Jason Carr Artist C.V
Education
1992-HD Robertson Art School @ Sergeant Gallery, Wanganui, NZ
1993-Foundation in Visual arts @ Wanganui Polytechnic, Wanganui, NZ
1998-Degree in Character Animation @Freelance Animation studios, Auckland, NZ
Related employment:
1994-97 Full time In house artist, for Display Associates, Wanganui, NZ
1997-99 Part time cartoonist @ Express newspaper, Auckland, NZ
1999-2000 Part time illustrator, Millivres Publishing, London, UK
2002-Present Freelance Artist
Exhibitions and Awards
1985 HD Robertson Art Award exhibition
2005 Digital Male, solo exhibition @ The Box, Covent Garden, London
2010-14 Developed, curated and shown at Shop Art Annual group show, London Graphic Centre, Covent Garden, London
2011 Art Revolution group show in association with London Latin American Film Festival Old Truman Brewery Gallery London
2012 London LGBTQ Pride London group show, Southwark, London
2014 Boys Keep Swinging- group show,Pop up gallery @twolittlebirds, Manchester
2014 Sin In My Heart- group show @kraakgallery, Northern Quarter, Manchester
2014 Sin In My Heart II - group show @thebunker, Regents Park, London
2015 Shortlisted Winsor and Newton Griffin Gallery Open Prize exhibition Griffin Gallery, London
2015 Something Borrowed -group show @thelaundry, London Inn Fields, London
2016 Out (In the margins) GFEST Exhibition @meniergallery, London.
2017 GFEST Arts Protest- Group show @meniergallery London- Winner GFEST/Magnum Visual Art Award
2018 Finalist for Emerald Winter Pride Art Award- Winner of Lady Petchey Art award
2018 Pre selected for Royal Society of Portrait Painters exhibition- Mall Galleries, London
2018 British LGBT Awards Art Initiative exhibition- Salt and Pegram, Shoreditch, London
2018 Co-curated and exhibited at British LGBT Awards/ Diversity Role Models Charity Exhibition at The Library, St Martins Lane, London
2019 Foreign Trade exhibition- The Gallery Liverpool, Liverpool
2019 Shortlisted and exhibited for GM (Greater Manchester) Arts Prize- Bolton Museum and Art Gallery
2019- Creative Debuts- Adidas Open Exhibition- Adidas Headquarters- Shoreditch, London, UK
2019 The Art of Being Queer Exhibition- Pineapple Black Gallery, Middlesborough
2020 Finalist Manchester Open Exhibition -HOME Manchester
2020 Google Arts & Culture exhibition Healthcare Heroes- Panel selected for NHS Portraits for Heroes 2020 LGBTQ+ online Pride Exhibition- Beers London
2020 Manchesters Finest- 5 Artists You Need to know Feature
2021 CottononMCR Open Call, Winner of public vote- Saul Hay Gallery, Deansgate, Manchester
2021 Clifford Chance London Pride Exhibition, Canary Wharf London
2021 The Art of Being Queer group show-Virtual exhibition with Pineapple Black Gallery
2021 Bankley Gallery Open- Shortlisted, Bankley Studios, Manchester
2022 HOME MCR- Open Call-HOME MCR. Manchester
2022 Cherry Jezebel exhibition to accompany play of same name by Jonathon Larkin at the Everyman Theatre Liverpool
2022 Saatchi Art Over the Rainbow Exhibition- William Vale Hotel, Brooklyn NYC,
2022 In Manchester Exhibition CottonOnMCR , Barbirolli Square, Manchester,
2022 Jason Carr Solo Show, Halle St Peters, Manchester
2022 Catapult Group Show Locke Hotel, Manchester
2023 IN Manchester Open Call - Saul Hay Gallery, Manchester
2023 Comme CA Open Call Group Show - Comme CA Gallery, Manchester
2023 Stamina Group Show- AWOL Studios, Manchester
2023 HEADS MAG- Group show, collaboration with Pete Obselete, Canvas MCR, Manchester
Publications and Media
1998 Wanganui Chronicle 1999 Express Newspaper
2005 QX magazine
2011 Visible Magazine
2012 Time Out
2012 G3 Magazine
2012 Mascular Magazine-3 page feature
2015 Mascular Magazine-3 page feature
2017 Feature Article-PNPPL Zine
2018 Front page interview-Chrom Art Magazine
2018 Artlyst review
2018 3 page interview-Wanganui Chronicle
2019 Balaclava.q-Feature
2019 Adorn Me- hardback large format collector's edition through Blurb,
2019 ID-Vice Magazine-Foreign Trade exhibition Review
2019 Garageland Magazine- Foreign Trade Review
2020 Featured for HOME MCR Open Exhibition-BBC North West
2020 Manchesters Finest-5 Manchester Artists You Should Know
2020 NHS Portraits for NHS Heroes-Hardback published by Bloomsbury
2021 Queer Artist Feature Cotton on MCR
2021 Manc of the Month Cotton on MCR
2022 Interview with Rachael Addis
2022 Top trending artist with Saatchi Art July
2022 Manchester Wire-10 Local Artists To Know
2023 HEADS MAG-Interview