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Jared Ellis
I was born and raised in British Columbia, Canada. It is here that I developed and refined my own acute visual vocabulary as well as my choice to use wood and steel as central components of my work. A quick peek into my mind would inform who and what influenced my craft. My father: an educator and builder, taught me at a young age how to use tools in his shop, my birthplace: a small limber mill town and the Pacific Northwest: the materials unique to this region. I also attribute my inclination to art to the belief that is really is an extension of who I am.
I majored in Fine Art at the University of Victoria in Canada. After graduating, I left my home country to attend a Post-Graduate Program in Sculpture at Brigham Young University in Utah. In 2006, I independently travelled to New Zealand to learn carving under Rangi Kipa, a Maori artist whose work is that the fore of contemporary and traditional Maori art; and James Te Kuiti Stewart, also a carver in his own right. To further pursue my love for constant education and self-improvement, I attended Pilchuck Glass School in Washington, an international center for glass art education, first as a student and then as a wood and metal shop coordinator, a seasonal staff position I have been enjoying since.
Artist Statement
I have always been anything but a man of many words. When I go to a gallery, or look at a art magazine, words are the last things my eyes shift to, if at all. To be asked to conceptually explain my art, as if I made it for myself or that it is supposed to be about a specific thing causes me much discomfort. In fact, I rebel against this idea. This rebellious act is reflected in how I choose to name the sculptures I make. I intentionally use titles such as “On Site at the Art Studio #1” or “On Site at B66#17,” to reference where the sculpture was made and in what order. My preference, rather, is to let the art communicate for itself; to let its observer ponder about it using their different filters of discovery.
CV available upon request.