12 Facts About Jonathan Pageau

Jonathan Pageau is the editor of the Orthodox Arts Journal, the host of the Symbolic World blog and podcast and founder of Symbolic World Press.

Jonathan Pageau attended the Painting and Drawing program at Concordia University in Montreal where he trained in Postmodern approaches to art, graduating with distinction.

Jonathan Pageau broke with contemporary art, discarding his work from the period.

Jonathan Pageau began publishing online videos on spirituality, art and symbolism from 2017.

From this time, Jonathan Pageau has begun appearing in podcasts with Canadian writer and psychologist Jordan Peterson; he has collaborated with the American Catholic Bishop, Robert Barron.

Jonathan Pageau has exhibited his icons in several museums and exhibitions to Orthodox communities in North America.

Jonathan Pageau has argued for a return to artistic treatments of Jesus of the early Church.

Jonathan Pageau has been seen as an advocate for a symbolic approach to the world, as well as to the Holy Scriptures.

Jonathan Pageau argues that humans are innately religious, noting the practice of kneeling that has come with 21st century social activism.

Jonathan Pageau's observation is that Western culture has been returning to paganist patterns of thought, with social practices such as euthanasia, abortion, androgyny, and some aspects of homosexuality.

Jonathan Pageau describes the state of the contemporary world as being "diabolic" in the literal sense, referring to the etymology of the word, derived from the Greek verb for "division".

Jonathan Pageau's brother, Matthieu, is a mathematician and computer scientist who writes about symbolic patterns in the Book of Genesis.