About Jonathan Tarry
Jon Tarry creates art as a way of testing ideas about the prosaic, political and poetic, in the form of sculpture, drawing, film and sound. His work explores art and architectural conditions as a comparative investigation of spatial intelligence. The process of creating his works informs a new understanding of the medium and the subject he is examining. For Tarry, the act of generating his art is just as significant as the work itself.
Tarry has completed 42 public and numerous private art commissions in Australia, the USA, the Middle East and Europe. These works include ‘Convergence ‘Optus Stadium, ‘Bessie’ – Elizabeth Quay, ‘Elevacion’ SJOG Hospital, Viridian, ‘Clouds’, Perth City Link, ‘Naturescape’, Kings Park, Fire Fighters Memorial Grove, ‘Sky Shard’, Canberra, ‘Marginale’, Venice, ‘Balancer’, Abu Dhabi. Solo shows in Australia, Los Angeles, London and Amman. Group exhibitions include; ‘Markers’, Artist and Poets the Venice Biennale of Art 2001. Venice Biennale of Architecture 2008 – 2010 – 2012.
Tarry is also widely published. These publications include an essay with Dr Ansted, a photo essay on Prix d Amour, Boomtown 2050 UWA Press 2009 and Twenty- Six Runways, Melbourne 2012 among many other publications.
Tarry completed a PhD Architecture RMIT in 2012. Tarry is currently an Associate Professor, Faculty of Architecture Landscape and Visual Art, University of Western Australia Perth and was the Visiting Professor to The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
More recently Tarry has utilised his diverse qualifications and experience collaborating with Architects, Developers and Landscape Architects to create infrastructure projects including Yagan Square, Dubai Creek Harbour, Harold Park, Aurelia, St Marks and NatureScape.
Currently, Tarry is working on Artworks and installations for six projects including three colleges, a primary school and two apartment buildings, along with consulting on a major Middle East infrastructure project. He is also involved in a creating a sound works for a State Gallery and collaborating with musicians, vocalists and Sound Engineers for a Film/Sound projects.
Acknowledgements:
Jon acknowledges the following Collaborators:
Dom Trimboli
Bradley Millis
James Morton
Charles Boman
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