Jamie Shovlin is a conceptual artist. His work consists in setting up fake but plausible situations, in a prank between reality and illusion. He uses all his technical skills – drawing, painting, writing, printing – matched with intellectual irony.
His creations examine the power of communication medias and the way they influence social development.
Raising several points of view, the artist encourages to call into question senses and intellectual categories, through which one understands and relates to the world, in order to challenge news and concepts considered as authoritative by the masses.
Recent solo exhibitions include: Subs, The Gallery, Leicester, UK (2017); Windows and Orphans, dkuk, London, UK (2016); Philomene Pirecki c/o Jamie Shovlin – an alternate correspondence, 1/9unosunove, Rome, Italy (2015); Hiker Meat, Corner House, Manchester, UK (2013); Thy Will Be Done, Tullie House, Carlisle, UK, (2011); Three (and a half) Films, 1/9unosunove, Rome, Italy (2011).
Recent group exhibitions include: #15, 1/9unosunove, Rome; Daydreaming with Kubrick, Somerset House, London, UK (2016); David Cronenberg: Transformation, MOCCA (Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art), Toronto, Canada (2013); NEON: La Materia Luminosa dell’arte, MACRO, Rome, Italy (2012); Bouvard and Pécuchet’s Compendious Quest for Beauty, David Roberts Art Foundation, London, UK (2012).
His last performance was Lustfaust perform Hiker Meat, in collaboration with Fondazione Giuliani e MACRO, Teatro Eliseo, Rome, Italy (2011).
In 2015 he took part at the ESTEARTE fair, Punta del Este, Uruguay.
Collections where some of his artworks are: Manchester Museum, Hiscox Art Collection; Saatchi Collection, London; David Roberts Collection, London.
