JASON WING
BIOGRAPHY & CV
Jason Wing’s artworks are signs of hope that express the power of positive thinking for regeneration. The act of recycling, of rebirth through the addition of another layer of history, is an important starting point for this artist. His work is not about denial, but about the possibility of rebirth. It draws on his own negotiation of identity in the Australian cultural setting, combining elements from the rich traditions of his Aboriginal and Chinese heritages.
Wing has invented a personal iconography which he uses to stencil onto salvaged signs. Using a predominantly red, yellow, black and white palette that pays homage to colours customarily used by each culture, and stencils produced by the Chinese paper-cut method, the artist layers his creations, often self-representations, onto the didactics of the old signs.
The vestiges of society’s rules and directives form a cultural and compositional background to his images. Similarly, his use of stencilling, which invokes techniques of historical documentation used as much by the ancient masters of Aboriginal rock art as by today’s street art masters, reaches across time and culture. Wing’s work, however, exceeds the sum of its parts: the visual prompts that emerge from between its layers point to the universal character of the human spirit, and add up to a bold conceptualization of hope for those who embrace its message.
Education
2002
Bachelor of Graphic Design, Sydney Graphics College
1998
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sydney College of the Arts
Solo Exhibition
2009
ARC 1 Gallery, Melbourne
Group Exhibitions
2009
Black(s)town, Blacktown Art Centre, Sydney
Seize / Collide, Object Gallery, Sydney
2008
Annual group show, ARC 1 Gallery, Melbourne Premier State, Campbelltown Arts Centre, Sydney Paperbark leaflets, 4A Gallery, Chinatown, Sydney Blacktown Annual Exhibition, Blacktown Arts Centre, Sydney
Jesus Walks, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney Off The Wall, Art Brisbane
Off The Wall, Art Melbourne
2007
10th Annual Members Exhibition, 4A Gallery, Chinatown, Sydney
Re - inscriptions, 4A Gallery, Chinatown, Sydney
Art Melbourne, Royal Exhibition Hall
Western Front, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery
Western Front, Castle Hill Community Centre, Sydney Year of the Pig, 4A Gallery, Chinatown, Sydney Chinese New Year, 4A Gallery, Chinatown, Sydney Annual Members Show, Boomalli, Leichardt, Sydney
2006
Annual Members Show, 4A Galery, Chinatown, Sydney
Tourist, Collaborative exhibition with Lee Mingwei, Sherman Gallery, Paddington
Articulate, Newington Armoury, Newington, Sydney Art with a Heart, King on Burton Gallery, Sydney
Walking the Street, South King Street, Newtown, Sydney
Not The Big Picture, Green Hill Galleries, Adelaide
Off the Wall, Art Sydney 06
Crossing Cultures, Blacktown, Arts Centre, Sydney Creative Circles, Blacktown Art Centre, Blacktown 10th Annual Blacktown Art Show, Blacktown
Prizes
2008
Local Artist of the year, Blacktown Art Centre, Sydney Local Indigenous artist of the year, Blacktown Art Centre, Sydney
Off the Wall competition, Melbourne
2007
Off the Wall competition, Sydney
2005: Best local artist award, Blacktown Art Centre, Blacktown.
Highly commended, Blacktown Arts Centre, Blacktown
Finalist
2009
Parliament of NSW Indigenous Art Prize
2008
Sheffield, Global Mural Festival, Tasmania
2007
Off the Wall, Melbourne
Collections
Works held in private collections in Japan
Joni Waka, Artist Residency, Tokyo, Japan
Blacktown Council Chambers
Selected Bibliography
2009
Koori Mail, Visual contrasts, 8/4/2009 , pg 54.
Kerrie Kenton, Art Monthly Australia, March issue 217, pg 30.
2008
Producer Jenny Cleavers, Sunday Arts, ABC 1 TV
Maurice O’ Riordan, EM Files, Art Monthly, April Issue, PG 46.
2007
Neilton Clarke & Gina Fairley, Asia, Art Monthly, September issue, Pg 42.
Is it Art ?, interview with Jason Wing, Prime television.
2006
Leeta Keens, Rising Stars, Belle Magazine.
Phoebe Alexander, Radio interview, SBS.