Jet Le Parti

Jet Le Parti
Born1999 (age 26–27)
Columbus, Georgia, United States
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania
Royal College of Art
OccupationsArtist, composer, poet, writer
Known forPainting, poetry, sound art
AwardsForbes 30 Under 30 (Art & Culture, Europe, 2025)
Websitejetleparti.com

Jet Le Parti (born 1999,[1] Columbus, Georgia) is an American artist, musician, poet, and writer.[2] He is the founder of the gallery and label initiative Base 36 in Brooklyn, New York, and Sibyl, a private collection and advisory based in Los Angeles.[3][4] In 2025, he was included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list in the Art & Culture category.[5]

Early life and education

Le Parti was born in Columbus, Georgia, and grew up on Fort Benning, a large U.S. Army installation near the city. He played baseball as a teenager, was named a Preseason All-American by the scouting organization Perfect Game USA, and entered the University of Pennsylvania as a recruited athlete.[6] He played one season at Penn before leaving the sport to study philosophy and cognitive neuroscience.[7][8] He later attended the Royal College of Art but did not complete a degree.[3]

His academic background and interest in phenomenology, critical theory, and physics have informed his multidisciplinary approach, combining conceptual frameworks with sensory experimentation.[9]

While living in Philadelphia he took part in underground music events in the Strawberry Mansion and Kensington neighborhoods.[10] He has since lived in Los Angeles and New York, and later divided his time between Berlin and London.[11]

Career

Visual art

Trojan (2023), RP.1, Chinatown, New York. Courtesy of Base 36.
2 Avant Garde Noise Listeners (2026), from the signal-residue body of work. Courtesy of Sibyl.

Le Parti is self-taught.[2][8] His paintings use house paint, graphite, ink, aerosol, oil, and wax.[4] His subjects have included mortality, systemic violence, cultural saturation, and observation, and his output is organized into bodies of work. The Melting Blues series consists of paintings in muted blue and grey palettes.[2] Reign.925, produced with the artist L.S. Toy, combines graffiti, stencil, silkscreen, plaster, acrylic transfers, and photography with painting.[12][13] Individual works include To Be Hung (2022), Trojan (2023), Window, Face in Cave, Portrait of a YN (2026), 2 Avant Garde Noise Listeners (2026), and Revenant / Walker in the District (2026).[11][14] Earlier paintings, including History of the World, Pandora/Prometheus, and On Phenomenology, are held at Sibyl in Los Angeles.[4]

Pandora (2024), Sibyl Collection, Los Angeles. Courtesy of Sibyl.
Revenant / Walker in the District (2026). Courtesy of Sibyl.

Exhibitions

  • Onset of the Relativistic, Base 36, Brooklyn (2022)[1]
  • Veiled Constructions: Dark Perceptions of the Human Experience, Sotheby's Institute of Art, New York (2023)[15][16]
  • Postscript: Field Notes, New York (2023)
  • Surface to Air, Base 36, Brooklyn (2024)
  • Lost in Translation: Echoes, Mythos, & Ecce Hommo, Sibyl, Los Angeles (2024)[4]
  • Termination Notice, RP.1, Brooklyn (2025)[17][18]
  • American Wasteland, RP.1, Brooklyn (2026)[19][20][13]

Art market

To Be Hung (2022) at Sotheby's New York, October 2023. Courtesy of Base 36.

Le Parti does not have gallery representation and has declined sales, collaborations, and formal showings; his work has traded on the secondary market.[3] He has been cited as an example of the "grey chip" segment of the art market, a category discussed alongside blue-chip and "red chip" artists.[21][22][23]

To Be Hung (c. 2021-2022) was offered at Sotheby's Contemporary Discoveries sale in New York on October 3, 2023, where bidding reached $420,000 before the work was withdrawn.[21] His retained works are held in freeport storage, including the Geneva Freeport and facilities in Luxembourg, Singapore, Delaware, and Newark.[21]

Le Parti at his Brooklyn studio, 2021. Courtesy of Base 36.

Music

Le Parti produces experimental sound and electronic music under his own name. His works combine ambient, drone, minimal techno, and spoken word elements, and has performed as a DJ in warehouse and club settings.[19][24][25][26][10]

His 2026 album Listening Post was released through RP.1, the label and gallery division of Base 36.[10] Reviewers have compared the album to the work of Scanner, William Basinski, and Tim Hecker, alongside Japanese electronic musicians Shinichi Atobe, Takaaki Itoh, Wata Igarashi, Merzbow, and Susumu Yokota.[27]

Discography

  • Overture: 1 (EP) (2024)
  • Surface to Air (2024)
  • Exit (EP) (2025)
  • Brooklyn Queens Express (EP) (2025)
  • Listening Post (2026)
  • Mind-Body Problem (2026)

Poetry

Le Parti's poetry focuses on the existential and philosophical themes that are also present in his visual art.[28] Le Parti published a poetry collection, every day is a countdown, published under the name J.L. Parti through Base 36.[29] It includes the poems Skin, Weekend, Teeth, and Countdown, and the longer poems Fruits of the Loom I and II, Bits & Pieces, Airport Orders, and Ramble.[29]

