Jason's CV highlights
My work details my life as a disabled person, through theatrical self-portraits, which reflect aspects of my personality, memory & my illness & my disability; using iPads & Wacom tablets to do so. I also create large interactive sculptures, using augmented reality technology to interact with the viewer.
Solo Exhibitions:
Jason & the Argonauts – Peoples History Museum – Jun-Sep 2019
Tolpuddle Martyr Light Box & AR – Shire Hall Courthouse Museum - Mar-Jul 2019
Unexpected Engagement - 20-21 Visual Arts Centre – 16 June – 6 Oct ‘18
Unexpected Engagement – Artlink Hull – 12 Jan – 6 April ‘18
Group Exhibitions:
Flux Exhibition – Belconnen Arts Centre, Canberra, Australia – Nove ’19-Feb ‘20
Piss on Pity – Wakefield Art Walk – Arthouse Wakefield – May 2019
Power: The Politics of Disability – SHAPE Arts Open 2017 – Ecology Pavilion, London – Jan ‘17
The Good, The Bad & The Beautiful: 3D Printing – National Centre for Craft & Design – Jan-Apr ‘17
This is My Life – Skegness Embassy Theatre – Jul-Sep ‘16
Newcastle ‘Pop up’ Gallery – Newcastle & Gateshead – August 2014
SHAPE Arts – Westfield Gallery London – August 2014
SHAPE Arts – Chocolate Factory – November 2013
SHAPE Liberty Festival – London – September 2013
Cork Street Open Exhibition 2013 – Cork Street Gallery, London – August 2013
SO Festival – Skegness Embassy Theatre – July – September 2013
ARC Exhibition – Usher Gallery, Lincoln – May 2013
Cork Street Open Exhibition 2012 – Cork Street Gallery, London - August 2012
Shape Arts Exhibition – Portobello Gallery, London – March 2012
Cork Street Open Exhibition 2011 – Cork Street Gallery, London– August 2011
Boston College Staff Art Show – Horncastle Gallery – 2003
Staff Art Show – Wakefield College – 1997
Rutland Mills Arts Space Exhibition – Wakefield – October 1995
Trio – Wakefield Art Gallery – 1994
Cardiff 1992 Graduates - Ebbw Vale Garden Festival – 1992
Young Contemporaries – Wakefield College Art Gallery – 1991
Chapter Arts Centre – Cardiff – Jul 1990
Exhibitions:
My Life (SHAPE OPEN 2016) - Yinka Shonibare Guest Space, Hackney, London – Jan 2016
ILHAM Exhibition – Museum of Islamic Art – Doha, Qatar Mar ‘15
The Gatekeeper Within – Embassy Theatre, Skegness – June 2013
Art Walk – Wakefield Art House – May 2013
Art Walk – Wakefield Art House – Mar 2013
Art Walk – Wakefield Art House – Jan 2013
Art Walk – Wakefield Art House – Nov 2012
Nominet Trust Street Gallery - Wecomminc8 – Bristol, Cardiff, Birmingham, Liverpool – Jul-Oct 2012
Re-Engage - National Centre for Craft & Design – Jul-Sep 2012
Culture Cloud 2012 – Nottingham Art Exchange – Nottingham – Jul-Sep 2012
Art Walk – Wakefield Art House – Nov 2011
Art wave Gallery – Lewes – August 2011
I Love Leeds Art Festival – Greasy Spoon Residency - Noo Cafe Armley – June 2011
Autodesk Digital Canvas – San Francisco, USA – May 2011
In Vitro Gallery – Lincoln – April 2011
Public Art/Commissions:
The Rhubarb Totem – Index Festival – May 2019
A Totem for Hull – University of Hull – Arts Council England July 2019
Tolpuddle Martyrs Lightbox & AR experience – Shire Hall Courthouse Museum – March-Jul 2019
Corby Totems Sculpture – Arts Council England – Sept ‘18
Brave Boy Billy interactive AR sculpture – Global Disability Innovation Hub – July ‘17
I am a Beautiful Machinary of Joy – James Dyson Foundation and University College London – July ‘17
Marking DDA – Walsall Art Gallery – Mar 2016
Tolpuddle Martyrs Banner – Exhibited throughout 2016 at TUC HQ, London
Tolpuddle Martyrs Banner – Gifted by Parliament to Shire Hall Museum, Dorset – Jan 2016
DDA Banner – Gifted by Parliament to Shire Hall Museum, Dorset – Jan 2016
DDA Banner – Google HQ, London – November 2016
Radiating Signals Magna Carta Banners – Lincoln Castle – Jun 2015
ILHAM ‘Portrait of the Other Western Gentlemen Looking East’ Museum of Islamic Art – Doha, Qatar – Mar ‘15
