In the exhibition New Work by JMARC Studio, I seek to pose a range of questions through the medium of sculpture, each examining a separate subject matter: the complexity of human sexuality, the travesty and loss of war, the omnipresent concept of binary and the merry-go-ground of human existence. My work is not designed to answer these questions but rather to open new debate whilst providing a tactile interpretation of my feelings and understanding of the human condition.

About the artist:

I was born within sight of the Tyne in the late '60s. For the majority of my career I worked in the IT sector, but have recently returned to my first love – making art. I studied Fine Art at Foundation level, followed by 5 years of Architecture and Interior Design, culminating in a Postgraduate Diploma in Theatre Design. During my Foundation year I won 2nd prize in a national sculpture competition, but chose to try to pursue the more practical path of building design – which for me turned out to be a mistake.

Whilst working for a Newcastle-based manufacturer of rock-climbing walls, I heard about something called the “Information Super Highway” (now ‘the internet’) and decided that this was the re-route my career needed. There followed several colourful years working in some of London’s and Newcastle’s most progressive digital studios. I never forgot my career’s roots, however, and throughout all of those years I maintained a thread of creativity. I never stopped drawing, painting and making other physical artefacts.

The approach of middle age has induced me to pick up the sculpture mantle once more, so here you find me. My work is influenced by my interests in history (how we got here and why we seem to make the same mistakes over and again), people (their interactions and behaviour towards each other), and technology (its immense potential both for good and bad). Of course, I also take inspiration from other artists, ranging from the earliest stone carvers to the Renaissance and on through to the Modernists and Postmodernists.