. He studied computer science, working as a software developer before embarking into his professional career in design.

Stoneking’s graphic novel, The Unbound Arcana, is a fantasy series experimenting in structure, color, and minimalism. He makes from his studio in Ballard, Seattle.