Jack Stahel’s practice incorporates introspective processes of drawing and collecting within an installation framework, and can be briefly described as both pragmatic and pseudoscientific, foreign yet familiar, and an informative bunch of nonsense. Imaginary Science is his fabricated field of research, and involves various creative examinations of how the human brain thinks about itself.
Jack Stahel - Sydney, 1988.
- Email: jack@stahel.com.au - Instagram: @jackstahel
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ARTIST CV:
Education:
BFA (Hons 1), College of Fine Arts, Sydney -2012.
MFA (Research), College of Fine Arts, Sydney -2015
Solo Shows:
2015 - The Diagrammatic Organ, MOP Projects, Chippendale
2015 - Imaginary Science, Kudos Gallery, Paddington
2014 - I Just Work Here, Archive Space, Newtown
2011- Organism, Kudos Gallery, Paddington
Group Shows:
2021- Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial, Lake Macquarie Museum of Art and Culture, Lake Macquarie
2021 - Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore
2020 - Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2017 - Seeing Science, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Wahroonga
2016 - Just Draw, Bathurst Regional Gallery, Bathurst
2016 - Ex Libris Display: Strange Tools, Fischer Library, Sydney University
2016 - Just Draw, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle
2014 - Tim Olsen Drawing Prize, Kudos Gallery, Paddington
2014 - Will to Keep, 107 Projects, Redfern
2014 - Democracy of Drawing, Airspace, Marrickville
2013 - Material Rites, MOP Projects, Chippendale
2013 - Emerging Sydney Contemporary Showcase, Varieté Gallery, Guadalajara-Mexico
2013 - Hong Kong Graphic Art Fiesta, JC Creative Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2013 - Art Works, Underbelly Experimental Arts Festival, Cockatoo Island
2013 - Tim Olsen Drawing Prize, Kudos Gallery, Paddington
2013 - Hatched: National Graduate Exhibition, - Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, Perth
2012 - Honours Graduation Exhibit, College of Fine Arts, Paddington
2012 - Tim Olsen Drawing Prize, Kudos Gallery, Paddington
2012 – Blacktown Art Prize, Blacktown Arts Centre, Blacktown
2011 - Stuff, Kaleidoscope Gallery, Waterloo
2011 - In the Woods, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne
2011 - In the Woods, ESP Gallery, Marrickville
2011 - Autumn Arts Festival, Botanic Gardens, Sydney
2011 - Folk It, PSH Gallery, Rozelle
2010 – Cofa Annual Grad Show, Carriageworks, Eveleigh
2010 – Oxford Arts Drawing Prize, CofaSpace, Paddington
2010 – Kudos Annual Emerging Artist Awards, Kudos Gallery, Paddington
2010 – Glebe Art Prize, Glebe Town Hall, Glebe
2010 – Artbound: Australian Bookbinders Artist Books, Gallery Red, Glebe
Prizes and Awards:
2013 - Australian Postgraduate Award
2012 - Taylor Square Clinic Honours Studio Excellence - Winner
2012 - Tim Olsen Drawing Prize - Winner
2012 - Gallery Barry Keldoulis Award - Winner
2010 - Kudos Annual Emerging Artist and Design Awards - Artist Winner