http://jamin.com.au/php/ The Art of Jamin... stencil art, image making, painting, installations, murals, music. en-us Nucleus CMS v3.22 Weblog http://backend.userland.com/rss http://jamin.com.au/php//nucleus/nucleus2.gif http://jamin.com.au/php/ http://jamin.com.au/php/index.php?itemid=29 Jamin is an artist based in Hobart, Tasmania. His work is concerned with politics and the media, employing techniques such as stenciling and spray painting in the work. Jamin is a founding member of Die Laughing Collective (2004), with Paicey and Empire, and exhibits regularly around Australia as a solo artist, with the Collective, and in group and curated exhibitions. Jamin also works as a freelance graphic and web designer, a musician, and as a sessional teacher at the Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania. He is the Chair of INFLIGHT AR.I. in Hobart. Jamin is represented by Criterion Gallery.

Jamin's C.V.

Education
2008 – Master of Fine Art (Research Higher Degree) (UTAS School of Art)
2005 – Bachelor of Fine Art with Honours - First Class (UTAS School of Art)
2004 – Bachelor of Fine Art - Painting (UTAS School of Art)
1998 – Certificate in Pre-Press (Trade - Adelaide institute of TAFE)
1995 – Certificate in Print-Design (Traineeship - Hobart Institute of TAFE)

Solo Exhibitions
2008 – INERTIA / FORCE / CHANGE / INERTIA, Criterion Gallery, Hobart
2007 – First We Take Paris, Then We Take the World, Solo Commission Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport
2007 – Tasmania: Explore the possibilities, INFLIGHT Gallery, Hobart
2006 – Common Ground (Folie á Trois), BUS Gallery, Melbourne
2005 – A.K.A., Criterion Gallery @ Amulet Restaurant, Hobart (Living Artists Week, 2005)
2004 – Evoluntary, Nourish Café, Hobart (Living Artists Week, 2004)

Die laughing Collective Solo Exhibitions (Jamin Paicey & Empire)
2008 – Heavy Weight, Blender Studio Wall, Melbourne
2006 – May’s, May Lane, Sydney
2006 – The Rat Palace, Entrepot Gallery, Hobart
2005 – Die Laughing, Earlyspace Gallery, Melbourne
2004 – Dissent Disrupt Desert, Entrepot Gallery, Hobart

Selected Group Exhibitions
2008 – Contemporary Australia: Optimism, Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
2008 – Unsustainable Weight of Place, Watch This Space, Alice Springs
2008 – 5 Years of Art, INFLIGHT Gallery, Hobart
2008 – Some Dayz, Michael Koro Gallery, Melbourne
2008 – Lucha Libre!, Curated by Victor Medrano, INFLIGHT Gallery, Hobart
2007 – Urban Skins, Pinnacles Gallery, Thurngowa, Queensland
2007 – Urban Art Agenda #1 (with Die Laughing Collective), Shed 4, Docklands, Melbourne.
2007 – Board of INFLIGHT, Firstdraft ARI, Sydney; ArtsAlive, Launceston; INFLIGHT, Hobart.
2007 – Stencil Festival 2007, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Sale, Ballarat.
2007 – E.G., Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart (curated be Briony Nainby)
2007 – Shop Front Art, 2007 Hobart Fringe Festival, North Hobart
2007 – Sea Change, Kill Difference, Red Wall Gallery, Hobart (curated by Tim Panaretos)
2007 – Selected Cuts, Higher Ground, Adelaide Fringe Festival, Adelaide
2006 – ...text me, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport (curated by Ellie Ray)
2006 – 2006 Melbourne / Sydney Stencil Festival, Melbourne & Sydney
2006 – May’s Retrospective Exhibition (with Die Laughing Collective), Building 1 Factory 1, Sydney
2006 – Hatched ‘06, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA), Perth
2006 – A Place in the World - Visual Art Prize, ACU and University of Adelaide, Adelaide
2006 – Sticker Fix, Sabotage Gallery, Hobart
2006 – Red Wall Gallery Opening Exhibition, Red Wall Gallery, Hobart
2006 – Group Action 2, Criterion Gallery, Hobart
2005 – Artmart 2, Sabotage Gallery, Hobart
2005 – Highly Recommended (Honours Grad Show), Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
2005 – Artmart, Urban Café / Sabotage, Hobart
2005 – Fat & Flat (TUU Painting & Sculpture Society), Long Gallery, Hobart
2005 – Criminal Intent (with Die Laughing Collective), HO Gallery, Melbourne
2005 – Melbourne Stencil Festival (with Die Laughing Collective), Meat Markets, Melbourne
2004 – Head of School’s Summer Selection, Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
2004 – 1000 Words, 112 Liverpool Street, Hobart
2004 – Wall to Wall, Bookamoré Café, Hobart
2004 – Avago Prize exhibition, Entrepot Gallery, Hobart
2004 – Emerging, The Top Gallery @ Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart

