jay bower documentary
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“Nothing is as it seems at first sight“ could be the maxim of creating art of 28-year-old Jay Bower, Zurich
artist. “In the artistic debate, it’s the peep behind the scenes of life that fascinates me. Not only big stories
change the world. In fact, everything is constantly being changed by little episodes that happen every day,
every hour, every second. These moments I want to capture in my art.”
Jay Bower likes playing with the beholder’s curiosity. With a lot of sensitiveness, he illuminates in-
termediate worlds and illusions. He scratches surfaces, opens visions lying underneath familiarities and
thus he confers a dense atmosphere and beauty to supposedly unimpressive things like streets or industry
districts. Daily life appears detached of its real context. The motives appearing superficial – but only at first
sight –are often inserted into surreal worlds of colours.
Born 1980 in Zurich, Switzerland,lives and works in Zurich
Education
1997-98 Vorkurs (Pre-artclass) at School of Art and
Design Lucerne.
1998-02 Grafic Design at School of Art and
Design Lucerne.
2000 6 months stage in London at STUDIO FLY
and LOMO PHOTOGRAPHY
SELEctEd ExhiBitionS
2008 „GOODNIGHT MY DAY“, Gallery Sonjart Rapperswil.
2008 „LEt‘S dancE“, Gallery Sunami Zurich.
2007 „SZEnEnWEchSEL“, Group exibition in Horgen.
„SPY caM“, Display exibition in Horgen.
2006 „PaRadiSE hoME“, Gallery White Space Zurich.
2005 „tRavEL & StYLE“, Zürich. Exclusive exhibition
from different works in choosen locations.
„uPtoWn vidEoShoP“ . Its a space where human traffic
is constantly on the move - where dreams are sold as
commercial movies. The works change - but so is our reality.
B IO
CONTACT www.jaybower.ch · [email protected]
untitLEd StiLLS (nEW!)
LEtS dancE
MadE BEautY
unLiMitEd vacation
CONTE NT
U NTITLE D ST I LLS
2008
LETS DANCE
2008
Let‘s disco
2008 / Oil on Canvas 70x70cm
She has a fever
2008 / Oil on Canvas 70x70cm
Press play
2008 / Oil on Canvas 70x70cm
My ride
2008 / Oil on Canvas 70x70cm
Dancing queen
2008 / Oil on Canvas 70x70cm
MAD E U P
2007
Ming
2007 / Oil on canvas 100x100cm
Natalia
2007 / Oil on canvas 100x100cm
Ming
2007 / Oil on canvas 100x100cm
Cwik (loves to laugh)
2007 / Acrylic on Canvas 100x100cm
Kos (loves to look at you)
2007 / Acrylic on Canvas 100x100cm
Skor (loves talking)
2007 / Acrylic on Canvas 100x100cm
A DR IVE R
2004-2005
Autobahn
2005 / Acrylic on Canvas 100x100cm
Enge
2005 / Acrylic on Canvas 100x100cm
Ausfahrt
2005 / Acrylic on Canvas 100x100cm
Hardbrücke
2004 / Acrylic on Canvas 100x100cm
Technopark version 1
2004 / Acrylic on Canvas 100x50cm
Technopark version 2
2004 / Acrylic on Canvas 120x100cm
I saw it before it happened
2005 / Acrylic on Canvas 150x150cm
U N LI M ITE D VACAT ION
2004-2005
Lonely Gwen (at Leblon Beach)
2007 / Oil on canvas 100x100cm
Paradise Home
2005 / Acrylic on Canvas 150x150cm
Skor in Brazil
2005 / Acrylic on Canvas 150x150cm
Tokyo in Brazil
2005 / Acrylic on Canvas 150x150cm