JACOB LEARY jleary@utas.edu.au
EDUCATION
2017- Ongoing PHD Candidate, University of Tasmania (Hobart)
2009-11 Research Masters of Fine Art, University of Tasmania (Hobart)
2008 Bachelor of Fine Arts w/ honours (first class), University of Tasmania (Hobart)
2005-07 Bachelor of Fine Arts (painting), University of Tasmania (Hobart)
2002-03 Bachelor of Environmental design, University of Tasmania (Launceston)
SELECTED SOLO & JOINT EXHIBITIONS
2018 Very, Private Projects, Hobart
2018 Paint dreamz, Moonah arts centre, Hobart
2017 Something Terrain, Flinders Lane gallery, Melbourne
2016 2 ∞ (Curating Paul Zika) Contemporary art Tasmania, Hobart
2016 Fuse, Flinders Lane gallery, Melbourne
2015 The origins of superfluous, Flinders Lane gallery, Melbourne
2015 Ten days on the Island- Reorder, Triabunna
2014 Cute Flood, Gallery Ten, Murray St, Hobart
2013 Hyper-territory Candy Coding Machine, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
2013 Dandy Forces, Kelly’s Garden, Salamanca, Hobart
2013 One Thing Begets Another, Despard Gallery, Hobart
2012 B+B+C, Despard Gallery, Hobart
2011 Mapping Technological Causality (Master’s submission), Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart
2011 Ten days on the Island- In Teers, Mountain Chalet, Poatina
2009 4 Equations, In-flight Gallery, North Hobart
2009 Processing Hypertelia (early stages) - 3 in1 solo shows, Cast Gallery, Hobart
2008 Traces of Collusion w/ Sarah Jones, Entrepot Gallery, Hobart
2006 Transient City w/ Carolyn Wigston, In-flight Gallery, North Hobart
2005 Various Forces only Moments, Entrepot gallery, Hobart
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Beyond the field (still), Contemporary art Tasmania, Hobart
2018 Systematic, Plimsoll gallery, Hobart
2018 Subterrain- The organic sublime, Collins place gallery, Melbourne
2018 Shrines, Visual Bulk, Hobart
2016 Brainstorm as part of Dark MOFO, Art school Hunter St., Hobart
2016 Op art, Brenda May Gallery, Sydney
2016 Redlands art prize, NUS, Sydney
2015 Hutchins art prize works on paper, Long Gallery, Hobart
2016 MONA FOMA (Faux MO), Davey St. Hobart
2015 MONA FOMA (Faux MO), Odeon theatre, Hobart
2015 Burnie print prize, Burnie regional gallery, Burnie
2015 Off Road, Flinders Lane gallery, Melbourne
2014 Hobart art prize, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
2014 Formed and unformed, 124 Arts Tasmania, Hobart
2013 Hutchins art prize works on paper, Long Gallery, Hobart
2013 Burnie print prize, Burnie regional gallery, Burnie
2013 Over and Over, Poimena gallery, Launceston
2012 Regret is for Chemists, Paradise Hills, Richmond, Melbourne
2012 Selected finalist Viscopy art prize, Gaffa Gallery, Sydney
2012 In Flux, Rosny Barn, Hobart
2012 Chance, Sawtooth Gallery, Launceston,
2012 Moving Parts, Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport
2011 Best show, Felt Space, Adelaide
2011 The Archival Impulse, Plimsoll gallery, Hobart
2011 Red, Despard gallery, Hobart
2011 I am Satan, Hell gallery, Richmond, Melbourne
2010 In Partnership, Academy gallery, Academy for the arts Inveresk, Launceston
2010 Spray Drip Stroke, Poimena gallery, Launceston
2009 Ono 2 (one night only), old Fitzgerald building, Hobart
2009 Return to Sender, Burnie Regional Gallery, Burnie
2009 Hatched-National Graduate Exhibition, P.I.C.A, Perth
2008 Selected finalist, RACT Portrait prize, various locations, Tasmania
2007 Hutchins art prize works on paper, Long Gallery, Hobart
2007 Sex and the city, Bus Gallery, Melbourne
GRANTS & AWARDS
2018 Highly commended Glover Prize
2014 Recipient of Arts Tasmanian individual grant
2013 Australia Council emerging artist grant
2012 Winner Viscopy John Fries memorial art prize
2011 Recipient of Contemporary Art Services Tasmania Studio (12 months)
2011 Recipient of Arts Tasmanian individual grant
2011 Recipient of Regional Arts individual grant
2009 Postgraduate Research Scholarship- University of Tasmania
2008 Sponsors Choice- RACT Portrait Prize
2007 People’s Choice- Hutchins Art Prize for Works on Paper
COLLECTIONS
Artbank
University of Tasmania
RACT Collection
Tasmanian government
llisington collection
JAHM Art Muesum
Private collections, national and international
2018-Ongoing Board member of the artist run initiative ‒ Good Grief (Hobart)
2009-12 Board member of the artist run initiative ‒ Inflight/Constance (Hobart)
2010-2015 Current Seasonal staff member at the School of Art Hobart (UTAS)