Luke Jerram
Luke Jerram is a Bristol based installation artist.[1] He creates sculptures, large installations,[2] and live arts projects.
Colour-blind, he has traveled to extreme locations to develop ideas for his art, from Lapland forests to the sand dunes of the Sahara desert,[3] resulting in works such as 'Sky Orchestra' and his glass virus sculptures. Published by the Watershed, 'Art in Mind' is a recent book describing some of Jerram's journeys.
Early life and education
Jerram grew up in Stroud,[4] and graduated from Cardiff School of Art in 1997.
Career
Jerram began creating art installations professionally in 1997.
In 2001 Jerram was awarded three year NESTA Fellowship. The Sky Orchestra was designed during this research period: Seven hot air balloons flew over a city at dawn, delivering music at dawn to the public from the sky. In 2006 the work was commissioned by the Royal Shakepeare Company and Fierce! Festival to fly over Stratford-Upon-Avon for the Complete Works Festival. In 2007, Sky Orchestra launched the Sydney Festival.
Working with virologist Andrew Davidson of the University of Bristol[5] and a team of specialist glassblowers,[6] Jerram created a series of microbiological glass sculptures[7][8] which are in numerous private collections around the globe and on permanent display at the Wellcome Collection, London and in Bristol City Museum.[9] In 2007 Jerram won an ‘Institute for Medical Imaging Award’ for his Glass Microbiology.
In 2008, Jerram’s 'Play Me, I'm Yours' exhibit began traveling from city to city. More than 1300 pianos have been placed in public places in 46 cities around the world, including New York, Brazil and Barcelona. Located in public parks, train stations, markets and even on bridges and ferries, the pianos are available for any member of the public to play and enjoy.[10]
Jerram has exhibited in a number of international arts festivals, galleries and events, including at Sydney Festival, Wellcome Collection]], London (2010), Heller Gallery, NYC (2010), San Jose Biennale (2010), FACT, Liverpool (2009), ICA, London (2009), Sydney Festival (2009), Smithfield Gallery, London (2009), Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2009), Fierce! Festival, Birmingham (2008), and Arnolfini, Bristol (2007).
Working with the ISVR (Institute of Sound and Vibration Research), University of Southampton, was Jerram awarded an £225K grant from EPSRC to design, build and tour his artwork ‘Aeolus’, an acoustic pavilion that resonates and sings with the wind. Jerram became a research fellow within the department. With a major grant from ACE and EPSRC, Aeolus was fabricated in 2011 and toured the UK in 2012.[3]
Jerram also works as a creative consultant. His clients include the With de Witte Festival in Rotterdam, Polish Cultural Institute, London and the Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford.
Personal
Luke Jerram lives in Bristol with his wife Shelina Jerram and two children.
Selected Works
- Aeolus
- Play Me, I'm Yours
- Glass Microbiology
- My RSC
- Dream Director
- Sky Orchestra
- Plant Orchestra
- Retinal Memory Volume
- Tide
- Maya[11]
- Withdrawn (2015)[12]
Selected Awards
- Fellowship at Museum of Glass, Washington. 2011
- ACE Grants for the Arts Programme, Touring of Aeolus 2010
- 25th Rakow Award from The Corning Museum of Glass] 2010
- EPSRC, PPE Grant with ISVR, Southampton Universityn 2009
- ACE Grants for the Arts Programme, Touring of the Dream Director 2008
- UK Clark Digital Arts Bursary, Watershed 2006
- AHRC Arts and Science Fellowship at UWE 2005-2006
- NESTA (National Endowment for Science Technology and Arts) Fellowship 2002-2005
- ACE Arts Council Touring Grant for Tide 2001
- Da2 Digital Arts Development Agency [13] 1999
Residencies
- Pervasive Media Studio, Bristol 2009
- FACT, Liverpool for European Capital of Culture, 2008
- Sodanklya Geophysical Observatory Lapland, 2003
- Watershed Media Arts Centre, 2003
- RIXC, Riga, Latvia, 2003
- St.Lawrence University, New York, 2002
References
- ↑ "Bristol artist Luke Jerram to maroon fleet of boats in Leigh Woods in new project". The Bristol Post, February 10, 2015 by Michael Ribbeck
- ↑ "Luke Jerram's Ghost Boats set to sail in Leigh Woods". ITV
- 1 2 "Acoustic wind pavilion makes music out of thin air". Gizmag, by Randolph Jonsson April 21, 2012
- ↑ "At the Edge of Perception - You Should Know" SEED Magazine by Greg Boustead
- ↑ "Killer looks: The delicate but deadly viruses exquisitely recreated out of blown glass". Daily Mail. By Nina Golgowski 10 February 2013
- ↑ "Fragile flu, siliciferous smallpox". The Scientist, Oct 2009
- ↑ The Lancet Journal of Infectious Diseases Volume 9, Issue 11, Page 668
- ↑ "12 Beautiful And Terrifying Photos Of Glass-Blown Pathogens". Business Insider, Christina Sterbenz Sep. 30, 2013
- ↑ "The Wellcome Collection's dramatic new look". The Telegraphy.
- ↑ "Play Me, I'm Yours: international art project pops up for Glasgow 2014". STV Glasgow, by Nicola Love on Tuesday 29 July 2014
- ↑ "Luke Jerram pixelated sculpture at Bristol Temple Meads". BBC News Bristol.
- ↑ "Withdrawn". Retrieved 31 October 2015.
- ↑ Clarkes Digital Bursary
- Exhibitionism - The Art of Display. ISBN 978-0-9557950-1-5
- Irish Arts Review Oct 2009
- Science Magazine Vol 326, Issue 5951
- Medicine and Art. Mori Art Museum.
- Live Variola Virus. Book by AM Arvin, DM Patel, 2009 ISBN 0309136903
- Art in Mind, Book by Luke Jerram published by the Watershed, Bristol. ISBN 978-0-9560356-0-8
- Bath Royal and Literary & Scientific Institution Vol10 ISSN 1465-8496
- The New Astronomy: Opening the Electromagnetic Window and Expanding Our View of Planet Earth. 2006 ISBN 978-1-4020-3723-8
- Acoustic Space 6 Waves, RIXC. Aug 2006,
- Dreams - Scientific Journal Nov 2006
- OLATS, April 2004
- Acoustic Space Art: Media Architecture, May 2002, ISBN 9984-9538-0-7