Jack Rowland
Artist’s Statement
Through his hyperreal and high-key chromatic oil paintings, Jack Rowland aims to alter our perception of the natural world and invite us to rediscover our familiar landscapes. Rowland depicts nature as unknowable and unpredictable, a giving and powerful force that harnesses all life, one that we must respect and surrender to. Simultaneously, through the lens of psychedelia, Rowland’s work reflects the ways in which a change in psyche and an altered perception can influence one’s interpretation of their environment, and even lead them to psychologically experiencing different realms. He therefore creates a contrasting dynamic amongst his own paintings, employing saturated and vibrant colours to celebrate the natural world as Utopia in some works, while applying eerie colour schemes to others to suggest nature’s unforgiving forces and a dark interpretation of one’s psychological landscape.
Previously, Rowland has explored the Australian landscape as unfamiliar, dreamlike, or even alien. Rowland’s new body of work “The Altered States” draws inspiration from his recent journey through the deserts of North America. While documenting his journey through California, Utah and Arizona, these paintings illustrate Rowland’s ventures both inward and outward through the magical landscapes of the natural world and his own mind.
Rowland has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in Melbourne and has been a finalist in The Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize, The Hawkesbury Art Prize and The Albany Art Prize.Biography
JACK ROWLAND
EDUCATION
2009 Completed Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), RMIT University, Melbourne
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 The Altered States , James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2018 SuperNatural, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2016 Alternative Territories, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne
2014 Illusive Reality , Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne
2012 Unfamiliar , Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 NEXT , Sydney Contemporary, Sydney
2018 Summer New, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
Fresh Blood, Backwoods Gallery, Melbourne
2017 Aberration, 407T Rose Lane, Melbourne
2016 Bendigo Inaugural Group Show, Gallery 369, Victoria
Linden Postcard Show, Linden New Art, Melbourne
2015 Tomorrow Never Dies, Linden New Art, Melbourne
Group Show, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne
2013 2013… Farewell , Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne
Transition Period , Rubicon ARI, Melbourne
Naturlich!, Kunstraum Tapir, Berlin
Above From Below, The Cellar Gallery, Berlin
2012 Kultopia , Blindside Gallery, Melbourne
2011 Belle Arti – Chapman & Bailey Art Prize 2011 , Abbotsford
The Butterfly Effect , Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne
Art Melbourne- Affordable Art Fair , Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne
2010 Exploration 10 , Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
Fit To Print, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne
AWARDS / GRANTS / RESIDENCIES
2016 Finalist in the Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize
Finalist in the Albany Art Prize
Finalist in the Substation Art Prize
2015 Winner of the Hawkesbury Art Prize Highly Commended Award
Winner of the Hawkesbury Art Prize Commended Award
2014 Finalist in the Albany Art Prize
2013 Finalist in the Hawkesbury Art Prize
Takt residency, Berlin
2012 Winner of the Hawkesbury Art Prize Commended Award
2009 RMIT/Tolarno Art Award
PRINT
2012 Dan Rule, The Saturday Age, In The Galleries, 22 September, p. 5
2011 Russell, Stephen & Daffy, Mary-Jane, Collect call, Melbourne Weekly (May)
Showing 1–12 of 30 artworks
Jack Rowland
Glow
76 x 101.5 cm oil on linen $5,000.00
Jack Rowland
Natural Order
76 x 101.5 cm oil on linen $5,000.00
Jack Rowland
Heat
76 x 101.5 cm oil on linen $5,000.00
Jack Rowland
Ghost Forrest
76 x 101.5 cm oil on linen $5,000.00
Jack Rowland
Tower
60 x 50 cm Oil and acrylic on board $3,000.00
Jack Rowland
Portal
50 x 60 cm Oil and acrylic on board $3,000.00
Jack Rowland
Graves
50 x 60 cm Oil and acrylic on board $3,000.00
Jack Rowland
The Golden Pavilion
60 x 50 cm Oil and acrylic on board $3,000.00
Jack Rowland
Buddha
50 x 60 cm Oil and acrylic on board $3,000.00
Jack Rowland
Alice
110 x 140 cm oil on linen $6,500.00
Jack Rowland
Munnar
61 x 84 cm oil on linen Sold