Jason graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2007 and is presently a member of staff at the Royal Academy of Art Schools, where he is also developing his practice.

Questioning and observing the modernist notion of 'progress', Jason's work is informed by his interests in perennialism, alchemy, mythology and his critique of popular culture.  His portraits are studies of the figure, in moments of 'crisis in the modern world'. With this in mind, Jason questions the role of myth and its importance in modern day life. He incorporates the study of the underlying dynamic structures and principles that govern the natural world, using geometric principles to construct his images.

Drawing underpins Jason's practice and this manifests itself through a variety of media from traditional labour-intensive woodcut techniques and painting through to cutting edge RapidForm prototype printing methodology.  As a student of Iai-do, he developed a fascination between occidental and oriental attitudes towards image-making and as a result prefers a Zen mindset to the contemporary Western [often unnecessarily over-intellectualised] way of 'doing', whilst making his work.

Jason recently graduated from the Nagasawa Art Park artist in residency in Japan from October to December of this year, where he learnt traditional Japanese printmaking methods.

 

 

 

 

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