Jeremy Smith gay man maps

fonds

2019-2021

Graphic Materials, Drawings, Paintings, Prints, Manuscript Cartographic Materials

9664818

2 maps (2 folders)

Jeremy Smith is a graduate of UNSW Art and Design: Bachelor of Arts, English and Film (2011), with a Bachelor of Fine Arts First Class Honours in Drawing and Painting (2012). He studied drawing and painting at the Julian Ashton Art School. His work integrates drawing, painting, etching and animation with cartographic conventions and psychology.

Smith's first solo exhibition ‘The Uncharted Land’ was held at ADSpace gallery at UNSW Art and Design, Paddington. He showcased the culmination of his MFA research at UNSW Art and Design in 2015. He has exhibited internationally at Design Festa Gallery in Tokyo in 2018 and at the Hong Kong Design Institute in 2013. His works have been exhibited at Bathurst Regional Gallery, Newcastle Gallery and at the annual Tim Olsen Drawing Prize finalist’s exhibition in Sydney where his drawing ‘Ms. Bloomsby’ won the 2013 Tim Olsen Drawing Prize.

Smith has also been awarded the Caran D’Ache Prize and Gallery Barry Keldoulis Prize both in 2012. Most recently, he won 2nd Prize at the annual Tropical Fruits Festival Art Exhibition, Lismore in 2019 for his work ‘Gay Map of Sydney’

References:
Compiled from the Library’s acquisition file
Jeremy Smith Artist. "About". Accessed 30 May 2022.
https://jeremysmithartist.wordpress.com/about/

This collection consists of two accompanying mixed media works which draw inspiration from the academic field of psychogeography. Both works are highly detailed and employ drawing, painting and etching.

The black and white ink on paper work ‘Gay Map of Sydney’ produced in 2019, makes graphic associations between different localities of Sydney and the various gay male demographic sub-groupings known within contemporary gay men’s subculture.

The accompanying polychrome pen on paper work ‘Gay Man Map’ produced in 2021, depicts inner psychology as a site of exploration, collaging images, words and colours to map gay men and their place in the world.