Jack Purdue
Visual Artist and Musician
Born in New Haven, CT, I’m an artist, vocalist, and instrumentalist whose work explores how the deep study of art, music, and philosophy can expand perception and deepen thought. I hold a B.A. in the Humanities from Yale University. My work invites reflection, curiosity, and a renewed awareness of the world around us.
About
Born in New Haven, Connecticut, I am a lifelong artist and musician, I grew up attending arts programs in CT and studied piano double bass and voice. I am a recent graduate from Yale with a B.A. in the Humanities. My senior thesis explored aesthetic philosophy and the sublime through the arts, asking what it means to live ethically in a world that speeds up to outrun death and uncertainty. I argue that the way we use language reflects the reductive nature of our time, shaping thought itself to avoid ambiguity and depth. Art, music, and poetry resist this by slowing perception and expanding the tools through which we think. To linger with the unresolvable, I suggest, is not retreat—but the beginning of ethical life. My written thesis was ultimately accompanied by a solo gallery exhibition of my artwork as well as a solo vocal recital.
