Decoy #1 (Saint Therese and the Bountiful Contract), Jamin, 2009, acrylic and spray enamel paint on coated steel, 110 x 110cm

This work will be in the Poppers exhibition, curated by Tom Kearney, opening on the 20th May 2009, at Front Room Gallery, Newcastle.

Here are a few pics of my studio, and work in progress.

Collaborative work by Jamin and Empire (Tom Bone) at May Lane in Sydney.

Obama, 2009, papercut, 30 x 42cm



An exhibition of old and new work at the Poimena Gallery, Launceston, opening Friday 13 February at 5.30pm until 6 March, 2009. I will be the artist in residence at the Poimena Visual Arts Centre until Friday 20th February.

Here are some pics of the work made during the residency:


Cocksure, Bum and Comprimised, 2009, spray enamel on plywood, each panel 120 x 90cm


Comprimised (Peter Garrett), 2009, spray enamel on plywood, 120 x 90cm

Over the peak summer period in Hobart, there is a festival that happens on the waterfront called "The Taste of Tasmania" (or just 'The Taste'). The festival is a showcase for Tasmanian producers, restaurants, entertainers etc. which attracts (apparently) around 30,000 visitors per day. INFLIGHT ARI and 6a ARI had the fortune of orchestrating a 7 day mini-contemporary arts festival in two shipping containers in the middle of the Taste festival.

And so it was that I managed to exhibit "Tasmania: Explore the Possibilities" at "The Taste of Tasmania". Ah, sweet Irony. Several hundred locals and tourists 'enjoyed' the display.

I am in Alice Springs with the crew from INFLIGHT ARI (Hobart) making work for an exhibition at Watch This Space ARI. The exhibition is called 'Unsustainable Weight of Place', opening at 6pm on Friday 14th November and on till early December.

There is a feature article on my work by Michael Denholm in Art Monthly Australia, November 2008, #215. pp 36-39.

You can view the article here: Art Monthly Australia November 2008: Jamin