Commissons
2006 - Undertone, wall paintings in Café, Hobart
2005 – Youngtown Underpass, Public Art Commission, Youngtown Primary School, Launceston (with Empire)
2005 – Springvale Hostel Stairwell, Public Art Commission, Arts@Work, Hobart (with Die Laughing Collective)
2005 – Kid Throws a Rock at The World (with Die Laughing Collective), Private Commission, Hobart

Collections
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery Collection
Criterion Gallery Collection
Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania Collection
Jamin's work is also held in a number of private collections.

Appointments
2008 – C.A.S.T. (Contemporary Art Services Tasmania), Board Member
2006 – (Current) Chair of the Board of INFLIGHT Artist Run Initiative, Hobart
2005/08 – Red Wall Gallery, Designer / Publicist, Republic Bar & Café, Hobart
2005 – (Current) INFLIGHT Artist Run Initiative, Board Member, Web Designer

Workshops
2008 – Community Mural, Rosetta Primary School, Hobart
2008 – Stencilling Workshop, Woodleigh School, Victoria
2007 – Stencilling Workshop, Woodleigh School, Victoria
2007 – Stencilling / Character Workshops, Houn Valley Council
2006 – Stencilling & Mural Workshop, Glenorchy Works Festival, Cosgrove High, Hobart
2006 – Mural & Character Workshop, Streets Alive Festival, Launceston
2005 – Stenciling & Mural Workshop, St. Mary’s College, Hobart

Employment
2006 - (Ongoing) Sessional Teacher, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
2003 – (Ongoing) Self-employed Graphic/Web Designer
1994-98 Graphic Design / Pre-Press, Hobart

Publications
2008 – 'Contemporary Australia: Optimism', Ellie Buttrose, Gallery of Modern Art, Queensland Art Gallery
2008 – 'Contemplating Inertia and Change in Politics: the Art of Jamin', Michael Denholm, Art Monthly Australia, November 2008 #215, pp.36-39
2007 – "Uncommissioned Art: An A-Z of Australian Graffiti" Christine Dew, Melbourne University Publishing.
2007 – 'First We Take Paris...' Solo Exhibition Catalogue, text by Scott Cotterell, ISBN 978-0-9775913-6-7, Devonport Regional Gallery
2007 – 'e.g.' Exhibition Catalogue, text by Briony Naimby, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania
2006 – 'MAY's' Retrospective Exhibition Catalogue, text by Bec Dean

