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+lewdjaw(at)gmail.com
+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, LONDONOPEN 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, BATHMAD 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, LONDON1:15 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 - PRESENTEDUCATION 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
PUBLICATIONS
+ARTLICKS ISSUE 27 SCHEDULE (CO-EDITOR)
YAC INTERVIEW YOUNG ARTISTS IN CONVERSATION ONLINE (W/ JAF YUSUF)
THE ULTRAS INTERVIEWS EASTSIDE PROJECTS, BIRMINGHAM
ARTLICKS ISSUE 23 PERIPHERIES
RUNG ISSUE 1
LAUGH ISSUE 3
PLAY IT COOL SELF-PUBLISHED TEXT
LOCKJAWS* ISSUE 1
AZERTY ABSC_ND_FLUX_2015, VANDA PROJECT
EDUCATION
+SYLLABUS V WYSING CAMBRIDGE, INIVA LONDON, EASTSIDE PROJECTS BIRMINGHAM, NEWBRIDGE PROJECT NEWCASTLE, S1 ARTSPACE SHEFFIELD, SPIKE ISLAND BRISTOL 2019/20
UNIVERSITY OF FALMOUTH PGCHE (HIGHER EDUCATION) 2018/19
UNIVERSITY OF READING FINE ART BA 2009-2013
OPEN UNIVERSITY DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY 2008
AWARDS + COMMISSIONS
UK NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR 2023 (LONGLISTED)
GANE TRUST GRANT 2023
A-N BURSARIES TIME SPACE MONEY 2022
15TH ANNIVERSARY COMMISSIONED EDITION OUTPOST, NORWICH 2019
THE FORUM ARCHITECTURAL AND INTERIOR DESIGN GRAND UNION, BIRMINGHAM 2019 (SHORTLISTED)
TRANSITION NEWLYN ART GALLERY 2016 (SHORTLISTED)
CONNECT! CVAN 2016 (SHORTLISTED)
GO & SEE TRAVEL BURSARY, BERLIN BIENNIAL VISUAL ARTS SOUTH WEST 2016
PLATFORM AWARD 2013 (SELECTED)
UNIVERSITY OF READING BURSARY 2010