Jazmine Saunders b. 1986
My work is about the connections to spirituality and mindfulness. With two key elements, mess and order. “I am not a perfectionist; in fact, I am an imperfectionist.” Keeping in mind the traditions of sculpture my practice is to push the boundaries of what art can be. I use a method of process-led automatism to create ink and bleach drawings, steel welded paintings along with life cast sculptures of fractured organic and inorganic materials, relating to the themes of intertwining humans with nature and feminism, in industrial man-made materials, raising the sense of the uncanny and how mediums mix and work in a space together, often in questionable ways.
As an artist I believe action and experience is an artist’s right to explore. The process of making is a time to play and to develop through mistakes, exploring imperfection creates beauty in the unknown creating new forms of expression.
Exhibitions:
- 2019 CAPUG exhibition, Contemporary Art Pop-Up Gallery, Coastguard Studio, Southsea
- 2019 CAPUG 'Looking for Work' exhibition, Contemporary Art Pop-Up Gallery, Chichester
- 2019 Chichester Canal, mural for interactive hub
- 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 University of Chichester
- 2019, 2018 Frogg Ltd, Chichester
- 2018 Chichester Art Trial
- 2017 Otter Gallery, University of Chichester
- 2017 Electric Lady, Chichester
- 2010, 2014, 2016, 2017 Oxmarket Centre of Arts, Chichester
- 2018-19 School projects: Tangmere Primary Academy: Mural for outdoor swimming area for years 1-6 / 2015 West Sussex Alternative Provision College, Mural of classroom name for years 4- 6 / Jessie Young Husband School, Snake sculpture for year 1