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www.brendanjamison.com
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Belfast Ireland in 1979, Brendan Jamison studied at the University of Ulster where he gained a BA Honours degree in Fine and Applied Arts in 2002 and then a Master of Fine Art in 2004. Over the past eight years his sculptures have been widely exhibited throughout the world with shows in Scotland, England, France, Germany, Austria, Sweden, America, Canada, New Zealand, India and China. He has also been awarded residencies at KHOJ, New Delhi and at the Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s New York Residency Programme.
Jamison was featured in the July/August 2009 edition of Sculpture Magazine, published by the International Sculpture Centre in America. Other notable reviews include The Washington Times, BBC Brasil and the UK Channel 5 News, The Times and Metro newspapers in London, The Hindu in India and The Weekly News in Scotland. In Ireland he is regularly featured in the art magazines Circa and the Irish Arts Review. Jamison is also frequently discussed on BBC Radio Ulster and reviewed in local newspapers The Irish News and Belfast Telegraph.
The artist’s work is housed in many private and corporate collections, notably The Arts Council of Northern Ireland, the University of Ulster print-making collection, Fitzrovia Group Belfast, Cyrill Sweett London, Himmat New Delhi, John Erickson Museum of Art in Florida, California State University and AVS Sweden. Jamison has received five awards from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and is represented in Ireland by The Golden Thread Gallery.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
| 2009 |
SUGAR DOME, Harn Museum/John Erickson Museum of Art, Gainesville, Florida, USA
REICHSTAG WÜRFELZUCKER KUPPEL, JEMA, The Reichstag, Platz der Republik, Berlin, Germany |
| 2008 |
BLUE BRIDGE, Governor’s House, Prudential Headquarters, Laurence Pountney Hill, London
JCB BUCKET SERIES, Queen Street Studios Gallery, Belfast
IN-BETWEEN, Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown, N. Ireland |
| 2006 |
AN OTHER WORLD, KHOJ, New Delhi, India |
| 2005 |
ARTOPOLY, Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast, N. Ireland |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2009 |
WHITE, Naughton Gallery, Queen's University Belfast
CONTEMPORARY IRISH ART, Hylands Gallery at Rockport School Arts Centre, Cultra, N. Ireland
A BOOK ABOUT DEATH: A Graveyard for JCB Buckets, The Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery, New York City, USA
AQUISITIONS, The Braid Arts Centre, Ballymena, N. Ireland
SUGAR WALK, Templeton Robinson, Lisburn Road, Belfast, N. Ireland
ANNEX, John Erickson Museum of Art at the School of Art & Design, Belfast, N. Ireland
THE WORLD IN BLACK AND WHITE, Ava Gallery, Clandeboye Estate, Bangor, N. Ireland
THIS IS EXCHANGE, A Tino Sehgal project for the fifth floor series, Tate Liverpool, England
NEW YEAR WORKS, Ava Gallery, Clandeboye Estate, Bangor, N. Ireland
SALE, The Royal Standard, Liverpool, England |
| 2008 |
ROYAL ULSTER ACADEMY OF ARTS, The Drawing Offices, Titanic Quarter, Belfast
THREE COLOURS, The Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
THE SPACE IN BETWEEN, Basement Gallery, Dundalk, Ireland
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| 2007 |
VARMLANSK FILMFESTIVAL, Proton, Arvika, Sweden
A.V.S., Gallery Rostrum, Malmö, Sweden
NORTHERN BOUND, Sala Rosa, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
ARCHIVE, COMA, Italienska Palatset, Växjö, Sweden
WARNING!, Catalyst Arts Gallery, Belfast
HÖST, Biograph Roxy, Örebro, Sweden
AND THE HE LIKES THE ME, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
RESOLUTIONS: New Art from N. Ireland, Katzen Arts Centre, Washington DC, USA
THINGS WE MAY HAVE MISSED… Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
