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lewdjaw(at)gmail.com

lewdjaw_jack

Jack Lewdjaw (b.1990 Loughborough) is an artist and educator who lives and works in Bristol. He is Co-Director of the gallery east bristol contemporary , leads EBC Schools (Day & Night School), and teaches at Bristol School of Art. He was also a participant of Syllabus V: a peer-led alternative learning programme run in partnership with Wysing Arts Centre (Cambridge); Eastside Projects (Birmingham); Spike Island (Bristol); The Newbridge Project (Newcastle); Iniva (London); and S1 Artspace (Sheffield).

His work is influenced by approaches developed whilst working as a freelance graphic designer, which he adopts to inform design-led methodologies for working and approaches around colour palette, composition, signage and text found in public environments. He frequently sets himself briefs when working, encouraging formal and spatial limitations to emerge.

Jack’s work embraces the themes of architectural and technological decay, ruination, and the architecture of public and domestic space (particularly the vernacular design of shop fronts). Most recently, he has started exploring ideas around drawing in digital environments as well as working with images captured on his mobile phone.

Interview on YAC w/ Jaf Yusuf (April 2020)

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EXHIBITIONS

2023      

ARTISTS SUPPORTING ARTISTS, PICCALILLI, LONDON

MEMBERS' SHOW BLOC PROJECTS, SHEFFIELD

TO LIVE A THOUSAND YEARS IN ONE POEM 36 GALLERY, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE - SOLO

TWO QUEENS TWO SCREENS 2 TWO QUEENS, LEICESTER

2022

SCARF SHOW OOF GALLERY, LONDON

OPEN SCREEN SEESAW (w/ CASTLEFIELD GALLERY), MANCHESTER

THE AGE OF DREAMERS IS OVER GRAND UNION, BIRMINGHAM

HOLBURNE OPEN ANDREW BROWNSWORD GALLERY/HOLBURNE MUSEUM, BATH

2021      

PHOTOCOPIES RECENT ACTIVITY, BIRMINGHAM

2020      

ARTWORKS OPEN BARBICAN ARTS TRUST, LONDON (SELECTED BY ALEX SCHADY AND MICHELLE WILLIAMS GAMAKER)

SLUGFUND SLUGTOWN, NEWCASTLE

2019      

HAPPY PLACE 24 HOUR WINDOW, GLASGOW

BYOB LATE THE EDGE ANDREW BROWNSWORD GALLERY, BATH 

MAD AS MAP NEWS OF THE WORLD, LONDON 

BF ARTIST FILM FESTIVAL IX GRAFT, LANCASTER & SET, LONDON

SCREENING DIGBETH FIRST FRIDAY CHEAP CHEAP GALLERY, BIRMINGHAM 

2018      

OPEN TY PAWB, WREXHAM 

OPEN/CLOSED SERF, LEEDS - SOLO 

2017      

IT'S OK SPIKE ISLAND TESTSPACE, BRISTOL - SOLO

A SHOW, ABOUT THE SHOW SCAFFOLD GALLERY, MANCHESTER

EAST MIDLANDS TODAY TWO QUEENS, LEICESTER

NAWKI 12o COLLECTIVE SCREENING, FOCAL POINT GALLERY (SOUTHEND) EASTSIDE PROJECTS (BIRMINGHAM) SERF, SPUR, (LEEDS) CBS GALLERY (LIVERPOOL) EBC, (BRISTOL) HUTT COLLECTIVE (NOTTINGHAM) LADETTE SPACE, LIMBO, THE WHITE PUBE (LONDON) 

IS THIS REAL LYF?? IOUAE, NEWCASTLE

#SUPERCOMMUNITY DYSON GALLERY RCA, LONDON

1:15 IS THIS IT?, ONLINE

eeeeeeeee CBS GALLERY, LIVERPOOL

2013-2016      

ARTLICKS WEEKEND EBC BOMB FACTORY TAKEOVER THE BOMB FACTORY, LONDON  

FUTURE LATE TATE MODERN, LONDON

YELLOW BACK BOOKS 1 ARTIST BOOK SHOP, CARDIFF

LOCKJAWS* BRISTOL & BATH ART WEEKENDER, TRINITY CENTRE, BRISTOL

B - ARTISTS' BOOK FAIR g39, CARDIFF

SUMMER CINEMA SCREENING SURFACE GALLERY, NOTTINGHAM    

AZERTY TEXT LAUNCH BIBLIOTHEQUE JEAN PUY, ROANNE (FR)

PLATFORM MODERN ART OXFORD, OXFORD 

SENTENCED OLD POLICE STATION, LONDON

POLITICAL POSTERS  PORTMAN GALLERY, LONDON

IT'S US, IT'S US! MOTORCYCLE SHOWROOM, BRISTOL

THE FUTURE OF THINGS PAST MUSEUM OF ENGLISH RURAL LIFE, READING

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TEACHING + CO-MENTORING

SCHOOLS PROGRAMMER & COORDINATOR EBC SCHOOLS 2017 - PRESENT

LECTURER FINE ART BRISTOL SCHOOL OF ART 2020 - PRESENT

EDUCATION PROGRAMME ARTIST WORKSHOPS ARNOLFINI, BRISTOL 2018 - PRESENT

COURSE LECTURER & LEADER UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL (FAS) 2016-2019

VISITING LECTURER UWE (BRISTOL), UNIVERSITY OF READING, SWINDON COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS LONDON, UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER, UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE (CURATORIAL FUTURES SYMPOSIUM 2019), UNIVERSITY OF FALMOUTH, SUPERSONIC LISBON

MENTORING ARTQUEST, JERWOOD ARTS, FLATLAND PROJECTS, PRESS PLAY, NEWBRIDGE PROJECT

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RESIDENCIES

HOLBURNE OPEN ANDREW BROWNSWORD GALLERY, BATH 2022

IOUAE INHABIT IOUAE, ONLINE RESIDENCY 2017 

PRE-FAB LAB, BATH 2016

JAMBOREE PLYMOUTH ART CENTRE, PLYMOUTH 2015