Born 1979 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Brendan Jamison studied at the University of Ulster where he gained a BA Honours degree in Fine and Applied Arts in 2002 and then a Master of Fine Art in 2004. He is best known for creating vibrantly-coloured wax and wool sculptures and in more recent years Jamison has developed a pioneering technique of sugar cube carving. He has a team of studio assistants based in his South Belfast studio.
Over the past eight years, his sculptures have been widely exhibited throughout the world with shows in Scotland, Wales, England, France, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Italy, America, Canada, New Zealand, India and China. He has also been awarded residencies at KHOJ, New Delhi and at the Arts Council of Northern Ireland’s New York Residency Programme.
In 2010, Jamison was commissioned to build sugar cube scale models of Tate Modern and NEO Bankside for the London Festival of Architecture. His carved sugar cube sculptures were later sold at Sotheby’s, Bond Street, London, in an exhibition of contemporary art curated by Janice Blackburn. Since 2009, a small work has been in the permanent collection of MOMA, New York’s Museum of Modern Art, as part of the international unbound project titled ‘A Book About Death’. Jamison has received six awards from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
Jamison enjoys considerable world-wide media coverage for his sculpture practice, with significant reviews in Sculpture Magazine, published by the International Sculpture Center in America. Other notable reviews include The Washington Times, BBC Brasil, BBC News, ITV News and Channel 5 News in the UK, The Times, London Evening Standard and Metro newspapers in London, The Hindu and The Inside Track in India, The Jakarta Post in Indonesia and The Weekly News in Scotland. In Ireland he is regularly featured in the art magazines Circa and the Irish Arts Review. Jamison is also frequently discussed on BBC Radio Ulster and reviewed in local newspapers The Irish News, News Letter, South Belfast News and Belfast Telegraph.
The artist’s work is housed in many private, public and corporate collections around the world.
Artist’s Website
http://www.brendanjamison.com/
Image Details
JCB Bucket Series 2008 Microcrystalline and paraffin wax over wood 12 sculptures Matches Video art 2003 1 minute: 40 seconds DVD looped Phone Boxes 2005 Bronze 15.5 x 5.5 x 5.5 cms each Red JCB Bucket Split in Half (model R132THB) 2008 Microcrystalline and paraffin wax over wood 68 x 64 x 38 cms and 64 x 66 x 41 cms Yellow Helicopter 2007 Wool over wood 80 x 240 x 60 cms Purchased by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, March 2007 Yellow Spiral Staircase 2008 Wool over wood 265 x 160 x 160cms