Jack Weller South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
I’m a Chesterfield-born painter and Sheffield Hallam Fine Art graduate (2018). Formerly based at S1 Artspace (2019–24), I now work from Yorkshire Artspace’s Exchange Place. My work has included a collaboration with Mercedes-Benz Sheffield (JCT600), and I was nominated for the 2019 Keith Hayman Public Art Award for my mural 'Sheffield, the city as an egg'.
My practice is a visceral excavation of the modern psychic landscape, a form of "data-dumping" where the boundaries between digital noise, personal neurosis, and pop-cultural debris completely dissolve. I treat the canvas as a non-linear desktop, stacking layers of frantic mark-making, biting humor, and fragmented text to mirror the experience of cognitive overload and the sensory blitz of the 21st century. By distorting the human form into surreal hybrids and utilizing a visual vernacular of speech bubbles, diagrammatic arrows, and "lo-fi" aesthetics, I subvert traditional narrative in favor of a stream-of-consciousness purge. There is no hierarchy in my work; a fleeting internet meme, a deep-seated anxiety about identity, and a mundane household object all vibrate on the same plane, resulting in a maximalist interrogation of how we process a world that is increasingly loud, disjointed, and "hardcore."
Artwork
Bathroom Abstract, Painting, 2020, £400
19-0, Painting, 2017, £100
Car Painting for Mercedes Benz of Sheffield, Painting, 2018
At this point, it's no lose roulette, Painting, 2019 - 2020, £2500
SHEFFIELD: The city as an egg, MURAL, 2019
MODERN MIDDLE AGES PART 1, Painting, 2022, £2000
Wetty, Painting, 2018
Abstract collaboration with Norman 1, Painting, 2021
Abstract collaboration with Norman 2, Painting, 2021
Ingredients , Painting, 2018
Separator assembly 1, Bilboard, 2018
Things that keep me back, Mural, 2018
ANT O DEC, Painting, 2018
Abstract LB, Painting, 2020
SAYSOW, Painting, 2018
Abstract AB, Painting, 2018
RUN, Painting, 2018
Gulp, Painting, 2018
Projects and exhibitions
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Young Artist Collective Exhibition18/03/2022 Young Artists Collective is freshly formed in the heart of Derby, bringing young artists from Derbyshire and Midlands together to support them in their early arts careers as well as blossom their creativity. As part of Artcore, they strive to create a space of mutual support, critical engagement, open discussions and playfulness. Together they... [Read more] |
Artcore - The Cabin, Derby | Details |
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Screenshot19/02/2018 — 19/02/2020 Screenshot was a 2 year drawing project that started with drawing a random screenshot from my photo library. 25 more drawings were then commissioned by Friends family and strangers, each selecting a random screenshot from their phone which they would submit to be drawn. The drawings would be numbered in order of completion, and each... [Read more] |
S1 Artspace, Sheffield | Details |
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ds201/01/2018 — 31/07/2019 ds2 was a collaborative project centred around the design, production, use, and touring of an open-source, adaptable, mobile kit of parts, called ds2. ds2 acted as both a physical and conceptual framework for a number of activities of exchange, making, and performance which explored ideas of commoning, air pollution and the climate... [Read more] |
TINSLEY, SHEFFIELD | Details |