Jason Carr

I am a New Zealand born artist who has lived in the UK for 20 years with my practice based in South Manchester .
I am a figurative and portrait artist who's themes circulate around the light and dark of life.
Through my work I strive to challenge myself and push my own boundaries while retaining honesty and rawness through the narrative.
Expression through paint is therapy and gives me the freedom to tell mine and others stories in the hope people will relate and not feel alone. My favourite part of the process is listening to the viewers interpretation of these stories as they help me see things in my work that may have been buried in my subconscious.



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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

1997 HD Robertson Art Award exhibition
2005 Digital Male, solo exhibition @ The Box, Covent Garden, London
2010-14 Shop Art Annual group show, @LGC Covent Garden, London
2011 Art Revolution group show in association as part of the London Latin American Film Festival @oldtrumanbrewery, London
2012 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 Griffin Gallery Open Prize exhibition @GriffinGallery, London
2015 Something Borrowed -group show @thelaundry, London Inn Fields, London
2016 GFEST Beyond Margins- group show @meniergallery London
2017 GFEST Arts Protest- Group show @meniergallery London/ Awarded GFEST/Magnum Visual Art Award 2017
2018 Finalist for Emerald Winter Pride Art Award/ Won 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, UK
2018- British LGBT Awards/Diversity Role models Charity exhibition, co curated and exhibited. The Library club, Coven...