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
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
PUNK ART SHOW UK
MUSEUM OF YOUTH CULTURE, Shaftesbury Ave,
LONDON UK
01 / 07 / 2021 T O 05 / 09 / 2021
13: LUCKY FOR SOME
CONCLAVE, Queens Road, BRIGHTON UK
Solo show at HOK Gallery, Netherlands
MUSIC
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
with JIM JONES ALL STARS
2023 AIN'T NO PERIL (ALBUM)
2023 GIMME THE GREASE (SINGLE)
2022 IT'S YOUR VOODOO WORKING (SINGLE)
2022 YOUR ARMS WILL BE THE HEAVENS (SINGLE)
with JIM JONES AND THE RIGHTEOUS MIND
2019 GET DOWN GET WITH IT (SINGLE)
2019 COLLECTIV (ALBUM)
2019 SEX ROBOT (SINGLE)
2018 SHAZAM (SINGLE)
2017 SUPER NATURAL (ALBUM)
2017 HEAVY LOUNGE #1 (SINGLE)
2017 TILL IT'S ALL GONE (SINGLE)
2017 SOMETHING'S GONNA GET IT'S HANDS ON YOU (SINGLE)
2016 ALDECIDE (EP)
2015 BOIL YER BLOOD (EP)
with JIM JONES REVUE
2014 THE LAST HURRAH - LIVE AT THE FORUM (ALBUM)
2013 COLLISION BOOGIE (SINGLE)
2012 THE SAVAGE HEART (ALBUM)
2012 IT'S GOTTA BE ABOUT ME (SINGLE)
2012 WHERE DA MONEY GO? (SINGLE)
2012 7 TIMES AROUND THE SUN (SINGLE)
2010 BURNING YOUR HOUSE DOWN (ALBUM)
2010 HIGH HORSE (SINGLE)
2010 SHOOT FIRST (SINGLE)
2010 DISHONEST JOHN (SINGLE)
2009 HERE TO SAVE YOUR SOUL - THE SINGLES (ALBUM)
2009 BURNING YOUR HOUSE DOWN / ELEMENTAL (SINGLE)
2009 PRINCESS AND THE FROG (SINGLE)
2008 THE JIM JONES REVUE (ALBUM)
2008 ROCK 'N' ROLL PSYCHOSIS (SINGLE)
with SUZIE STAPLETON
2020 WE ARE THE PLAGUE (ALBUM)
2020 WE ARE THE PLAGUE (SINGLE)
2019 THYLACINE (SINGLE)
2018 NEGATIVE PROPHET (SINGLE)
2017 YESTERDAY'S TOWN (SINGLE)
2017 YOU WERE THERE (SINGLE)
also appears on
2023 THE TASK HAS OVERWHELMED US - THE JEFFREY LEE PIERCE SESSIONS PROJECT (ALBUM)
MOTHER OF EARTH FEAT. DAVE GAHAN, JAMES JOHNSTON, SUZIE STAPLETON, GAVIN JAY, IAN WHITE
GO TELL THE MOUNTAIN FEAT. MARK LANEGAN, NICK CAVE, WARREN ELLIS, GAVIN JAY, CYPRESS GROVE, IAN WHITE
GOING DOWN THE RED RIVER FEAT JIM JONES AND THE RIGHEOUS MIND
FROM DEATH TO TEXAS FEAT. ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO, HARRY HOWARD, SUZIE STAPLETON, GAVIN JAY, WILLIE LOVE
2013 SHOULD BE HIGHER / THE REMIXES - DEPECHE MODE / JIM JONES REVUE (SINGLE)
2012 THE JOURNEY IS LONG - THE JEFFREY LEE PIERCE SESSIONS PROJECT (ALBUM)
AIN'T MY PROBLEM BABY - JIM JONES REVUE
2010 LET IT BE REVISITED - MOJO PROUDLY PRESENTS (ALBUM)
GET BACK - JIM JONES REVUE
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