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Jake Gill is a Photographer based in London. He studied an Art & Design Foundation at the City of Bath College, followed by Photographic Arts at the University of Westminster in London. In 2019, Jake won the CSR Emerging Talent award from Travers Smith.

At the surface of Jake Gill's work, he oscillates between the perimeters of fine art and fashion photography, emphasising the human body. He is concerned with communication and the limits of our physical restraints. Jake further uses the language of fashion to tap into notions of mental health. His palette principally focuses on body, posture, and garments, revealing that communication is far more complex than we perceive it to be.

Jake observes, due to globalisation, the expanding accessibility of communication has provoked our exchange to become incredibly effortless, thus misplacing our confrontational behaviour. However, through the digital conversation, we become confined to a vast vernacular of emoticons to express how we feel. To be born into today's world and possess the tenacity to reject the use of a smartphone is truly an act of revolution.

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Born 1996, Chippenham, United Kingdom

Lives and works in London.

Education:

  • The University of Westminster, BA (Hons) Photographic Arts 2015-2018

  • City of Bath College, UAL Art & Design Foundation 2014-2015

Publications:

  • VESPERTINE (work in progress)

  • Toeing The Line (Zine) 2018

  • BORDER 2018

 

Exhibitions:

  • The Photocopy Club 10, The Theatre Courtyard Gallery. Shoreditch, London, 2021

  • Cluster Photography & Print, Ugly Duck, Bermondsey, London, 2020

  • Hot Sheet, The Department Store, Brixton, London, 2019

  • Photograd Open,​ London Metropolitan University, London, 2018

  • Cream 18, ​Crane Kalman Gallery, Brighton, 2018

  • Cura10n Open Art, ​WeWork, Old Street, London, 2018

  • Pingyao International Photography Festival,​ Shanxi Province China, 2018

  • Free Range, The Old Truman Brewery, London, 2018

  • Wall, Page & Screen, London Gallery West, University of Westminster, 2017

  • Beyond The Frame, London Gallery West, University of Westminster, 2017

  • All Change, City of Bath College, Somerset, 2015

Awards:

  • Travers Smith CSR Emerging Talent 2019

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