2015 Parliament in the Making ‘The Beginnings of that Freedome’ 2 Banners – House of Parliament Jan ’15 – Dec ‘15
Take One Picture – National Gallery, London – Jun 2015
Not too Shoddy – Digital Installation – Ossett, West Yorkshire - March 2014
Zygote Festival – Digital Installation – Sleaford, Lincolnshire - October 2013
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats RLFC 100 Metre Mural – WTWCT Artist in Residence – Sep 12-Sep13
Live Performances / Events:
V&A Friday Late - Victoria and Albert Museum – June ‘18
Ghosts in the Machine – Tate Exchange / Tate Modern – March ‘18
Global Disability Innovation Hub Summit – 13 July ‘17
National Paralympic Day – Olympic Park, London – Sep ‘16
Winter Gardens – Canary Wharf London – October 2014
Baltic Gallery of Contemporary Art – Newcastle September 2013
MobileHCI 2013 – Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Munich Germany – August 2013
Northumbria University Culture Lab – Newcastle – March 2013
Lecturing/Placements:
The Art House Residency – The Art House – November 2011
Curriculum Manager for Art, Media, Performing Arts & Music – Sep 2003-Sep2006
Wakefield College/Rutland Arts Mills – Lecture/Studio Practice Nov 1995
Head of Creative Skills – City College Manchester – Mar 1995–Sep 2003
Leeds College of Art & Design – Lecture Oct 1995
Coleg Meirion Dwyfor, North Wales – Lecture Oct 1995
Residencies:
A Totem for Hull – Arts Council England – Jan-Jul 2019
Corby Totems – Arts Council England – Jan – Nov ‘18
Squarepeg Artlink Hull – Artist Residency – Hull City of Culture 2017
The Guinea Pig Club – Residency at Rauceby – April-May 2017
What a Load of Cobblers – Residency in Northamptonshire – Jan-Apr ‘17
Made in Corby – Working with Community of Corby – Aug-Dec 2016
Dreams of iCalverton – Calverton, Nottinghamshire – May-July 2016
Marking the DDA – One Voice/Walsall Art Gallery – Nov ’15 – Apr ‘16
West Berkshire Library Arts Festival 2016 – West Berkshire Libraries – Feb 2016
Even Coal Shimmers at Night – Barnsley Town Hall – Jun – Nov 2015
Sleaford Remembers WW1 Digital Artist in Residency Project – National Centre for Craft & Design – Sep - Nov 2014
Northern House School Oxford – Artist in Residency – April 2014
SHAPE Arts/Legacy List – Westfield Stratford Gallery, London – Sep – Oct 2014
Not too Shoddy – Education Ossett Community Trust Artist in Residence – Jan ’14 – March ’14
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Wakefield Wildcats Community Trust – Arts Council England funded – Sep 12-Sep 13
ARC Art Workshops – Usher Gallery, Lincoln – Mar-Jul 2013
National Centre for Craft & Design – ‘What if…’ Artist in Residence – Jul 2012-Mar 2013
Talks:
People, Place, Power - Creative People and Places Conference – June ‘18
How I came to Embrace the Pixel - University College London – Feb ‘18
Embracing the Pixel - Global Disability Innovation Hub Summit – July ‘17
Exploring Artist Residencies – Salford University – Feb 2016
DDA/Tolpuddle Martyrs Banners – House of Parliament, London – Jan 2015
SHAPE Arts Gallery – Stratford Westfield Gallery, London – Sep 2014
Art Wave Gallery – Lewes – July 2011
Pecha Kucha – Hepworth Gallery, Wakefield – Nov 2011
Pecha Kucha – National Centre for Craft & Design – Oct 2011
Awards:
Adam Reynolds Award 2020 – SHAPE Arts 2020
Culture Cloud 2012 finalist – Nottingham Art Exchange – Jul 2012
Cork Street Gallery Open Exhibition – Professional Award – Jul 2012
Jerwood Community Arts Awards Winner 2003
Research:
Celebrating the Pixel – Art Council England funded R&D Project – Sep ’16-April ‘17
Northumbria University, Culture Lab – ‘Digital Originals’ http://digital-originals.com/projects/bluejayway/
Publications about the artist:
Briggs J. and Blythe M., ‘Post Anxiety Art: Economies and cultures of digital painting.’
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