Born in upstate New York, the American brothers grew up in a highly creative home. Their grandfather was a landscape and wildlife painter, with his brother an illustrator for Disney. Whilst at Catholic school, the brothers were encouraged by nuns to work on art projects.
After moving into an empty house with bare walls, Jeffrey and Michael decided to create their own art to hang, sparking a collaboration that has made waves since 2012. Their work has taken them around the world, including a sell-out show in Miami and exhibitions in the Netherlands and the UK.
Jeffrey is an abstract painter and applies and removes paint in methodical layers before paint is flung through the air to drip down the panel and canvas. Michael is an electrical technician and uses binary and trinary code to create the number systems and codes on each piece.
The pair say: 'The digital age is upon us, and our art will reflect this. History is still being made'. The brothers' have embraced that digital age, with their work always features a trademark trinary barcode
'With the increasing commercialization of everything branding has become ubiquitous,' they explain. 'The red barcode on each art piece glares out at us and distinctly defines the Jbis trademark. Part signature, part emblem, part symbol, when you see it you know this is a Jbis Art piece. Soon even our species will be branded via microchips and nanotech will evolve into picotech much as the computer gigabyte will become the terabyte and then petabyte. Somewhere in between we exist and such is the need for the red barcode'.
Bisaillon Brothers create several distinct collections. Their Vinylgraphs are born from their love of vinyl records. Their father is a huge music fan who has a collection of six jukeboxes and thousands of 45rpm singles. This gave them the inspiration to create a unique and innovative piece of artwork based on the timeless vinyl disc.
'All the Vinylgraph pieces are bedded in history like a lot of the works we produce,' say the Brothers, 'starting with personal and cultural favourite 45's which are then researched to give the layers of thought and historical reference. They not only create an attractive and aesthetically pleasing finished piece but work as visual aids to a specific place in time, like a good song transporting you to where you were when you first heard it. There is a huge amount of nostalgia associated with vinyl records where a certain record can tie the past with the present in the mind. Vinyl records are back in fashion in a big way and have a rich, warm sound that can't be duplicated by the digital formats of today'.
Their Pop collection utilizes the world around us in the form of iconic people we love and respect or brands that enhance our life experience,' say the Bisiaillon Brothers. 'These images are a combination of colourful abstracts by Jeffrey with inspiration from the evolution of art that occurred after photography. Symbology and the digital tools of today are utilized by Michael and the Pop collection continues to evolve'.
Illustrious champagne brands are the perfect subject for the brothers' Urban Fizz works, as they are synonymous with style and luxury, whilst their Modern Simplicity collection explores architecture and fine art; this series sees a flawless resin surface offset by vibrant geometric holes, which the brothers call 'lightwells'.
Their latest Icon works, part of the Pop collection, celebrates strong women and is inspired by the covers of haute couture glossy magazines, known for their distinctive photography and high editorial quality.