G’day.
My name is Jaz. I’m an artist / illustrator / photographer based in Perthshire, Scotland. I’m from The Clarence Valley in NSW, Australia, and love the beach and being outdoors. I have a passion for making art accessible, with and for the local community, and jump at any opportunity to give back.
I run youth based art workshops using both traditional and non traditional mediums, showing young people that through art they have a voice and can be heard.
In 2020, I picked up my life mid COVID-19 and moved to the Perthshire region of Scotland, UK. I hit the ground running, and now host youth based art workshops alongside my own professional arts practice and career.
Wee Smashers, Average Goods, Average Gallery and Stranger and Fiction Photography are all banners of mine, creating opportunities for multi-disciplinary work and limitless projects and opportunities.
My work explores themes of cultural identity and is rooted in both the current social and political climates. I look to create accessible art, and work with both mediums and canvas that deliver a message quickly and easily. Whether it be a spray can in the streets or a detailed painterly piece, I look to play with traditional practices and their inferred meanings.
"A big fan of the pun or a quick caption or phrase; part of her work aims to take a bite and leave a sting with messages and themes that emerge with small town and rural living, as well as global issues and events. By harnessing the use of Aussie humour and perverse local pride there lays the subversive commentary on calling things as she sees them, especially the aspects that are less desirable and need to change."
- Grafton Regional Gallery
