Artists

Born Melbourne, 1983: Currently lives and works in Melbourne, Australia.

Jackson Slattery completed a Bachelor of Fine Art, majoring in Drawing, from RMIT University in 2004 and is quickly establishing a reputation for his meticulously painted watercolours. Drawing on found and personal photographs, Slattery's compositions often depict uneasy or sinister scenes rendered in an exquisitely refined manner. A consistent area of investigation in Slattery's practice is the construction of identity, with his interest ranging from the spectacularised personas of contemporary stars and celebrities, to the more subtle and obscured nuances of individual's daily lives.

Since graduating, Slattery's work has been included in numerous group and solo exhibitions throughout Melbourne, with his first solo exhibition at Sutton Gallery in 2009. His work has been included in several important art prizes; he was a finalist in the Siemens-RMIT Fine Arts Traveling Scholarship Award in 2003 and ABN AMRO Emerging Artists Awards in 2008; in 2005 he won the Artholes Self Portrait Prize, Artholes Gallery, Melbourne; whilst in 2009 he won the Metro5 Art Award. Slattery has participated in a number of residencies and in 2009 was a studio artist at Gertrude Street Art Spaces, Melbourne. His work is held in both private and public collections, including Art Bank.

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Jackson Slattery_Metro Art Prize Recipient_ The Age 17th June 2009

Jackson Slattery CV 2010