Media Reviews / Articles
2008 – 'Optimism a sensuous feast for the senses', The Courier Mail, 15-16.11.08, p.65
2008 – 'Aerosol Arts', Rebecca Fitzgibbon, The Mercury, 31.8.08, p.39
2008 – 'Artists on the run', Rebecca Fitzgibbon, The Mercury, 29.8.08, p.39
2008 – 'Change', Clyde Selby, Saturday Mercury Magazine, 23.8.08, p.8
2008 – 'Mischievevous Bilboards', The Mercury, 12.8.08, pp.28-29
2008 – 'Graffiti goes legitimate at fest', Sunday Tasmanian, 2.11.08, p.24
2008 – 'Forceful Content Makes Forceful Comment', Chris rattray, Sauce Magazine, #79, 15.10.08, p.29
2007 – 'Off the Wall', Rebecca Fitzgibbon, The Mercury, 16.11.07, p.49
2007 – 'First We Take Paris The We Take the World', Tom Wilson, Sauce Magazine #52, October 07
2007 – 'New exhibition’s unique perspective', Megan Hogarth, The Advocate, 15.09.07, p.42
2007 – 'Spray Play', Travers Purton, Beat Magazine, May Issue, p.28
2007 – 'Trouble Magazine', front cover, May 07 Issue, Melbourne
2007 – 'J Arts Crew: First We Take Paris', The Program, Jennifer Hopper, 10.09.07, www.theprogram.net.au
2007 – 'Die Laughing Collective, shaking you awake', Chris Delaney, Acclaim Magazine, Issue #8, Aug 2007, pp 72-73www.acclaimmag.com
2007 – 'We Are The Image Makers' Issue 10 - Feature and interview, www.watim.com
2007 – 'Intimidating exhibition sure to draw a reaction' Simon Bevilacqua, Sunday Tasmanian, 25.3.07, p. 11
2006 – 'Think Outside the Box', Tracey Clement, Australian Art Review, Jul-Oct 2006, pp.58-60
2006 – 'Artful new ways of communicating', Joyclynn Biner, The Advocate, 05.08.06, p.31
2006 – 'Have Brush Will Travel' Ted Snell, The Australian, 3-4.6.06, Review p. 18-19
2006 – 'Perfect Hatch' Zebra Magazine, May Isuues 249, p. 13 & cover
2006 – 'Street Cool' Rebecca Fitzgibbon, The Mercury, 10.2.06, p. 29
2005 – 'J Arts Crew: Jamin' Carol Raabus, www.theprogram.net.au, Feature August 2005.
2005 – 'Living in Indignant Times' Jonathan Dawson, The Mercury, 30.8.05 p.17
2005 – 'Simple art form brings a powerful message home' Jane Rankin-Reid, The Mercury, 26.9.04 p.37
2005 – 'Hairy heir to post-9/11 paranoias' Genevieve Read, The Mercury, 28.8.04 p.23

Broadcast
Jamin has been interviewed and/or reviewed by various radio and TV stations including ABC News Tasmania (TV), WIN TV News, ABC Radio National, Triple J, RRR (Melbourne), 3CR Community Radio (Melbourne), Kiss FM (Melbourne) and Edge Radio (Hobart).
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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.
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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]]> Home http://jamin.com.au/php/index.php?itemid=84 Sun, 9 Nov 2008 11:51:23 -1600 http://jamin.com.au/php/index.php?itemid=83

I feel very honoured to have been selected for an upcoming exhibition at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) in Queensland, Contemporary Australia: Optimism

From the QAG website:

"‘Contemporary Australia: Optimism’ is the first in a major new national triennial series of thematic contemporary Australian art exhibitions.

Encompassing many facets of contemporary Australian visual art and culture, the exhibition includes painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, installation, video and video installation, cinema, animation, performance, music, literature and comedy.

The exhibition presents work by more than 60 emerging, mid-career, and senior Indigenous and non-Indigenous contemporary artists from every state and territory, including Lisa Adams (QLD), Vernon Ah Kee (QLD), Tom Alberts (VIC), Tony Albert (QLD), Del Kathryn Barton (NSW), Chris Bennie (QLD), Daniel Boyd (NSW), Matthew Bradley (SA), Stephen Bush (VIC), Sean Cordeiro & Claire Healy (NSW/Berlin), Aleks Danko (VIC), Christian de Vietri (WA/New York), Rolf de Heer (SA), Gabrielle de Vietri (VIC), James Dodd (SA), Emily Floyd (VIC), Juan Ford (VIC), Julie Fragar (QLD), Dale Frank (NSW), Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori (QLD), Mark Galea (VIC), Tarryn Gill and Pilar Mata Dupont (WA), Kristin Headlam (VIC), Petrina Hicks (NSW), Timothy Horn, (VIC/New Mexico), Jamin (TAS), Natasha Johns-Messenger (VIC/New York), Christine Dew, Dave Jones & Students of Macleay Island State School, (QLD & VIC), Kayili Artists (Nola Campbell, Pulpurru Davies, Mary Gibson, Jackie Kurltjunyintja Giles, Ngipi Ward) (WA), Clara Law (VIC), Sam Leach (VIC), Michael Leunig (VIC), m3architecture (QLD), Robert MacPherson (QLD), Michael McWilliams (TAS), Tim Maguire (NSW/London), Thomas Meadowcroft (QLD/Berlin), Tom Moore (SA), Arlo Mountford (VIC), Kate Murphy (NSW), Jan Nelson (VIC), George Nona (QLD), Raquel Ormella (ACT), Robert Owen (VIC), Debra Phillips (NSW), Patricia Piccinini (VIC), Anna Platten (SA), Scott Redford (QLD), Victoria Reichelt (QLD), Tony Schwensen (NSW/Boston), Ritchey Sealy (NSW), Ivan Sen (NSW), Gemma Smith (QLD), Darren Sylvester (VIC), Regan Tamanui (VIC), Kathy Temin (VIC), Arlene TextaQueen (VIC), Jane Turner (VIC), Nawarupu Wunungmurra (NT), Michael Zavros (QLD).

