JACKSON SWABY

Contemporary Fine Artist, Music Producer, Designer.

I see myself and my creation as the same.

Germinated from interactions, happenings, collisions, visions, and dreams; the spectrum of existence, both physical and non-physical.

A seeker & explorer of possibilities & truths with the explicit understanding that things can be unknown, and may forever be unknown. Is this the best way for this/me to exist? A question that always leads to new tools, new insights, and new human mechanics and the boundaries of these things are non-existent and influence all.

The human element is important in all my works and I value tangible sensory creations. There's a human mechanical directness that comes from making marks. Emotion leaves as motion.

I have a willingness to get dirty, an impulse to play and the confidence to say if I’m not good at it today, I will be tomorrow.

After my Fine Art studies, I spent many years cocooned in music. It was where I found expression with my eyes closed. In a painting sense, they were figureless, only concerned with how it felt when she walked down those tiled stairs.

Since then the figures have been reintroduced to my work. And it came with a visceral, impactful use of my voice, playing instruments, hitting things.

I currently believe it's the nuance between these points where the beauty resides. The duality of creation and existence.