Jason Underhill, b. 1982 in Los Angeles. Jason’s work has been screened and exhibited internationally in the U.S. and around Europe, at venues including The Royal Academy of Art, London, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, The Hayward Gallery, London, Dan Graham Gallery, Los Angeles, and Landmark at Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway. This past November, his film Universal City was screened at the ICA, London, part of Against Gravity, curated by Catherine Borra. In 2008, Jason’s film JESSIE LIVES was selected for Bloomberg’s New Contemporaries, an annual traveling exhibition of emerging artists in the UK. Jason received his MFA from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2009 and his BFA from CalArts in 2005. He lives and works in Los Angeles.
email: underhill.jason@gmail.com
Born: 1982 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Lives and Works in Los Angeles, CA
AWARDS
2008 Bloomberg New Contemporaries
EDUCATION
2009 MFA Art Practice, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, U.K.
2005 BFA Fine Art, California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Valencia, California, U.S.A.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2011:
Waiting for Suicidal Hares International Video Art Festival, Moon Event Space, 501 Warehouse, Chongoing, China. Curated by Jon Moscow.
Translate/Transcribe, Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia. (Universal City, 2010 screening). Curated by Ian Gonczarow.
‘The Lost Works of Johan Riding’, British Art Show 7, Glasgow Centre for Contemporary Arts, Gallery of Modern Art and Tramway.(Performance and Screening in collaboration with Craig Burnett, Olivia Plender and Nick Santos-Pedro; traveling exhibition).
E.S.P. TV #2, The Schoolhouse, New York, NY.
‘The Lost Works of Johan Riding’, British Art Show 7, Hayward Gallery, London(Performance and Screening in collaboration with Craig Burnett, Olivia Plender and Nick Santos-Pedro; traveling exhibition)
SAMVAAD, National artists’ film screening tour in India; 1, Shanthiroad, Bangalore, and FICA (Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art) in New Dehli. Universal City (2010) selected.
2010:
The Lost Works of Johan Riding, British Art Show 7, Nottingham Contemporary Museum (in collaboration with Craig Burnett, Olivia Plender and Nick Santos-Pedro; traveling exhibition).
Against Gravity, ICA, London. Curated by Catherine Borra.
2010 Bergen Biennale: Next Generation, The Woodmill, London (The Road to Margaritaville screened). Curated by Gandt, London.
Perform Now! 2010, Material Press, Los Angeles
Slab in Temporary Space, The Temporary Space, Houston. Curated by SLAB!, Los Angeles.
Justin Gainan & Jason Underhill, Dan Graham Gallery, Los Angeles
2010 Bergen Biennale, Landmark, Bergen Kunstall, Bergen, Norway
Sing Your Heart Out (It’s Karaoke), Mandrake Bar, Los Angeles
Into the Great Wide Open: New Video from Los Angeles, The Woodmill, London
2009:
The Filmic Conventions, Form Content, London.
Zoo Art Fair (with Form Content), London
Goldsmiths MFA Degree Exhibition, Goldsmiths, University of London
Group/Grope, Area10, London. Curated by Trevor Kiernander.
The Moving Index 2008-2009, artoffice.org, Los Angeles
“Nice Suit”, Bethnal Green Working Mens Club, London
2008:
Event Horizon, GSK Contemporary, Royal Academy of Art, London. Programmed by Hyunjoo Byeon.
Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool & Rochelle School, London
Exchange Rate 2008, Remys, Los Angeles & CUNY: Habeas Lounge, New York
Pick 4, The Apple Tree, London
Metamorphose, Islington Art Factory, London
Calypso, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao (Videotheque Project curated by Haizea Barcenilla)
Reading the Artist, Laurie Grove Baths, Goldsmiths College, London
Gold & Delicious, The Apple Tree, London
2005:
Jenny, The Girl With No Eyes, Lime Gallery, CalArts
Traffic, Gallery D-301, CalArts
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
- Gettell, Oliver: Hot List: Jason Underhill, Los Angeles Times, March 22, 2010
- Colin Perry: Emerging: Jason Underhill, MAP, Spring 2010
- Holly White: Dialogue: Zoo, 2009 (Review), MurmurArt, October 2009
- Jonathon Jones: The Next Generation of YBAs: What Does the Future Hold?, The Guardian, July 15, 2009
- Jonathon Jones: Catherine Yass in Conversation with Four Recent Goldsmiths MFAs, The Guardian, July 15, 2009