A number of artists will produce interactive art works for the Children’s Art Centre and the weekly Friday night Up Late program will present leading Australian musicians, performers and comedians from 2 January 2009.

‘Contemporary Australia: Optimism’ celebrates the ways contemporary artists envision the world, exploring it with hope, energy, passion, playfulness and, above all, with the commitment to questioning and invention that comes out of the artist’s studio.

Publication

The exhibition catalogue will be available from the Gallery Store and online."
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Thanks to everyone that came along to my opening - it was a great show of support and I feel humbled.











Photos © Craig Opie, 2008. Cheers Craig, you're a legend.
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Inertia #1, Jamin, 2008, spray enamel on coated steel, 110 x 110 cm


Force #1, Jamin, 2008, spray enamel on coated steel, 110 x 110 cm


Change #1, Jamin, 2008, spray enamel on coated steel, 110 x 110 cm


Inertia #2, Jamin, 2008, spray enamel on coated steel, 110 x 110 cm


Force #2, Jamin, 2008, spray enamel on coated steel, 110 x 110 cm


Change #2, Jamin, 2008, spray enamel on coated steel, 110 x 110 cm


Inertia #3, Jamin, 2008, spray enamel on coated steel, 110 x 110 cm


Force #3, Jamin, 2008, spray enamel on coated steel, 110 x 110 cm


Change #3, Jamin, 2008, spray enamel on coated steel, 110 x 110 cm

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I found your picture on the internet #1 (Regan Tamanui), Jamin, 2008, spray enamel on aluminium, 60 x 60cm


I found your picture on the internet #2 (Ben Frost), Jamin, 2008, spray enamel on aluminium, 60 x 60cm


I found your picture on the internet #3 (Tom Bone), Jamin, 2008, spray enamel on aluminium, 60 x 60cm


I found your picture on the internet #4 (Michael Fikaris), Jamin, 2008, spray enamel on aluminium, 60 x 60cm


I found your picture on the internet #5 (Ash Keating), Jamin, 2008, spray enamel on aluminium, 60 x 60cm


I found your picture on the internet #6 (James Dodd), Jamin, 2008, spray enamel on aluminium, 60 x 60cm

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The State vs the State, Jamin, 2008, spray enamel on mdf, 240 x 360cm]]> Paintings http://jamin.com.au/php/index.php?itemid=81 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:03:50 -1500 http://jamin.com.au/php/index.php?itemid=80



INERTIA / FORCE / CHANGE / INERTIA
CRITERION Gallery

August 7 – September 6, 2008
Opening 5.30pm Thursday August 7, 2008

CRITERION Gallery, Criterion Street, Hobart, Tasmania.

"Political identities come and go in a ceaseless procession; their time spent in office marked by contributions made towards solving or exacerbating political problems, for better or for worse. These identities are like a veneer, a thin patina that covers the substrate beneath. This substrate is constructed from the political parties to which these identities pledge allegiance, the economic and business interests of the day and the deals cut by predecessors, forming a complex web of relationships that span an array of bodies, institutions and entities. Enmeshed within the patina of these identities are their words, actions and beliefs as presented to the public, offset by the perceptions of others, whether it is a commentator’s opinion, a private conversation between friends or a boardroom discussion. This substrate and its patina sit upon the ground of history, of wars, feuds and alliances, of environmental catastrophes, of past misdeeds and valour."

