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JAMIE MCCARTNEY
'The Sum Of Our
Parts'
2 -
30 November 2022
10 Year Retrospective
Hay Hill Gallery presents a show highlighting a decade of Jamie
McCartney's work with the human body from 2012 to 2022
Hay Hill Gallery were the first gallery
to show The Great Wall of Vagina in our former premises on London's
Cork Street, demonstrating a vision to curate groundbreaking shows.
The publicity launched Jamie onto an international stage and into
the limelight. Ten years later Jamie's work is shown internationally
in museums, galleries and private collections. This show highlights
some of the work created in during over the last decade. We are all
greater than the sum of our parts.
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Jamie is a professional, UK based artist.
Working across several disciplines, his main focus is
the human body, often sociopolitical, frequently sexual, never dull.
A degree in Experimental Art from Hartford Art School in
Connecticut, USA instilled in Jamie a desire to make meaningful art.
It still informs much of his practice, which leans towards narrative
and provocation with a hint of the absurd. He maintains close ties
to the USA via his studio in South Florida.
Jamie has a multidisciplinary approach
with
a career-long commitment to experimentation,
creating highly finished, museum-quality artworks.
These include wall-mounted and free-standing sculptures, figurative
bronzes, photographs, scanner photography, unusual whimsical
constructions and his world famous crystal glass, plaster and resin
genital castings.
Jamie’s iconic, ten-paneled artwork, The Great Wall
of Vagina, was first exhibited in 2012 at Hay Hill Gallery on
London’s Cork Street and later at the Triennale Design Museum in
Milan. This year’s museum exhibitions include, Brighton Museum,
Mu-sex in Lisbon and the Wilzig Museum in Miami. Five years in the
making and entirely self-funded, it was a passion project which has
been consistently in the media since before it was even finished. It
features in numerous sex education texts and is used by medical
professionals the world over to reassure women as an alternative to
unnecessary cosmetic surgery. As an artwork it succeeds as a visual
spectacle whilst
surreptitiously educating
an unsuspecting public.
Jamie frequently appears in the media and at public
events, discussing provocative subjects and his own controversial
public work. He
has gained an international reputation as a leading
underground artist and is widely seen as a highly influential, art
activist.
As Art of England so aptly put it, ‘Like
Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst… the world will be talking about Jamie
McCartney for a long time to come.’
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Fine Artist
Jamie is a professional, UK based artist.
Working across several disciplines, his main focus is
the human body, often sociopolitical, frequently sexual, never dull.
A degree in Experimental Art from Hartford Art School in
Connecticut, USA instilled in Jamie a desire to make meaningful art.
It still informs much of his practice, which leans towards narrative
and provocation with a hint of the absurd. He maintains close ties
to the USA via his studio in South Florida.
Jamie has a multidisciplinary approach
with
a career-long commitment to experimentation,
creating highly finished, museum-quality artworks.
These include wall-mounted and free-standing sculptures, figurative
bronzes, photographs, scanner photography, unusual whimsical
constructions and his world famous crystal glass, plaster and resin
genital castings.
Jamie’s iconic, ten-paneled artwork, The Great Wall
of Vagina, was first exhibited in 2012 at Hay Hill Gallery on
London’s Cork Street and later at the Triennale Design Museum in
Milan. This year’s museum exhibitions include, Brighton Museum,
Mu-sex in Lisbon and the Wilzig Museum in Miami. Five years in the
making and entirely self-funded, it was a passion project which has
been consistently in the media since before it was even finished. It
features in numerous sex education texts and is used by medical
professionals the world over to reassure women as an alternative to
unnecessary cosmetic surgery. As an artwork it succeeds as a visual
spectacle whilst
surreptitiously educating
an unsuspecting public.
Jamie frequently appears in the media and at public
events, discussing provocative subjects and his own controversial
public work. He
has gained an international reputation as a leading
underground artist and is widely seen as a highly influential, art
activist.
As Art of England so aptly put it, ‘Like
Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst… the world will be talking about Jamie
McCartney for a long time to come.’
