Jamie Daddo 
(b.1967)
Painter


Biography
MFA, BA (Fine Art), Dip Prof Writing 


“...art has brought new perspectives and meaning to my life.”


Jamie Daddo, 47, lives in Melbourne and has painted for the past twenty years. In  2002 he successfully completed a Masters Degree in fine Art. He has participated in group and solo exhibitions for over twenty five years. His work is primarily figure orientated, with an emphasis on delving into the human psyche. Never satisfied completely with what lies before him, there is always better to be achieved, for in this simple fact lies the reason for being.

With an ongoing fascination with emotional states, he has experimented with text. This interest led to the completion of a professional writing diploma which is used in his further emotional search through using poetry to convey deeper feelings in his art.

By examining the nuances between the disciplines of the literary and pictorial worlds that exist in Jub’s mind, he travels to lands that we all know or want to know.

‘My work gives me the opportunity to explore the world around and outside myself. I am intrinsically and outward looking person who not only sees the physical, but also what lies underneath.

When I paint there is an intensity in my stare as I stand at the easel. My look penetrates my subject beyond their skin as though I am looking into the soul of the sitter…and that’s what I paint”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Jamie Daddo

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Curriculum vitae


2013             -       Solo Show  - Without Pier Gallery, Cheltenham

                     -        Matchbox Productions 30 min documentary film ‘The Brain’ on Jamie and his art - Series #4 Anatomy. Screened Feb on ABC1.                                   

                     -        Judge at Karnivart, Karingal Art Festival, Geelong.

                     -        Villa Maria, Art Auction Dinner

                     -        Group Show at Breslin Gallery, Carnegie


 2012            -       Pink Chair-ity Action with The Porch, Breast Cancer Foundation

                     -       Judge and opening speaker at Karnivart, Karingal Art Festival, Geelong                                                   

                     -       Solo Show, Leap of Faith (March) at Cyclone Gallery, South Melbourne

                     -       Artist in Residence, St Paul’s College, Kew

         

2011             -      Private tuition, Rag Painting

                     -      Judge, KarnivART Festival, Karingal, Geelong

                     -      Co-Judge with Bill Shorten MP @ Westfield Shopping Centre Christmas Gift Card Competition

                     -      Solo exhibition @ Gallery Smith-North Melbourne, “Lessons in Diplomacy”




2010             -      Edgewater Gallery, SA, Joint show with Mark Lobert

                     -      Judge & Opening Speaker  @ KarnivArt - Geelong

                     -      Filmed video/interview for Wound Awareness Week Campaign                                 

                    -       Presenter for Percolate session on Resilience, Wyndham Cultural Centre, Werribee  

                    -       ISIS & ABI Awareness Week,Guest Speaker, Maribyrnong

                    -       “Our Community, Our World” group show for Villa Maria, Manningham Gallery, Doncaster

                    -       Good Weekend Article by Carla Grosetti-2 of Us on Jamie & Andrew Daddo



2009             -      New White Gallery, Selected Work

                     -      Selection-Top 50-Mount Eyre Vineyards Art Prize

                     -      Bushfire Appeal

                     -      Judge & Speaker @ KarnivArt Festival

                     -      Croydon Community Arts Centre, Rag Painting Workshops



2008             -      'This is it' solo exhibition, Green-Wood Gallery, South Melbourne

                     -      Public Speaking, Resilience - Caulfield Grammar Yrs.- 7-10

                     -      Rag Painting Workshops-Royal Talbot-Kew



2007             -      “Assistance' solo exhibition, Green-Wood Gallery, South Melbourne

                     -      “Assistance' solo exhibition, Green-Wood Gallery, South Melbourne



2006             -      Solo exhibition: ‘The Glass is half Full’, Yering Station, Yarra Glen, Victoria




2005             -      Group exhibition, ‘Creativity in Grief, Behind the Masks’

                     -      Australian Outsiders group exhibition, Orange Regional Gallery & Hazelhurst  Regional Art Galleries




2004             -      Solo exhibition “I Was Like You", Catherine Asquith Gallery, Melbourne

                     -      ‘Master and Amuse’, Port Phillip Council Project, South Melbourne Market




2003             -      Solo exhibition ‘Self Disclosure’, Maruska Gallery, Melbourne



1997             -      ‘Blank Spaces’ Exhibition of Paintings & Poetry, Artistcare Gallery, South Melbourne



1996             -      Solo exhibition, Motor Works, Melbourne


1994             -      VAC (Victorian Aids Council) Charity benefit


1992             -      Solo exhibition, Zoo Nightclub


1990             -      Solo exhibition, Anthill Theatre


1989             -      Solo exhibition, Redheads