BIO

Review

Taking a step through the looking glass, Jason Howe's works feature landscapes of a different kind. Howe uses a varied, colourful palette in his paintings, drawings and collages to reveal richly imagined worlds populated by soft, gooey forms, floating bubbles and melting blobs, luxuriant plant life and cute, insect-like critters (or possibly extra-terrestrial beings). In "Twin Falls" a floating blue-green cloud slowly reveals a labyrinthine form rendered in tight, careful brushstrokes. The eye is lead through infinite twists and turns, each promising a pathway to an alternative dimension that is always just out of reach. By blurring the distinction between what is "the earth" and what is "of the earth" (is that vaguely sexualised, amorphous blob a "creature" or part of "the landscape"?) Howe's work draws on the ancient cycles of growth and decay. In the complex patterns, pathways and puzzles of life Howe finds a joyous sense of interconnectedness.

review, Erratic Art Exhibition.
By Meg West, March 2007.

Qualifications

Certificate in Fine Arts. 1990. Gymea Institute of TAFE.
Associate Diploma in Fine Arts. 1991-1992. Southern Sydney Institute of TAFE.
Degree in Fine Arts. 1997-1999. University of Wollongong.

Exhibitions

-FLUNA & FAORA (with Paul Gilsenan)
  University of Wollongong East Campus,
  Fairy Meadow, August 1998.
-FLORA & FAUNA (with Paul Gilsenan)
  Cloister Gallery. Faculty of Creative Arts.
  University of Wollongong. November 1998.
-A PIGMENT OF THE IMAGINATION (with Paul Gilsenan)
  Long Gallery, Faculty of Creative Arts.
  University of Wollongong. Feburary 2000.
-PAINT THE WORLD ANEW (with Suze Wright)
  Faces On Crown. Crown Street, Wollongong. July 2000.
-SOUND OF ROUND
  Faces On Crown. Crown Street, Wollongong. July 2000.
-SOFT STROKES, NICE BLOKES
  Knot Gallery. 107/342 Elizabeth St. Surry Hills. March 2002.
-Various Group Shows, March 2002-June 2003.
  Knot Gallery. 107/342 Elizabeth St. Surry Hills.
-ABATRACTAMATION
  Knot Gallery. 107/342 Elizabeth St. Surry Hills. June 2003.
-ABERRATION
  Tap Gallery. Darlinghurst. July 2005
-ERRATIC ART #3
  Long Gallery, Fauculty of Creative Arts,
  University of Wollongong, March 2007.
-PARALLAX
  Little Fish Gallery, Newtown. April 2007