A LONG TIME AGO, Ards Arts Centre, Newtownards, N. Ireland |
| 2006 |
KONST GÄVLEBORG, Regional Art Centre, Gävleborg, Sweden
FROM BELFAST WITH LOVE, Dunedin Fringe, Wellington, New Zealand
PLAN X, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
A LONG TIME AGO, Draiocht, Blandardstown, Dublin
ART WAVE, Belfast City Hall
ART VIDEO VILLAGE, Village, Vasteras, Sweden
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| 2005 |
ROYAL ULSTER ACADEMY OF ARTS, Ulster Museum, Belfast
OHNE KOHLE, Neutor Medienraum, Vienna, Austria
INTERNATIONAL SHORTS, California State University, Chico, USA
MIXED PALETTE ii, Church Lane Gallery, Belfast |
| 2004 |
EXQUISITE CORPSE, Catalyst Arts Gallery, Belfast
BIG DRAW 2004, Cumbria Institute of the Arts, Cumbria, England
MIXED PALETTE, Church Lane Gallery, Belfast
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| 2003 |
THE END OF THE LINE, Ecole Municipale de Dessin, Centre Culturel Jean Lurcat, SaintLo, France
FATHOM, Greenbelt Festival, Cheltenham, England
6x6 FOR IRELAND, Eastlink Gallery, Shanghai, China
MAX 5, Café Gallery Projects, The Gallery by the Lake, Bermondsey, London
VISUAL PERCEPTIONS, Engine Room Gallery, Belfast
6x6 FOR IRELAND, China Academy of Fine Arts, Hangzhou, China |
| 2002 |
NOTHING SERIOUS!,Cube Cinema, Bristol
NEW BREED, Belfast Central Library, Belfast
ROYAL ULSTER ACADEMY OF ARTS, Ulster Museum, Belfast
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2001
2000 |
ROYAL ULSTER ACADEMY OF ARTS, Ulster Museum, Belfast
CATHEDRAL QUARTER ARTS FESTIVAL, North Street Arcade, Belfast |
AWARDS/NOMINATIONS:
| 2009 |
New York Residency Award, Arts Council of Northern Ireland |
| 2008 |
General Arts Award, Arts Council of Northern Ireland
AIB Award Nomination, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
Invited Artist, Royal Ulster Academy of Arts, Titanic Quarter, Belfast |
| 2007 |
General Arts Award, Arts Council of Northern Ireland |
| 2006 |
KHOJ Residency Award, New Delhi, India
Travel Award, Arts Council of Northern Ireland |
| 2005 |
General Arts Award, Arts Council of Northern Ireland |
| 2002 |
Post-graduate Award, Department for Employment and Learning, Northern Ireland |
PUBLIC/CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
| 2009 |
REICHSTAG WÜRFELZUCKER KUPPEL
Carved sugar cube sculpture |
John Erickson Museum of Art, Gainesville, Florida, America |
| 2008 |
GREEN JCB BUCKET WITH THREE HOLES
Microcrystalline & paraffin wax over wood
SUGAR WALK
Architectural model, carved sugar cubes |
Arts Council of Northern Ireland, MacNeice House, Malone Road, Belfast
Fitzrovia Group/Bradkeel Developments, Heron Road, Belfast |
| 2007 |
YELLOW HELICOPTER
Wool sculpture |
Arts Council of Northern Ireland, MacNeice House, Malone Road, Belfast |
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BABY YELLOW JCB BUCKET
Microcrystalline & paraffin wax over wood
ARTOPOLY
Wood and bronze sculpture |
Golden Thread Gallery, Great Patrick Street, Belfast
United Optical Ltd, Corporation Street, Belfast |
| 2006 |
ANIMALS
2 wool sculptures |
Himmat New Delhi, India |
| 2005 |
MATCHES
Short-film |
California State University, Chico, California, United States of America |
| 2002 |
UNION
Orange and blue wool tree sculpture |
Cyrill Sweett Ltd, Construction Consultants, Head Office, London |
| 2001 |
MATCH
Screen-print on light grey card |
University of Ulster Printmaking Collection, Belfast |
REVIEWS/PUBLICATIONS:
2010
MOORE, SANNA. "Selected: Open Frequency - New Contemporary Art: Brendan Jamison", AXIS online, Leeds, 25 January 2010
KRISHNA, KHANNA. "News: Sugar Cube Sculpture", Inspiring Life, kkonline, India, 3 January 2010
2009
Культурология. "Скульптуры Брендана Джемисона/Sculpture Brendan Jamison", Kulturologia, Moscow, Russia, 29 October 2009
XUEYIN, SUN. "Artist Builds Sculptures Using Sugar", ATrain.cn Design News, 中国建筑培训网 China Construction Training Network, Beijing, China, 25 October 2009
