Artist Jared Ailstock lives and works in New York. He has exhibited his work worldwide, in museums and galleries, including in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. After thirty years of painting, he became a prominent figurative painter when painting was out of fashion among artists in that period. With his series of paintings about cosmetic surgery, Jared Ailstok explores both traditional and experimental themes. The portraits of Alistock also express wider concepts and the theme of the narrative.

The New York Art Gallery held a mid-career retrospective for Jared Ailstock. He first experimented with self-portraits using 3D printing and scanning in 2017.

Jared Ailstock's work explores themes of identity, self-discovery, and the presence of the past. Human figures can convey a variety of ideas and feelings because they are universal symbols. Through his depictions of the human figure, Ailstock explores various themes, including identity, self-discovery, and the past as it exists in the present. A number of public and private collections house the artist's work, including the Art Gallery of Ontario, the National Gallery of Canada, the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, the Ontario government collection, and the Art Institute of Chicago.

Featuring both realistic and surreal elements, Jared Ailstock's paintings are thoughtful and compelling. Human figures are depicted both realistically and surreally by the artist. Some of Ailstock's works use traditional media, like oil painting, while other pieces incorporate digital painting, installation, and sculpture.