Bio

Thomas Jackson is An Australian artist and illustrator who was born in Bolton, U.K.

Moving to Sydney, Australia as a child, he was instantly drawn to the natural wildlife of this new country. Fascinated by the local animals and landscapes, he drew inspiration from his new home, as well as scientific plant and animal specimens, entomology and taxidermy.’ Today, Thomas puts a modern take on ‘Natural History Illustration’, painstakingly creating smaller scale works for galleries and translating these into large scale public murals.

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Solo Exhibitions:

- ‘Entomology' China Heights, Sydney 17.04.15

- ‘Studies’ The Tate Gallery, Sydney 07.05.14

- ‘Florilegium’ Antler Gallery, Portland Or, USA 29.06.17

Exhibitions I’ve Curated:

- ‘Misshapes’ The Tate Gallery, Sydney 13.02.13

- ‘Attic Antics’ Lo-Fi Collective, Sydney 11.10.10

Group Exhibitions:

- 'Art Basel / Antler Gallery' Miami, USA 10.12.18

- ‘Botanical Bestiary’ (Pyrophyte) Beinart Gallery, Melbourne 11.08.18

- ‘Unnatural Histories’ Antler Gallery, Portland Or, USA 29.09.16

- ‘Waves’ Due North, Sydney 20.08.16

- ‘Works on paper’ China Heights, Sydney 11.12.15

- ‘Ninety Five Percent’ District01, Sydney 05.11.15

- ‘Pretty Pretty Collective, LA, USA 17.10.15

- ‘Paper Trails’ Moving Mountains Gallery, Wollongong 03.09.15

- ‘Process’ GoodSpace, Sydney 22.04.14

- ‘Until Next Time’ The Tate Gallery, Sydney 04.04.15

- ‘Twenty Six’ The Tate Gallery, Sydney 26.11.14

- ‘The Stock Room’ The Tate Gallery, Sydney 04.05.14

- ‘Boom 2’ Project Contemporary Art Space, Wollongong 21.10.13

- ‘Black Magic’ Black Penny, Sydney 22.10.13

- ’Neon Golden Above Second, Hong Kong 11.09.13

- ‘Misshapes’ The Tate Gallery, Sydney 13.02.13

- ‘Higher Ground’ Kind Of Gallery, Sydney 29.11.12

- ‘The Hours’ The Tate Gallery, Sydney 07.09.12

- ‘King Brown Issue 8 Launch The Tate Gallery, Sydney 10.07.12

- ‘There Goes The Neighbourhood’ the Tate Gallery, Sydney 14.03.12

- ‘DRS Crew Lo-Fi Collective, Sydney 11.05.11

- ‘Don’t Go Into The Attic Lo-Fi Collective, Sydney 06.09.10

and many more

Festivals:

- Outhouse Project, Manchester, England 16.10.18

- Seawalls Festival, Maroochydore, QLD 01.04.18

- ‘Perfect Match, Sydney 14.07.17

- ’Newtown Festival’, Sydney, 13.11.16

- ‘First Coat’ , Toowoomba 20.05.16

- ‘Street Side’, On William’ , Perth 06.02.16

- ‘Perfect Match’ , Sydney 01.08.15

- ‘Colour My City’ , Brisbane 12.12.15

- ‘In The Shadows’ Sydney 15.07.15

- ‘Workshop’ Sydney 23.04.15

- ‘Hit The Bricks’ New Castle 01.11.14

- ‘Hit The Bricks’ New Castle 22.11.13

- ‘WonderWalls’ Wollongong 08.11.13

- ‘WonderWalls’ Wollongogn 09.11.12

Lectures:

- Make it Made it/Real Talk, NewCastle Design Conference 21.07.18

- Make it Made it, NewCastle Design Conference 23.07.16

- Tractor Design school 17.03.16

- Work Shop 22.07.15

- I-Manifest 17.01.15

- Create Or Die 09.09.14

- CATC design School 15.05.14

- CATC design School 22.09.13

- Quantum Collage 05.04.12

Residencies:

- NES Artist Residency, Skagastrond, Iceland. September 2018