Jamie R Donald CV

Date of Birth: 08/02/1981

Qualifications:

2003 BA Hons Fine Art (Painting), Gray’s School of Art

Exhibitions and Awards:

Past Exhibitions:

Sporadic Connections, Aberdeen Arts Centre, 2002

RSA Student Exhibition, Edinburgh, 2003

Gray’s School of Art Degree Show, 2003

Next Generation 2003, Compass Gallery, Glasgow, 2003

New Faces, The Leith Gallery, 2004

Flutter, Limousine Bull Members Show, Aberdeen, 2004

Christmas Exhibition, Compass Gallery, Glasgow 2004

Solo Exhibition of New Work, Under The Hammer, Aberdeen, 2004

2, Limousine Bull Members Show, Aberdeen, 2005

Solo Exhibition of New Work, Under The Hammer, Aberdeen, 2005

Aberdeen Artists Society Exhibition, Aberdeen Art Gallery, 2006

Pastiche, Solo Show, Limousine Bull, Aberdeen 2006

New Paintings, Solo Show, RGI Kelly Gallery, Glasgow, 2007

Awards:

Aberdeen Visual Arts Award; For Continued Artistic Development, Printmaking, 2005

Statement

If I had to use a readymade term to best describe my work I would choose ‘POP’. I am influenced by the information rich world that surrounds us, the world of celebrity, the Internet, advertising and mass media. It is a world in which everybody to some degree lives, whether we like it or not.

Using pictures from magazines, video stills, collected and found materials I create work that has many layers of information. My work reflects familiar fragments of the world around us while at the same time giving the viewer an insight into my world.

Originally trained as a painter, I rely on my draughtsmanship and aesthetic to make my work. More recently I have been exploring new ways of creating work through digital media and how this can be used to reach a different audience for my work. I am currently studying for a Masters Degree in Fine Art and am interested in how the Internet and mass media can create a different audience for art.