ABOUT
BIOGRAPHY
Gavin Jay studied fine art at Kingston University before picking up bass guitar and touring the world with Jim Jones Revue. He kept his hand in with the visual arts designing album covers and tour posters, and in recent years has returned to focusing on his fine art practice whilst continuing to perform and record music, currently with Jim Jones All Stars and Suzie Stapleton.
Influenced by figures such as Max Ernst and Joseph Cornell filtered through Pop Art, Victoriana, the occult, pulp sci-fi, antique toy theatres and anatomical models, Gavin brings a unique approach to his surrealist collages. Drawing on a wealth of esoteric imagery harvested from the libraries of the world his work is both nostalgic and quietly disturbing, conjuring scenes from impossible narratives that exist suspended in Lynchian dream spaces.
Gavin has participated in various group shows in London and Brighton and in 2019 had his first solo exhibition at HOK Gallery in Den Haag, Netherlands. His work can also be found at L'Oeil Ouvert Gallery in Paris, France and via their website here.
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EXHIBITIONS
12 / 04 / 2025 T O 26 / 04 / 2025
DARKER (BRIGHTON OPEN HOUSES)
REGENCY TOWN HOUSE, BRIGHTON UK
02 / 04 / 2025 T O 04 / 04 / 2025
L'AGE D'OR SURREALISTIC GROUP EXHIBITION
HACKNEY ARCHES, LONDON UK
13 / 11 / 2024 T O 17 / 11 / 2024
TOO MUCH TO DREAM
PHOENIX ART SPACE, BRIGHTON UK
05 / 05 / 2023 T O 07 / 05 / 2023
L'AGE D'OR SURREALISTIC GROUP EXHIBITION
THE CRYPT GALLERY, LONDON UK
27 / 04 / 2023 T O 30 / 07 / 2023
BIRD'S-EYE VIEWS
CONCLAVE, Queens Road, BRIGHTON UK
03 / 12 / 2022 T O 15 / 01 / 2023
WALKING ON THIN ICE
CONCLAVE, Queens Road, BRIGHTON UK
03 / 09 / 2022 T O 04 / 09 / 2022
BIG LONDON TATTOO SHOW
EXCEL LONDON, Royal Victoria Dock, LONDON UK
28 / 04 / 2022 T O 31 / 07 / 2022
HOT ENOUGH FOR YOU?
CONCLAVE, Queens Road, BRIGHTON UK
11 / 03 / 2022 T O 20 / 03 / 2022
THE PUNK ROCK 'N' ROLL ART SHOW
MUSEUM OF YOUTH CULTURE, Shaftesbury Ave,
LONDON UK
Solo show at HOK Gallery, Netherlands
MUSIC
01 / 07 / 2021 T O 05 / 09 / 202113: LUCKY FOR SOME
CONCLAVE, Queens Road, BRIGHTON UK
02 / 04 / 2021 T O 01 / 05 / 2021
IT IS WHAT IT ISN'T
CONCLAVE, Queens Road, BRIGHTON UK
02 / 12 / 2020 T O 30 / 12 / 2020
THE WINTER 2020 COLLECTION
CONCLAVE, Queens Road, BRIGHTON UK
27 / 02 / 2020 T O 01 / 03 / 2020
THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED
BSMT Space, Dalston, LONDON UK
01 / 02 / 2020 T O 30 / 03 / 2020
PIECES OF EIGHT
CONCLAVE, Queens Road, BRIGHTON UK
13 / 12 / 2019 T O 11 / 01 / 2020
PULL THE STRINGS - A SOLO EXHIBITION
HOK Gallery, DEN HAAG NETHERLANDS
08 / 11 / 2019 T O 11 / 11 / 2019
THE PUNK ROCK 'N' ROLL ART SHOW
UNDERDOG Gallery, Crucifix Lane, LONDON UK
28 / 09 / 2017 T O 10 / 04 / 2018
IN-STORE ARTIST
JEFFERY-WEST, Piccadilly and London
City branches
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