JASON WATERHOUSE . ARTWORKS
Jason Waterhouse’s sculptural practice is underpinned by ideas of contemporary architecture, urbanisation and how we live with the ‘stuff’ around us. In Waterhouse’s studio, ubiquitous objects such as the body of a car, a gardener’s shed, pencils, tools and tree branches undergo series of interventions resulting in a hybridised object that occupies an uncanny space between the past and the present, the natural and the manufactured.
Jason Waterhouse competed a BFA in sculpture (Monash University) and completed Honours at the VCA in 1999. Over the last 18 years Waterhouse has exhibited his work extensively throughout Australia and, in 2005, was awarded the Moreland Sculpture Prize. Since then he has been exhibited in the prestigious Helen Lempriere, the McClelland Sculpture Prize, the Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture, Sculpture by the Sea, Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize and most recently the Paul guest Drawing prize. Waterhouse has held solo exhibitions at Linden Contemporary, Dark Horse Experiment, Stockroom, &Projects and Scienceworks Museum. Waterhouse’s work is held in significant private and public collections and has been commissioned to create major public works for the City of Ballarat and Hepburn Shire, Victoria.
EDUCATION
1999. Victorian College of the Arts
1999. Bachelor of Fine Art, Sculpture-Honours
1995-97. Monash University
1995-97. Bachelor of Fine Art, Sculpture
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019. Deceptions – Stockroom – Kyneton
2018. Automotive Geologies - Biennale of Australian Art – Ballarat
2017. The Blender Exit – Dark Horse Experiment - Docklands
2016. Tides– Stockroom Gallery– Kyneton
2016. Tools of the Trade – Scienceworks Museum– Newport
2016. Tools of the Trade – & Gallery – Melbourne
2013. Sticks and Bones - Stockroom – Kyneton
2012. Floor - Stockroom – Kyneton
2009. Lighter than Air - Wolf at the Door - Hepburn Springs
2009. Lighter than Air - Michael Koro Galleries - Melbourne
2006. Van - Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts - St Kilda
2004. Nadir - Smyrnios Gallery Australia - Prahran
2003. Strata - Yarra Sculpture Gallery - Melbourne
PUBLIC ART COMMISSION
2018. Levelled Crossing – Melton Highway-Brimbank Council (launch November)
2015. Cottage – Daylesford lake – Hepburn Shire
2013. 100 YEARS – M80 Flyover – Tullamarine Freeway
2011. Moments in time – Time Lane, Ballarat – City of Ballarat
2005. Dwelling – Coburg Mall
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018. Interruptions – Stockroom – Kyneton
2018. Artists for Kids Culture – Bright Space – St Kilda
2018. Paul Guest Art Prize – Bendigo Art Gallery – Bendigo
2018. Lorne Sculpture Biennale – Lorne (Monumental, collaborative with Michael Needham)
2017. 9x5 NOW – Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Victorian College of the Arts – Melbourne
2017. Whats in the Box? – Biennale of Australian Art – Ballarat Trades Hall, Ballarat
2017. Stockroom Travels – Cremorne Studios - Cremorne
2016. Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize – Sydney
2016. Lorne Sculpture Biennale – Lorne
2016. & Art Fair - & Gallery – Melbourne
2015. Sculpture by the Sea – Bondi – Sydney
2015. Art of the cuff – Lord Coconut – Melbourne
2014. McClelland Sculpture Prize – McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park – Frankston
2014. Artists for Kids Culture – Bright Space – St Kilda
2014. Twelve Artists / New Work – Karen Woodbury Gallery – Melbourne
2014. Lorne Sculpture Biennale – Lorne foreshore
2014. Nature/Nurture – Karen Woodbury Gallery – Melbourne
2013. Sculptors at the WTC – World Trade Center – Melbourne
2013. On a Wing and a Prayer – Mars Gallery – Port Melbourne
2013. Periscope – Castlemaine State Festival – Castlemaine
2013. Artists for kids culture – Bright Space – St Kilda
2012. Back Yard Exhibition – Ballarat Art Gallery – Ballarat
2012. Span – Stockroom - Kyneton
2012. Utility – Stockroom – Kyneton
2012. Artists for kids culture – Bright Space – St Kilda
2011. The New Field - Dark Horse Experiment - Melbourne
2011. Lorne Sculpture – Lorne
2010. McClelland Sculpture Prize – McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park – Frankston
2010. Williamstown contemporary art prize – Williamstown
2010. obecjkt - Michael Koro Galleries – Melbourne
2008. Melbourne Prize for Urban Sculpture - Federation Square - Melbourne
2008. Yering Station Sculpture Prize - Yering Station - Yarra Valley
2008. The Money Myth - Toyota Community Spirit Gallery - Port Melbourne
2008. Motor - Art Lab - Central pier, Docklands (Curator.)
2007. Lorne Sculpture - Lorne
2007. Toorak Festival of Sculpture - Toorak Village - Toorak
2007. Posted - Yarra Sculpture Gallery - Melbourne
2007. Yering Station Sculpture Prize - Yering Station - Yarra Valley
2006. The Motor Show Mk2 - Yarra Sculpture Gallery - Melbourne (Curator.)
2006. Yering Station Sculpture Prize. Yering Station - Yarra Valley (2nd Prize)
2005. The Helen Lempriere Sculpture Prize. Werribee Park - Werribee
2005. Montalto Sculpture Prize - Montalto Vine Yard - Red Hill
2005. Moreland Sculpture Prize - Coburg Lake Reserve - Coburg (WINNER)
2005. Yering Station Sculpture Prize - Yering Station - Yarra Valley
2005. Sculpture by the Sea - Bondi - Sydney (WINNER Prize for Young Sculptor)
2004. The Motor Show - Yarra Sculpture Gallery - Melbourne (Curator.)
2004. NQ Sculpture Survey - Gallery Newquay - Docklands
2004. Montalto Sculpture Prize - Montalto Vineyard - Red Hill
2004. The UFO Show - Yarra Sculpture Gallery - Melbourne
2004. Wet and Dry - Yarra Sculpture Gallery – Melbourne
2003. Fundere Sculpture Prize - Yarra Sculpture Gallery – Melbourne
2002. BIG LOUD NOW, Becton Sculpture Biennial. Gasworks Arts Park - Melbourne