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statement Jonathan Moss's Axis artist profile

The theme of my work is landscape, expressing awe at the overpowering force of nature,
juxtaposed against its fragility and stillness. I am interested in details that usually pass us by:
uneven, weathered stone textures, cracks in rocks and dry earth, moving grass and trees,
drips revealing the passage of time; the simplicity and elegance of nature. I draw upon journeys,
in the interplay between the experience and memory of the natural world, revealing conflicting
ideas of intimacy and enormity, familiarity and mystery, fragility and power.

My work explores issues of personal identity in a collective society, in particular I examine
places where history is written in the landscape.


training

2006: Royal College of Art, London. PEP Diploma, Department of Printmaking
1995–1996: Post-graduate diploma in fine art teaching, Oxford University
1991–1993: MA in Fine Art and Art History, The University of Wales
1988–1991: BA (Hons) in Fine Art and Art History, The University of Wales.
1987–1988: Foundation, The University of Wales


screenings

2010:

- Athens Video Art Festival, Athens
- "One Minute Volume 4", PRISM, Sheffield, Director's Lounge, Berlin; Contemporary Art Ruhr, Germany; BBC Big Screen, Manchester and Liverpool
- 700is Reindeerland Stills Show, Reykjavik Art Museum and touring, Iceland
- Location, Location, Stramash, Glasgow
- Oblong Gallery Screening, Oblong Gallery, London
- Rivesaltes Project, The Firestation, Windsor
- Ottica TV, Better Bankside, London
- Ottica TV Screening, Croydon

2009:

- Streaming Festival, The Hague, Netherlands
- Fresh Abstractions, Bangkok, Thailand
- One Minute Film Festival, Aarau, Switzerland
- Tenderpix Experimental Showreel, Tenderpixel Gallery, Soho Shorts, London
- Silent Movie Project at Sync Festival, Athens
- Athens Video Art Festival
- Ottica TV, London
- Frieze Foundation, included in Road Movie, screened at Frieze Art Fair 2008 and on
Channel 4's Three Minute Wonder (UK)

2008:

- Optica: Nuit Blanche, Paris, Madrid, Gijon
- War & Peace, Screening at the Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol and Stroud Valley Artspace
- Surveillance, South Hill Park Arts Centre, Berkshire, UK

2007:

-Optica, The Gijon International Festival of Video Art
- Inside Out, Signals 5, London
- One Minute International Film Festival, Aarau, Switzerland
-Festival Miden, Kalamata and Athens, Greece
- Pocket Film Festival, Olhares, Lisbon
- The Video Art Gallery Screening, MTR Studio 23, London
- Art Video Screening, Västerås, Sweden
- Izolenta International Digital Film Festival 2007, St Petersburg, Russia
- Loop pool at the 53rd International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, Germany


Video work can be viewed on:
-Ottica TV Contemporary Art Channel
- Little Song Films


selected exhibitions

- Place, Identity and Memory, Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, and touring (2009)
- turn-berlin gallery, Berlin (2009)
- Lightbox, London (2008)
- Punctum, The Video Art Gallery, London (2007)
- Tiamasora Print Biennial, Banat Museum, Romania (touring 2006–2007)
- ArtSway, The New Forest, UK (2006)
- La Mals, Sochaux, France (2006)
- Off the Shelf, Saltburn Artists Projects, UK (2006)
- Brad Cooper Gallery, Tampa, Florida, USA (2006)
- Glasgow International Art Fair, UK (2006)
- Dublin Art Fair, Eire (2005)

Selected exhibitions prior to 2005:
- Rentrée, Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University, London
- The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
- These Enchanted Woods, Museum of Modern Art Wales
- The Spectator 7th National Art Award, Images of the Earth, Sotheby’s and
Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
- Ferens Winter Exhibition, Ferens Gallery, Hull
- Burlington New Gallery, London
- Ben Uri Gallery, London
- Guardian Art for Sale Exhibition, Atrium Gallery, London
- Art Today, Bonhams, London


Commissions and Collections

- The Royal College of Art
- Jewish Museum Belgium
- USHMM (video in archive)
- Glasgow University: Artists' book held in collection
- La MALS Sochaux, France
- Hertfordshire County Council
- National Library of Wales
- The University of Wales
- Reichstag/Bundestag Berlin
- Work in private collections in Europe, Japan, Canada and the USA.


publications
- 'Tenderpix 2009', Experimental Film at Tenderpixel, Tenderpixel Gallery, DVD
- 'Place, Identity and Memory', Iris Books, Catalogue
- The Artists' Newsletter: 'Artists Blogging Abroad', Article
- 3 Minute Wonder, 'Road Trip', Frieze Film, Channel 4 television transmission

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