ERWIN, MILES. "Artist Makes Sweet Masterpieces our of sugar - Tate (& Lyle) Gallery", METRO, London, Friday 23 October 2009, p 33
McAVERA, BRIAN. "Reviews: Belfast and Portadown, Northern Ireland: Brendan Jamison", SCULPTURE, International Sculpture Centre, New Jersey, July/August 2009, Vol. 28 No. 6, pp. 70-71
McDONOUGH, ROISIN. ACNI Annual Review 08:09, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, April 2009, p. 1
McAVERA, BRIAN. "25 Years of Irish Art: a personal selection: Brendan Jamison", Irish Arts Review 25th Anniversary Edition, Summer 2009, Vol 26 no. 2, p. 58
2008
GIBB, BILL. “Why this sculptor’s not so keen on having tea breaks”, The Weekly News, Glasgow, 27 December 2008, p. 13
MOULTON, EMILY. “One Lump or a Thousand?”, Belfast Telegraph, am edition, Tuesday 11 November 2008, p. 3
VASCONCELOS, MONICA. “Escultor faz maquete de prédio com 11 mil cubos de açúcar” BBC BRAZIL, 11 Nov 2008
HARDING, JAMES. “Artist’s Sugar Cube Scale Model takes 11,000 lumps”, The Times, Monday 10 November 2008, p. 18
GROGAN, MILLISA. “Sugar Walk by Brendan Jamison”, Channel 5 News, London, 7 O’Clock broadcast, 10 Nov 2008
HAMMOND, MICHAEL. “Sweet…sugar cube model, Belfast, Ireland”, World Architecture News, London, 10 November 2008
McAVERA, BRIAN. “Against the Canon”, Irish Arts Review, Dublin, Vol. 25 no.3, Autumn 2008, p. 87
McGONAGLE, DECLAN. “The Space In-Between: curated by Fiona Mulholland", CIRCA online, Dublin, June 2008
SVERAKOVA, SLAVKA. 'Brendan Jamison: In-Between & JCB Bucket Series' - CIRCA 124, Dublin, Summer 2008, pp. 85-87
NICOL, GILLIAN. “Irish Uplift”, a-n Magazine, Newcastle, England, May 2008, p. 20
RUSSELL, CHRISSIE. “Brendan Jamison’s JCB Bucket Series”, Belfast Telegraph, am edition, 29 February 2008, p. 18
LEE, JENNY. “Spinning a New Type of Sculpture”, The Irish News, Belfast, 2 February 2008, p. 3
McDONOUGH, ROISIN. Arts Council of Northern Ireland Annual Review 07:08, front cover and p. 11
2007
SHAW-EAGLE, JOANNA. "New Day For Irish Resolutions", The Washington Times, Washington DC, 26 May 2007
RASMUSSEN, JACK. Resolutions: New Art From Northern Ireland, Washington D.C., American University, pp. 16-17
HUTCHINSON, PAUL. “Short Film Profile: Brendan Jamison”, Culture Northern Ireland, Belfast , Summer 2007
FITZGERALD, PETER. “Vox Pop”, CIRCA, Dublin, Spring 2007, Vol. 119, p. 30
HARPER, ROYCE. "Visual Artist Interview: Brendan Jamison", The Artery>, edition 93, Belfast, Northern Visions Television, 5pm Broadcast, Friday 9th March 2007 on NVTV
OSKAY, WINDELL. “3D SUGAR SCULPTURE PRINTER PROJECT”, Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, online, 24 February 2007
2006
“Delhi Review: Arts and Crafts: Discovering Roots”, The Hindu, New Delhi, Friday 17 November 2006
GRAHAM, RUTH. Plan X, Belfast, Golden Thread Gallery, pp. 26-31
2005
WELCH. ROBERT. Masters Twenty Five Years On, Belfast, Ormeau Baths Gallery, 2005, pp. 64, 185 & 201
HILL, IAN. “Royal Ulster Academy of Arts”, Belfast Telegraph, city edition, Thursday 22 September 2005, p. 15
BRANIFF, JOANNA. “Autumn Treats in Store for Arts Lovers”, The Irish News, Belfast, Saturday 22 August 2005, p. 39
MUIR, MARIE-LOUSIE. “Artopoly at OMAC" Arts Extra, BBC Radio Ulster, Belfast, Tuesday 30th August 2005, 6:30 pm
HILL, IAN. “Art Proves Ideal for the Board”, Belfast Telegraph, city edition, Monday 22 August 2005, p. 8
LEE, JENNY. “Making Art Fun and Games”, The Irish News, Belfast, 20 August 2005, p.42
SHEPARD, DARCY. “Around the World in less than 10 minutes” The Orion, Chico, California State University Chico, 11 May 05
GRAHAM, RUTH. Flaxart Studios, Belfast, Flaxart, 2005, pp. 16 - 17
2004
DONNELLY, CIAN. “See”, CIRCA, Dublin, Summer 2004, p. 26
CAMPBELL, BRIAN. “Masters of Art”,The Irish News, Belfast, 22 May 2004, p. 49
SVERAKOVA, SLAVKA. "Open Ended"- MFA 04, Belfast, University of Ulster, 2004, pp. 24-27
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