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Everyone's a Winner, Jamin, 2010, spray enamel and projection on wall, approx 2m x 2m

This work with an accompanying video is currrently on display in an exhibition curated by Fernando do Campo called 'The Oyster's Locale' at the Mill Providore Gallery in Launceston, Tasmania.

The exhibition runs from 25th August till 3rd October, 2010.

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Wolves in Sheeps' Clothing, Jamin, 2010, spray enamel and acrylic paint on wall, 3 x 4m approx

Ooh yeah baby, it's Art!, Jamin, 2010, spray enamel and acrylic paint on wall, approx 3 x 5m

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Wolves in Sheeps Clothing, Jamin, 2010, spray enamel and acrylic paint on wall, approx 3m x 4m, with painting Force #1, Jamin, 2008, spray enamel on coated steel, 110 x 110cm

This work is currently on display at Poimena Gallery, Lunceston, as part of the exhibition Spray Drip Stroke, curated by Ben Miller. The exhibition runs from 25th June till 15th July.

The artist statement is this:

Force #1 was produced early in 2008, not long after Rudd's election victory in late 2007. The work responds to the shift that was occurring at a local (Bartlett), national (Rudd) and global (Obama) level in politics at the time. Presented amongst works depicting those other politicians, each piece was layered with a textual counterpart sourced from historic and contemporary sources - it would seem somewhat prophetically as it turns out, and infused with warning.

In Force #1, the text is sourced from Sun Tzu's Art of War, and reads:

"Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness."

The other work I have presented for this exhibition will be completed on the day of the show... I am sure you now have a better idea
of what it is, than what I do at this point, 5 days out from the opening...

Jamin, 21 June 2010

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'Wolves in Sheeps Clothing', Jamin, 2010, spray enamel and acrylic paint on wall, approx 3m x 4m, with the painting 'Force #1', 2008, spray enamel on coated steel, 110 x 110cm - The Examiner Newspaper 26 June, 2010, page 5

Gillard mural late addition to painting exhibition, Pip Lees, The Examiner, Saturday 26 June, 2010, page 5.

"A convincing likeness by Jamin of David Bartlett has been achieved using that medium so beloved by a certain sub-culture: spray enamel on steel. It is in a pixelated style where graffiti meets its more refined relativeand it can only be wondered why this portrait with (admittedly hard to read) lettering has not been purchased for posterity by the party faithfuls; it can only be due to the unfortunate, easy to read title: Inertia.", Clyde Selby, The Saturday Mercury, Saturday 29 May, 2010, Inside Arts page 8.

"Towards a Better World is one of the show’s most striking images—the unusual colour palette, the seamless, layered mix of iconic images drawn from war, protest and Renaissance art reveals a satirical impulse that doesn’t kill the drama. But if John Howard is John the Baptist, who is the Liberal Party Jesus coming in his wake? God help us." Realtime 90, April-May 2009, http://www.realtimearts.net/article/90/9390

"Die Laughing Collective present a heady mix of imagery, part Mexican Day of the Dead, part post-apocalyptic nightmare - Frida Kahlo meets Dr Strangelove." Tracey Clement, The Sydney Morning Herald, March 27, 2009, Metro Page 21

Contemplating Inertia and Change in Politics: the Art of Jamin by Michael Denholm, Art Monthly Australia, November 2008, #215. pp 36-39.
Full article here: Art Monthly Australia November 2008: Jamin

View (or right/option click to download) a PDF e-catalogue of First We Take Paris, Then We Take the World at Devonport regional Gallery, 2007.

"Blown up to mega proportions and saturated in colours from a can, Jamin’s work is more billboard than wall hanging. The paintings speak in the language of pop culture, with the big, loud and shiny images we’re so used to... In First We Take Paris Then We Take The World, Jamin is reversing the spin, taking the mixed messages back to their source and having more than a bit of fun along the way." Jennifer Hopper, J ARTS CREW, The Program, September 10, 2007 www.theprogram.net.au

J ARTS CREW :: First We Take Paris. Interview by Jennifer Hopper, TAS | 10.09.2007
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"Another stenciller to look out for is Tasmania's Jamin, a founding member of the Die Laughing Collective. Jamin's stark depiction of Terry Hicks is one of the festival's highlights." The Age, May 12, 2007 Read Article

"Intimidating exhibition... "(Tasmania: Explore the Possibilities), "Intimidating Exhibition..." Sunday Tasmanian, March 25, 2007

"SYDNEY'S BEST STENCIL ART - Head to May Lane, St Peters, for a triptych of John Howard, Jesus and a balaclava-clad guerilla matched with unlikely bodies..." Lenny Ann Low, Cutting Edge, Radar, Sydney Morning Herald, 23 August 2006.

"Jamin is one of the most powerful image makers in the show (Hatched '06). Borrowing from the history of art - in particular, Russian poster art and Caravaggio's The Beheading of St John the Baptist - he has generated a series of images in black and white and red that dominate the downstairs gallery. With John Howard's head replacing John the Baptist's, he is less than subtle, but that's his point." Ted Snell, The Weekend Australian, 3-4 June 2006.

J ARTS CREW :: Jamin. Interview By Carol Raabus, TAS | 31.08.2005
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"...positively ankle biting show..." (A.K.A.), Jonathan Dawson, The Mercury, 30 August 2005.

"...marvelously nasty show of stencil art... (a) heartening display of artistic fury..." Jane Rankin-Reid, (Dissent Disrupt Desert), Sunday Tasmanian, 26 September 2004.]]> Media http://jamin.com.au/php/index.php?itemid=53 Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:15:00 -1500 <![CDATA[Let's Make the Water Turn Black - Curated by Mat Ward - INFLIGHT Gallery]]> http://jamin.com.au/php/index.php?itemid=104

Here are some images of my work from a group exhibition called 'Let's Make the Water Turn Black', at INFLIGHT ARI in Hobart during June, 2010.

