HAMISH JONES BIOGRAPHY
Hamish Jones completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Otago Polytechnic School of Art in 2003. After spending time traveling and living in South East Asia, South America, Korea and Australia, he returned to his hometown of Dunedin and gained a Graduate Diploma of Secondary Teaching in Art and Technology. He now lives and works in Dunedin where he practices art.
Jones’s sculptures explore the nature of play, memory and childhood. Ideas surrounding mass-production, consumption and the manufacturing of a productive capitalist society are prevalent in the highly finished and sometimes repetitive works. As well as the serious and complex conversations the works generate, there is a playful and light-hearted element to the pieces, drawing the viewer in to a vibrant and colourful adult-sized game.
“Walking into a room filled with Jones’ art work, one is instantly taken back. Large toy-like objects fill spaces and the experience of reacting with a life-size toy is rather uplifting. The feelings of childhood start to tingle in the body- not just because compared to the objects, one appears small and child-size again but also because they are familiar figures that are instantly recognisable. The longing for days immersed in a seemly real imagined world is readily felt.” (1)
1. Vanessa Cook, ‘Toys as Everyday Objects’, 2010
Jones’s sculptures explore the nature of play, memory and childhood. Ideas surrounding mass-production, consumption and the manufacturing of a productive capitalist society are prevalent in the highly finished and sometimes repetitive works. As well as the serious and complex conversations the works generate, there is a playful and light-hearted element to the pieces, drawing the viewer in to a vibrant and colourful adult-sized game.
“Walking into a room filled with Jones’ art work, one is instantly taken back. Large toy-like objects fill spaces and the experience of reacting with a life-size toy is rather uplifting. The feelings of childhood start to tingle in the body- not just because compared to the objects, one appears small and child-size again but also because they are familiar figures that are instantly recognisable. The longing for days immersed in a seemly real imagined world is readily felt.” (1)
1. Vanessa Cook, ‘Toys as Everyday Objects’, 2010
HAMISH JONES CV
EDUCATION
2010 Graduate Diploma Teaching (Secondary), Art and Technology, University of Otago College of Education
2009 Certificate in Proficiency (Design Papers), University of Otago
2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture Major), Otago Polytechnic School of Art
EXHIBITIONS
2014 Wild Game (Solo Show), Gallery 33, Wanaka
2013 "X" (Group Show), Gallery 33, Wanaka
2013 DSA Alumni Sculpture Exhibition, Dunedin School of Art Gallery, Dunedin
2012 In Colour (Group Show), Gallery 33, Wanaka
2012 Shapeshifter 2012 - Essential New Zealand Sculpture (Group Show), Civic Gardens, Lower Hutt
2011 A Room Full of Toys (Solo Show), Dowling Street Studios, Dunedin
2011 Sculpture in Central Otago (Group Show), Rippon Vineyard & Winery, Wanaka; Gallery 33, Wanaka
2003 Site (Graduate Group Show), Otago Polytechnic School of Art, Dunedin
2003 Graduate Show, (Selected Students), Blue Oyster Project Space, Dunedin
PUBLICATIONS
2014 Elliot, Laura, 'Art Scene - "Wild Game: Hamish Jones", Otago Daily Times, 28 December 2014
2012 Jopp, Julie, 'Art Scene - "In Colour"', Otago Daily Times, 20 December 2012
2012 Shapeshifter 2012 - Essential New Zealand Sculpture (catalogue), February 2012
2011 Brosnahan, Terry, 'Art Has Farming Flavour', Country-Wide, October 2011
2011 Cook, Margorie, 'Sculpture A Weighty Undertaking', Otago Daily Times, 4 February 2011
2011 Sculpture in Central Otago (catalogue), February 2011
2011 Cook, Vanessa, 'Toys as Everyday Objects', CROP, Issue 1, April 2011
2010 Graduate Diploma Teaching (Secondary), Art and Technology, University of Otago College of Education
2009 Certificate in Proficiency (Design Papers), University of Otago
2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture Major), Otago Polytechnic School of Art
EXHIBITIONS
2014 Wild Game (Solo Show), Gallery 33, Wanaka
2013 "X" (Group Show), Gallery 33, Wanaka
2013 DSA Alumni Sculpture Exhibition, Dunedin School of Art Gallery, Dunedin
2012 In Colour (Group Show), Gallery 33, Wanaka
2012 Shapeshifter 2012 - Essential New Zealand Sculpture (Group Show), Civic Gardens, Lower Hutt
2011 A Room Full of Toys (Solo Show), Dowling Street Studios, Dunedin
2011 Sculpture in Central Otago (Group Show), Rippon Vineyard & Winery, Wanaka; Gallery 33, Wanaka
2003 Site (Graduate Group Show), Otago Polytechnic School of Art, Dunedin
2003 Graduate Show, (Selected Students), Blue Oyster Project Space, Dunedin
PUBLICATIONS
2014 Elliot, Laura, 'Art Scene - "Wild Game: Hamish Jones", Otago Daily Times, 28 December 2014
2012 Jopp, Julie, 'Art Scene - "In Colour"', Otago Daily Times, 20 December 2012
2012 Shapeshifter 2012 - Essential New Zealand Sculpture (catalogue), February 2012
2011 Brosnahan, Terry, 'Art Has Farming Flavour', Country-Wide, October 2011
2011 Cook, Margorie, 'Sculpture A Weighty Undertaking', Otago Daily Times, 4 February 2011
2011 Sculpture in Central Otago (catalogue), February 2011
2011 Cook, Vanessa, 'Toys as Everyday Objects', CROP, Issue 1, April 2011
