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BIO
“Nothing is as it seems at first sight“ could be the maxim of creating art of 28-year-old Jay Bower, Zurich artist. “In the artistic debate, it’s the peep behind the scenes of life that fascinates me. Not only big stories change the world. In fact, everything is constantly being changed by little episodes that happen every day, every hour, every second. These moments I want to capture in my art.” Jay Bower likes playing with the beholder’s curiosity. With a lot of sensitiveness, he illuminates intermediate worlds and illusions. He scratches surfaces, opens visions lying underneath familiarities and thus he confers a dense atmosphere and beauty to supposedly unimpressive things like streets or industry districts. Daily life appears detached of its real context. The motives appearing superficial – but only at first sight –are often inserted into surreal worlds of colours.
Born 1980 in Zurich, Switzerland, lives and works in Zurich
Education 1997-98 1998-02 2000
Vorkurs (Pre-artclass) at School of Art and Design Lucerne. Grafic Design at School of Art and Design Lucerne. 6 months stage in London at STUDIO FLY and LOMO PHOTOGRAPHY
SELECTED Exhibitions
2008 2008 2007 2006 2005
„GOODNIGHT MY DAY“, Gallery Sonjart Rapperswil. „LET‘S DANCE“, Gallery Sunami Zurich. „SZENENWECHSEL“, Group exibition in Horgen. „SPY CAM“, Display exibition in Horgen. „PARADISE HOME“, Gallery White Space Zurich. „Travel & Style“, Zürich. Exclusive exhibition from different works in choosen locations. „Uptown VideoSHOP“ . Its a space where human traffic is constantly on the move - where dreams are sold as commercial movies. The works change - but so is our reality.
C O N TA C T
www.jaybower.ch · hello@jaybower.ch
CONTENT
UNTITL E D STI LLS ( N E W ! ) L ET S DANC E MAD E B E AUTY UN L I M IT E D VACATION
U NTITLE D STI LLS 2008
LETS DA N C E 2008
Let‘s disco 2008 / Oil on Canvas 70x70cm
She has a fever 2008 / Oil on Canvas 70x70cm
Press play 2008 / Oil on Canvas 70x70cm
My ride 2008 / Oil on Canvas 70x70cm
Dancing queen 2008 / Oil on Canvas 70x70cm
MADE UP 2 007
Ming 2007 / Oil on canvas 100x100cm
Natalia 2007 / Oil on canvas 100x100cm
Ming 2007 / Oil on canvas 100x100cm
Cwik (loves to laugh) 2007 / Acrylic on Canvas 100x100cm
Kos (loves to look at you) 2007 / Acrylic on Canvas 100x100cm
Skor (loves talking) 2007 / Acrylic on Canvas 100x100cm
A DRIVER 2004-2005
Autobahn 2005 / Acrylic on Canvas 100x100cm
Enge 2005 / Acrylic on Canvas 100x100cm
Ausfahrt 2005 / Acrylic on Canvas 100x100cm
Hardbr端cke 2004 / Acrylic on Canvas 100x100cm
Technopark version 1 2004 / Acrylic on Canvas 100x50cm
Technopark version 2 2004 / Acrylic on Canvas 120x100cm
I saw it before it happened 2005 / Acrylic on Canvas 150x150cm
U N L I M I T E D VA C AT I O N 2004-2005
Lonely Gwen (at Leblon Beach) 2007 / Oil on canvas 100x100cm
Paradise Home 2005 / Acrylic on Canvas 150x150cm
Skor in Brazil 2005 / Acrylic on Canvas 150x150cm
Tokyo in Brazil 2005 / Acrylic on Canvas 150x150cm