Jack Lanagan Dunbar

Jack Lanagan Dunbar is a contemporary artist who integrates elements of drawing, painting, printing, sculpture, and photography into his works.

Biography of Jack Lanagan Dunbar

Jack Lanagan Dunbar was born in 1988 in Sydney, Australia. In 2010, he earned a Diploma in Graphic Design from Enmore Design Centre. He furthered his education, obtaining a Bachelor of Design in Photography and Situated Media from the University of Technology Sydney in 2013.

He was the recipient of the 2019 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, the Ian Potter Cultural Trust Grant, and the 2016 Redlands Art Prize. Additionally, Jack Lanagan Dunbar has recently completed a residency program at Cité d'Arts in Paris and DESA in Bali, Indonesia.

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I trained as a designer, then as a photographer, worked as an artist assistant and installer, taught in art and design degrees at various institutions and, well, I’ve always been an artist.
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Jack Lanagan Dunbar has exhibited extensively both in Australia and internationally. His recent solo exhibitions include "After All" at Alaska Projects, Sydney, Australia (2017); "Pantheon" at COMA, Sydney, Australia (2019); and a solo booth with COMA at the Melbourne Art Fair, Melbourne, Australia (2022), among others.

He has also participated in numerous group exhibitions, including "All About U" at The AV Union in Sydney, Australia (2012); "SPVI II" at Turner Gallery in Tokyo, Japan (2015); "Somewhere New" at Projektwohnung Krudebude in Leipzig, Germany (2020); "1832 A Salon that never took place" at Galerie L’inlassable in Paris, France (2022), and many more. 

Currently, the artist lives and works in Sydney.

Jack Lanagan Dunbar's Art Style

The work of Jack Lanagan Dunbar delves into the interplay between materiality and time with an eye on history, whimsy, archaeology, classicism, Romanticism, humor, and tragedy. The artist operates across various media, often integrating components of drawing, painting, printing, sculpture, and photography within his artworks, frequently layering them upon each other.

Jack Lanagan Dunbar's individual artworks are most aptly characterized as "vignettes" — concise yet potent manifestations of ideas drawn from contemporary, historical, and mythological sources. When displayed collectively, these vignettes give rise to intricate sequences or chains of meaning that vary in nature and intensity from one observer to another; distinctive, fleeting tributes to the age-old, cross-cultural tradition of storytelling.

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