Click here for opening night picsPolitical identities come and go in a ceaseless procession; their time spent in office marked by contributions made towards solving or exacerbating political problems, for better or for worse. These identities are like a veneer, a thin patina that covers the substrate beneath. This substrate is constructed from the political parties to which these identities pledge allegiance, the economic and business interests of the day and the deals cut by predecessors, forming a complex web of relationships that span an array of bodies, institutions and entities. Enmeshed within the patina of these identities are their words, actions and beliefs as presented to the public, offset by the perceptions of others, whether it is a commentator’s opinion, a private conversation between friends or a boardroom discussion. This substrate and its patina sit upon the ground of history, of wars, feuds and alliances, of environmental catastrophes, of past misdeeds and valour.

Our relationship to these identities is mediated. Through daily occurrences in newspapers, television and the Internet these identities become like old friends (or enemies) in much the same way as do pop stars and newsreaders. A bond develops whether of affection or disapproval and these identities become ‘known’ to us through their image, their gestures, their manner of speech and their professed sentiments. In some cases these identities can become more familiar to us than some family members. However, this is only the visible patina, the surface skin, that conceals an underbelly of staged press releases, choreographed photo shoots, scripted speeches, spin doctors and image makeovers. Somewhere amongst this contrivance is the real identity behind the patina.

In Jamin’s new works the only physical marks made by his hand are via the knife-cut lines that dissect the work, a process of ‘reading between the lines’. The rest of the painted surface is applied from a distance, ejected from a spray can, through a voluminous haze of solvents and paint particles. Real and definitive gestures exist in the work, but are hidden in the process. These deliberate slippages create a tension between form and content, between the process of painting and the nature of what the works discuss. Sourcing imagery from the mass media and quotes from historical texts, Jamin collapses these elements into a homogeny of muted tones and speckled surfaces, representing a shift away from the bold and saturated colours of assertion and protest. These works are an exploration of mottled and diffused surfaces, of possibility and uncertainty, locked into the rigid lines and angles of stencils. They are a comment on the hopes and concerns that we, the voting public, place in changes of government; the hopes we place in the patina of identity.


Inertia #1, Jamin, 2008, spray enamel on coated steel, 110 x 110 cm


Force #1, Jamin, 2008, spray enamel on coated steel, 110 x 110 cm


Change #1, Jamin, 2008, spray enamel on coated steel, 110 x 110 cm


Inertia #2, Jamin, 2008, spray enamel on coated steel, 110 x 110 cm


Force #2, Jamin, 2008, spray enamel on coated steel, 110 x 110 cm


Change #2, Jamin, 2008, spray enamel on coated steel, 110 x 110 cm


Inertia #3, Jamin, 2008, spray enamel on coated steel, 110 x 110 cm


Force #3, Jamin, 2008, spray enamel on coated steel, 110 x 110 cm


Change #3, Jamin, 2008, spray enamel on coated steel, 110 x 110 cm
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INERTIA / FORCE / CHANGE / INERTIA

New Paintings by Jamin

CRITERION Gallery - Hobart

Opening 7 August, 5.30pm

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The State vs the State, Jamin, 2008, spray enamel on mdf, 240 x 360cm


My Work Here Is Done... appropriated from a Liberal Party Billboard in 2006...


The suggestions were well received by the opposition parties... - complete with a quote by Lennon where he says "Tasmania: a state of conspiracy perhaps (laugh) or perhaps we could even have Tasmania: the mates rates place. I like this one though, I like this one, Tasmania: no hiding here.", again from 2006. Excellent foresight and honesty from Lennon here. (ref)


Then there is this painting, which comes complete with 12 other portraits of prominent Tasmanian's from the series "Tasmania: Explore the Possibilities". This would be a particularly good choice if the parliament wishes to remember Lennon in context.


Always Look on the Bright Side of Life is another good choice contextually, featuring Lennon, John Gay, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett and, of course, Paris Hilton.


Smells Like Gay Lennon provides for a more limited, yet more intimate, context - the marriage of the facades of Lennon and Gay.


Personally, I find this painting of Lennon to be adequate on may cognitive levels... most notably the many 'makeovers' Lennon spent public money on during his tenure. It's called Don't cha (wish your girlfriend was hot like me)

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