 JAMIE McCARTNEY – ARTIST CV
Education:
Bachelor of Fine Art – Experimental Studio Art, 1991 Hartford Art
School, Connecticut USA
Art Foundation – London College of Printing 1986
Positions Held:
Advisory Board – The Vagina Museum
Member – The Chelsea Arts Club
Museum
Exhibitions:
Nov 2022 – Dec 2025 WILZIG MUSEUM – Miami Beach, Florida USA
June 2022 – Nov 2022 MU-SEX – Amor Veneris – Lisbon, Portugal
April 2022 – Dec 2022 BRIGHTON MUSEUM – Peace Machine
installation, Brighton, UK
Dec 2012 – Mar 2013 TRIENNALE DI MILANO – design Museum, Milan,
Italy
Recent Solo
Exhibitions:
Nov 2022 HAY HILL GALLERY – online 10th anniversary Solo show
– London UK
Sept 2019 GOODWOOD REVIVAL – “Figurative and portraiture”
sculpture show
May 2019 DESIGN RENAISSANCE GALLERY – Solo show, Hove UK
Oct 2016 BRIGHTON PHOTO FRINGE – “Bra Spangled Banner” photo
show, Hove UK
Mar 2016 Sh! WOMENSTORE – Great Wall of Vagina mini
exhibition, London UK
Feb 2015 GOLDSTONE GALLERY – Solo show “The Sum of Our
Parts”, Hove UK
Oct 2014 BRIGHTON PHOTO FRINGE – “The Sum of Our Parts” photo
show, Hove UK
May 2012 HAY HILL GALLERY- “Skin Deep” solo sculptures &
photos, Cork St, London
Recent Group
Exhibitions:
Jun 2022 HEARTS ART GALLERY – Sensual Expression group show.
Tallinn, Estonia
Mar 2022 ENCOUNTERS DIGITAL – Group NFT show, Hove, UK
Feb 2020 PHOTO LA – Seer Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Oct 2018 STAND WITH WOMEN - Planned Parenthood Charity Art
Auction, Pittsburgh
Sept 2018 PHOTOFAIRS SHANGHAI, Frogman Art Gallery, Shanghai,
China
Sept 2018 COASTAL CURRENTS ARTS FESTIVAL, Group show,
Hastings, UK
April 2018 GALERIE ROWLAND & KUTSCHERA – The London Five show,
Berlin, Germany
Mar 2018 SOHOST LONDON – Group show of The London Five
Oct 2017 SOTHEBYS VIENNA - Charity Art Auction, Sothebys,
Vienna
Sept 2017 BATTERSEA POWER STATION – Great Wall of Vagina mini
exhibition
May 2016 HAY HILL GALLERY- Group show, Baker St. London UK
May 2016 ART UNDRESSED – group show, Miami, USA
Dec 2015 OXO TOWER WHARF –Freedom from Torture charity
auction, London UK
Sep 2015 MALL GALLERIES – 7th Passion for Freedom
art festival, London UK
July 2015 HENLEY FESTIVAL - London UK
Nov 2014 ART UNDRESSED – group show, Miami, USA
July 2014 GALLERY ZOZIMUS – group show, Dublin, Ireland.
Jun 2014 GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL – Interactive installation
with Guerilla Science.
Jun 2014 WEEKEND WOMEN’S SHOW – Great Wall of Vagina photo
show Ontario CA
Mar 2014 MENIER GALLERY – “Time = Change” group show, London
UK
Mar 2014 ESPACIO GALLERY – “Time = Change” group show, London
UK
Feb 2014 WAREHOUSE GALLERY – “The Naked & The Nude” group
show, Brighton UK
Jan 2014 BLACK’S – “Salon Hystérique” group show, Soho,
London UK
Oct 2013 HAY HILL GALLERY- Group show, Baker St. London UK
Sep 2013 ONCA GALLERY – ‘Down to the Bone’ group show,
Brighton UK
Sep 2013 Macmillan DeLonghi Charity Art Auction, Royal
College of Art, London
July 2013 HENLEY FESTIVAL - London UK
May 2013 CHELSEA ARTS CLUB – group show London UK
May 2013 JUBILEE LIBRARY – ‘Omnia Scroll’ group show, Brighton
UK
Mar 2013 ART STUDIO VENICE – “Omnia Scroll” group show,
Venice, Italy
Feb 2013 SIN CITY GALLERY – ‘12” of Sin’ group show, Las
Vegas, USA
Oct 2012 FACTORY ART - Group show, Berlin, Germany
Aug 2012 HAY HILL GALLERY- Group show, Cork St. London UK
July 2012 HENLEY FESTIVAL – group s show, Hay Hill Gallery,
London UK
Jun 2012 PZ GALLERY – Group photography show, Penzance UK
May 2012 CHELSEA ARTS CLUB – group photography show London UK
Mar 2012 CHELSEA ARTS CLUB – group show London UK