LETS MAKE THE WATER TURN BLACK

Geoff Parr, Pip Stafford, Wayne Brookes, Joel Crosswell, Carolyn Wigston, Jamin, Pat Brassington and Lucia Usmiani

Curated by Mat Ward

An Exploration into the influence of childhood play upon contemporary arts practice.

This exhibition invites eight Tasmanian artists to look back to their childhoods and tease out the links between their first engagements with art-making and their current practice. It is the premise of this exhibition that a substantial part of what motivates and informs adult art making can be traced back to pre-adolescent interests and activities - both formally and conceptually.

The participating artists were selected to provide an overview of the changing cultural landscape of Australia, from the post-war period through to the world of Generation Y.

INFLIGHT ARI Website

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Prosopography - INFLIGHT ARI @ Academy Gallery, Launceston
11 February - 16 March 2010

This work is a collaboration between Mat Ward, Rob O'Connor and myself, with the cut out Avatar-like figures my contribution and the large painting by Mat and Rob. John Gay, Tony Abbott and Peter Garrett are the 'Avatars'.

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Change #4 (Darwin / Twain), 2009, enamel spray paint on coated steel, 110 x 110cm

"Change #4" is hanging down at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery for a few months. If your in the area or passing through, have a look if you feel like it. ]]> Home http://jamin.com.au/php/index.php?itemid=101 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:25:47 -1500 <![CDATA[About...]]> http://jamin.com.au/php/index.php?itemid=29

Jamin is an Australian artist, based in Hobart. His work offers a visual response to an essentially insane world, responding to local and global events, politics, the media and popular culture. In 2008 Jamin was selected for 'Contemporary Australia: Optimism', a major triennial exhibition presenting leading contemporary Australian art at the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) in Brisbane. His solo exhibitions include: Inertia Force Change Inertia (Criterion Gallery, 2008), First We Take Paris, then We Take the World (Devonport Regional Gallery - Solo Commission 2007) and Tasmania: Explore the Possibilties (INFLIGHT, 2007). He is also regularly involved in group and curated exhibitions and projects around Australia, workshops with school and community groups and public and private commissions.

Jamin is also a founding member of Die Laughing Collective (2004) with Paicey and Empire. The collective produce large scale works both on and off the street. Die Laughing were invited to exhibit at the MAY's Project in Sydney in 2006, and have been involved with both the 2006 and 2009 Retrospective exhibitions with MAY's. Die Laughing Collective were invited to both the 2005 and 2006 Melbourne Stencil Festivals as featured artists.

Jamin is represented by Criterion Gallery in Hobart, and is a Board member of Contemporary Art Spaces Tasmania (CAST), Tasmania's peak contemporary art body. Jamin served as a board member for INFLIGHT Artist Run Initiative from 2005-2009, where he was the Chair from 2006-2008. He was also a founding partner of Red Wall Gallery in 2005.

Jamin holds an MFA from the Tasmanian School of Art, University of Tasmania (2008), and currently works there as a sessional staff member.

Jamin's C.V.

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

Solo Exhibitions
2009 – Jamin: Old and New Work, Poimena Gallery, Launceston
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)
2009 – May's, May Lane, Sydney
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
2010 – Prosopography, Academy Gallery, Launceston
2010 – Group Action 5, Criterion Gallery, Hobart
2009 – Poppers, Front Gallery, Newcastle
2009 – Artsale, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart
2009 – May's Lane Street Art Retrospective, Carriage Works, Sydney
2009 – Portrait Show, Famous When Dead Gallery, Melbourne
2009 – Your Kid Can't Do This, ACT Legislative Assembly Gallery, Canberra
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
2008 - Syrup Nightclub, wall paintings, Hobart
2006 - Undertone, wall paintings, 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 – (Current) C.A.S.T. (Contemporary Art Services Tasmania), Board Member
2005/09 – INFLIGHT Artist Run Initiative, Board Member, Web Designer
2006/08 – Chair of the Board of INFLIGHT Artist Run Initiative, Hobart
2005/08 – Red Wall Gallery, Designer / Publicist, Republic Bar & Café, Hobart

Workshops / Residencies
2009 – Workshop and Residency, Poimena Gallery, Lunceston Church Grammar School, Launceston
2009 – Stencilling & Mural workshop, Hutchins School, Hobart
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
2009 – 'May's at Carriageworks', Tugi Balog & Wendy Murray, MAY's, ISBN 978-0-9806280-0-5
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
2008 – 'Dissent and Critical Opinion: A Visual Language', MFA Exegesis, Jamin, August 2008, University of Tasmania
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
2009 – 'Off the Wall', Tracey Clement, The Sydney Morning Herald, March 27, Metro p. 21
2009 – 'Pushing the envelope with paint', Claire Van Ryn, The Examiner, February 14, 2009, p. 42
2009 – 'Candide in Brisvegas', Rex Butler, Broadsheet, March 2009 Vol. 30 No. 1, pp. 31-33
2009 – Art Lines, Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, 1–2009, p. 54
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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Modern Life is Rubbish, Jamin, 2009, enamel spray paint on coated steel, 110 x 110cm

Force #4 (Lincoln), Jamin, 2009, enamel spray paint on coated steel, 110 x 110cm

Change #4 (Darwin), Jamin, 2009, enamel spray paint on coated steel, 110 x 110cm

Saint Therese and the Bountiful Contract, Jamin, 2009, spray enamel and acrylic paint on coated steel, 110 x 110cm

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

Saddam as a child: World Economic Crisis 2008, 2009, spray enamel on aluminium, 120 x 90cm

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