Writing

He has also written essays on culture and philosophy, including Errors & Residuals (2021) and Residuum: On the Phenomenology of Saturation and the Aesthetics of Afterwards (2025), which argues that contemporary culture is defined by media saturation rather than by questions of authenticity. In Hide & Seek: Theory & Action (2026), he introduced the concept of "exaptism", adapted from the evolutionary biology of Stephen Jay Gould and Elisabeth Vrba, which proposes redirecting existing information infrastructures rather than seizing or destroying them. A 2026 essay, Sign & Substrate, argues that consciousness is an abstraction over a physical substrate, drawing on Douglas Hofstadter, Jacques Derrida, and Theodor Adorno.[30]

Base 36

Base 36 is an independent cultural and artistic collective founded by Le Parti in 2020 in Bushwick, Brooklyn.[2] It functions as a platform for interdisciplinary research, production, and exhibition, integrating visual arts, music, and cultural theory.[31] The name “Base 36” is inspired by the numerical system of the same name and symbolizes the idea of compressing information into a manageable form. The Whitehot Magazine describes Base 36 as an “ambitious creative platform” that operates outside the logic of traditional commercial galleries.[11]

The organization produces and exhibits visual art, music, and writing, and includes RP.1, a gallery and record label, and Converting Culture, an editorial publication for which Le Parti is editor-in-chief and 121.radio, a streaming platform with city-specific programming.[10][27][32] In 2021, a police raid on a Brooklyn venue led to equipment confiscation and a temporary suspension of operations, after which the organization changed its approach to venues and programming.[11]

Recognition

Le Parti was included in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe list in the Art & Culture category in 2025.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Jet Le Parti ? Biography". AskArt. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Inching Towards the End of the World with Jet Le Parti". Hypebeast. 2023-01-10. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
  3. 1 2 3 "The Linen Road: Artist Jet Le Parti Is Painting New Routes for Gulf Capital". Entrepreneur Middle East. January 25, 2026. Retrieved January 25, 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Jet Le Parti on Founding Sibyl, a New Model of Art Intelligence and Hub for Collecting". Artnet News. March 5, 2026. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
  5. 1 2 "Forbes 30 Under 30 2025: Art & Culture". Forbes. Retrieved November 9, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Jet Le Parti Class of 2017 - Player Profile". Perfect Game. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Meet Jet Le Parti, The Self–Taught Artist Who Turned his Apartment into a Studio". www.34st.com. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  8. 1 2 "Les Nouveaux Riches Magazine – Self-taught artist. Jet Le Parti". April 21, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Down the Rabbit Hole with Jet Le Parti". Office Magazine. October 29, 2021. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  10. 1 2 3 4 Stone, Ethan (2026-02-25). "Jet Le Parti: The Cost of Leaving a Mark". Rolling Stone MENA. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Jeffrey Grunthaner (November 22, 2024). "By Any Means Necessary: Origins of Base 36". Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
  12. ↑ "A Long Way Home | Jet Le Parti". www.flaunt.com. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
  13. 1 2 Coffey-Behrens, Kelly (2026-04-28). "Indie Film Breaks The System With 'Underground' Launch". The Blast. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
  14. ↑ "All Auction Results". Jet Le Parti. 2023-11-18. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  15. ↑ "Veiled Constructions: Dark Perceptions of the Human Experience - Exhibition at Sotheby's Institute of Art in New York". ArtRabbit. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  16. ↑ "Sotheby's Institute of Art Presents: Veiled Constructions". Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  17. ↑ "Termination Notice. ? Exhibition Text". RP.1. 2026.
  18. ↑ "Termination Notice / r.925". 36. Retrieved 2026-07-16.
  19. 1 2 "Inside American Wasteland: When Hollywood Independence Collided with the New York Underground". RP.1. 2026.
  20. ↑ "RP1: American Wasteland x Our Hero, Balthazar Premiere".
  21. 1 2 3 William Jones (June 3, 2026). "Blue Chip, Grey Chip: How an Old Trade Pattern Is Quietly Reshaping the Modern Asset Economy". International Business Times UK. Retrieved June 9, 2026.
  22. ↑ "Beyond the Auction Block: How the Art Market Values What It Cannot See". Global Banking & Finance Review. February 12, 2026. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
  23. ↑ Morgan Slate (March 13, 2026). "Stealth Wealth: How A New Generation Of Artists Is Getting Rich In The Dark". The Blast / Yahoo Finance. Retrieved 2026-04-21.
  24. ↑ "Jet Le Parti · Artist Profile". Resident Advisor. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  25. ↑ "Jet Le Parti". SoundCloud. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  26. ↑ "Jet Le Parti Tour". Edmtrain. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  27. 1 2 "Interview & Column: From the Front Lines -- Jet Le Parti's "Listening Post"". Billboard Japan (in Japanese). March 31, 2026. Retrieved March 31, 2026.
  28. ↑ "The End of the World Is Near". Hypebeast. Retrieved 2023-11-18.
  29. 1 2 Will Jones (April 14, 2026). "Jet Le Parti and the Poetry of the Impossible Middle Ground". The Village Voice. Retrieved April 14, 2026.
  30. ↑ Marcel Schlutt (June 30, 2026). "Without a Trace! Following the Residuum movement". Kaltblut Magazine. Retrieved July 1, 2026.
  31. ↑ Grunthaner, Jeffrey (2024-06-26). "Critically speaking: a look into the artistic philosophy of Jet Le Parti". Ouvert Magazine (in Italian). Retrieved 2026-07-16.
  32. ↑ "converting culture". Retrieved 2025-11-09.
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