Kev is a little bit lost so he invited his mates around to discuss how archaic notions of the masculine have permeated into the contemporary and whether the power structures associated with patriarchal histories and hierarchies are in fact holding men back from a deep new discovery of masculinity that is fit for the future…
Nah!!!!!!!! He is actually completely oblivious to it all. Kev’s a dickhead. He can’t help it – he has been engrained to be like this. He thinks the Patriarchy is his best mate, but it’s actually his biggest foe. Since birth he has been told to suppress all feeling and focus only on what our hyper masculine society seeks – power and control. Kevo and his mates are actually terrified! Not because of the inevitable gender power shift (couldn’t come sooner) but because someone might find out that they actually feel *eemootiiioonnn*. What a bunch of bloody sissies! Maybe if the Kevs, Gregs, Damos n’ Darrens of the world stood up for themselves and didn’t have the emotional intelligence of a carrot they could in fact be…… happy?
While ‘Self-Concious Kev and other friends’ is ultimately a critique of all things macho it does offer some hope – a light at the end of the tunnel so to speak! The ‘Gimp Alliance League of Pluralistic and Open Masculinity’ (GALPOM) offers a solution to Kevs woes! Sacrifice autonomy! Sacrifice privilege! Sacrifice power! Get off on getting told what to do! Get off your podium and get gimp! This is clearly the only reasonable and logical way masculinity can survive into the future.*
*At least, until we dismantle the system of patriarchal oppression and build a new generation of gimp suit free, non-dickheads who are emotionally stable, more inclusive and less sad all the time.
Jackson Farley: Artist Statement & Bio
I guess this feeling was the inspo for the show – after a few years of editing and re-jigging concepts/finished works, it was a nice feeling to just draw a fuckin hill and call it a day. So, I went and got a studio (the first time ever) to pursue this new found form of artistry. I decided I would become a painter + I went to the art store (somewhere where I never go) and stocked up on Canvas’ + paints. I entered my studio wide eyed and ready to accept this new fate. But there was only one problem. I’m a fuckin shit painter omg they were so bad. Lockdown blues came back and it was all a bit cooked… I was in the studio staring at my shit paintings (one was actually not so bad and is above my bed now) and I felt my lil self-care pencils calling out to me - jackson… redefine the art cannon with subversive self-care pencil paintings made with your subversive self-care pencil pack. Obviously, this was too big of a burden to accept so instead I just decided to draw some very nice drawings.
Jackson Farley is a multidisciplinary artist living and working on unceded Gadigal land. His practice intertwines narrative and humour to point out the absurdities and pointlessness of fine art definitions and power structures. Using digital media, biro pens and ‘self-care’ pencils, Farley’s work is as sentimental as it is a parody, pondering naïvely on categories of art, material, and painting process.
Jackson completed a Bachelor of Visual Arts with First Class Honours at the Sydney College of the Arts in 2017 and was awarded the University Awards for Drawing and Printmedia. He has also studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, USA and was awarded the China Cultural Centre residency in Chengdu, China in 2017. In 2019, he was selected as a finalist in the Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Artists Travel Scholarship Exhibition and in 2018, was selected for the Blake Prize, The Churchie and for Hatched.
Jackson Farley: CV February, 2022
Education
2017
Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours, First Class)
Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
2016
Bachelor of Visual Arts
Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney
6 month exchange
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore
Solo exhibitions
2022
my very first painting show ever
Stanley Street Gallery, Darlinghurst, NSW
2020
TESTAMENT PT. XXXXXXVIIII
Stanley Street Gallery, Darlinghurst, NSW
2019
Self Conscious Kev and friends
Stanley Street Gallery, Darlinghurst, NSW
Group exhibitions
2020
New Views Poster Project, funded a City of Sydney fellowship grant
Newtown, Sydney
2019
Selected Artist, Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Artists Travel Scholarship
Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle, NSW
2018
Finalist Exhibition, The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize
Institute of Modern Art, QLD
Introducing
Stanley Street Gallery, Darlinghurst, NSW
Finalist Exhibition, Blake Prize
Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, NSW
Hatched National Graduate Show
Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA
2017
Honours Graduate Exhibition
Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle NSW
2016
Eruptions of the Digital into the Physical
Gallery CA, Baltimore, MD, USA
Maryland Institute College of Art Film Festival
MICA, Baltimore, MD, USA
#LookingThroughTheEyesOfMachinesAsStudents
F-Block Gallery, University of West England, UK
Undergraduate Exhibition
Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle, NSW
2015
FRE$H PRINT$
107 Projects Redfern, Sydney
The Other Art Fair
Central Park, Sydney
Paste-modernism IV
AMBUSH GALLERY, Sydney
2014
Centenary Foundation Fundraiser
CO-LAB, Chasm Gallery, Sydney
2013
World Stencil Art Prize
Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney
Group Show
Artspace, Mackay, QLD
STUSS
Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney
Eastudio
Beach Road Hotel, Sydney
2012
Australian Stencil Art Prize
Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney
Bondi Youth Art Award
Bondi Pavilion, Sydney
Waverley Council Street Art Prize
Waverley Woollahra Art School, Sydney
2011
Australian Stencil Art Prize
Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney
Young Artists Project – Outpost Street Art Festival
Cockatoo Island, Sydney
Paste-modernism III – Outpost Street Art Festival
Cockatoo Island, Sydney
Awards and achievements
2021
Finalist, Dobell Drawing Prize #22
National Art School, Sydney
2020
Recipient, City of Sydney creative live/work tenancy
Darlinghurst, Sydney
2019
Finalist Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Artists Travel Scholarship
Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle, NSW
2018
Finalist, The Churchie National Emerging Art Prize,
QLD
Finalist, Hatched
Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, WA
2017
Dean’s Award for Drawing
Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle NSW
Dean's Award for Printmedia
Sydney College of the Arts, Rozelle NSW
Recipient, China Cultural Centre residency program
Chengdu Academy of Art, Sichuan
2013
Finalist, World Stencil Art Prize
Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney
2012
Finalist, Australian Stencil Art Prize
Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney
2nd Place, Bondi Youth Art Award
Bondi Pavilion, Sydney
Winner, Waverley Council Street Art Prize
Waverley Woollahra Art School, Sydney
2011
Finalist, Australian Stencil Art Prize
Chrissie Cotter Gallery, Sydney
Reviews and publicity
'Introducing' - Art Edit Issue 26
'Discovery' - Artist Profile Issue 44
‘Cuts Above the Rest’, Katrina Lobley. National Print and Online for Fairfax Media Network in Saturday Spectrum section
‘Five Minutes With Jackson Farley’ by Maria Maung. National Online for Backyard Opera.
‘Jackson’s Street Savvy Art’ by Zilka Grogan. Local Print circulation with Wentworth Courier.
Curated By Jackson Farley
Cancelled due to Covid 19 lockdown - A very lovely show of artists whose practices share simmilaritiities pt. I
July 1-17, 2021
Jackson Farley
My very first painting show ever
March 9-April 9, 2022