May 2011 BRIGHTON FESTIVAL FRINGE - Brighton UK
May 2011 ARTISTS OPEN HOUSES – Brighton, UK
Aug 2010 CHELSEA ARTS CLUB – group show London UK
Public
Lectures/Appearances:
May 2022 THE CLITORIS SUMMIT – The Potent Power of Genital Art
– online lecture
May 2021 THE CLITORIS SUMMIT – The Great Wall of Vagina –
online interview
May 2020 WILZIG MUSEUM – A Brief History of Genitals – online
lecture
Nov 2019 THE BOOK OF MAN – Genital Diversity – panel
discussion
Oct 2019 THE VAGINA MUSUEM London – How to be a Male Ally –
panel discussion
Dec 2015 YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING - Talk & Q&A, West
Haven, CT, USA
Sep 2015 EASTERN PARTNERSHIP CULPTURE CONGRESS - Talk & Q&A,
Lviv, Ukraine
Mar 2015 RED TENT REVIVAL - Women’s event – demos and a talk,
Boulder USA
Jan 2015 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Arts Festival – Talk & Q&A
about my work to date
Oct 2014 CENTURY CLUB London – Slide show & talk on ‘Erotic
Art vs Pornography’
Jun 2014 GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL – Live photo scanning with
Guerilla Science.
Jun 2014 WEEKEND WOMEN’S SHOW – Live photo scanning, Ontario
CA
Feb 2014 WAREHOUSE GALLERY – Slide show & lecture on ‘Erotic
Art vs Pornography’
Feb 2014 HOME HOUSE Member’s Club, London – Panel discussion
on erotic art
Feb 2014 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN Arts Festival – Talk & Q&A
about my work to date
Oct 2013 TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN - The Phil debating society
“Is Porn Art?”
May 2013 SUSSEX ARTISTS CLUB – Lecture on “The Nude in Art and
Pornography”
July 2012 WELLCOME TRUST – Panel discussion at launch of
Centrefold Project
May 2011 CATALYST CLUB – Public talk about my work ‘The Great
Wall of Vagina’
TV & Radio
Appearances:
Aug 2019 French TV2, Stupéfiant! ‘La Revanche du
Con’ feature about my work
Jun 2019 BBC RADIO 4, ‘The Culture Kitchen’, interview with
me and Richard Strange
Jun 2019 BBC SUSSEX, ‘Drivetime’, interview with me re The
Great Wall of Vagina
Sep 2018 BBC WORLD SERVICE, ‘The Benefits of Nakedness’,
interview for feature
Oct 2017 BBC 5 Live Breakfast - Guest appearance re The Great
Wall of Vagina
Oct 2017 ITV – Loose Women – Guest appearance re The Great
Wall of Vagina
Sep 2015 Ukraine TV – Interview in English about the Mission
of Culture During Crisis
Nov 2014 ARTE TV France & Germany – The New Feminists –
interview
Nov 2014 BBC1 South East - Inside Out – featuring my work for
Breast Cancer UK
July 2014 New Scientist – Web TV – feature on my installation
at Glastonbury 2014
Jan 2014 Brilliant Britain – Community Channel – feature on
Brighton’s best.
Apr 2013 Colombian TV – Mi Revelución Erótica - about The
Great Wall of Vagina
Jan 2013 BBC Southeast Today News – update on my ‘Messages in
Bottles’
Dec 2012 BBC3 Russell Howard’s Good News “Headliners” featured
artist
Mar 2012 RSI Switzerland – A Fior Di Pelle - documentary
about me and my work
Jun 2011 Bild TV Germany – Intime Kunst - about The Great
Wall of Vagina
Sep 2009 BBC4 The Art of Dying with Dan Criuckshank – featured
artist
Feb 2009 BBC Southeast Today News – feature on me and my
Brighton studio
Dec 2008 BBC Southeast Today News – feature on my ‘Messages in
Bottles’
Aug 2008 ITV Trinny and Susannah – artist central to the show
filmed at my studio
Jun 2008 Channel 4 - ‘The Perfect Vagina’ creating The Great
Wall of Vagina
Notable Works:
Internal Affairs
(2022)
Peace Machine #2
(2015)
The Great Wall of
Vagina
(2011)
Car-bon Miles
(2007)
The Spice of Life
(2006)
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