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Jay Allen ​

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Jay Allen created art relentlessly from earliest childhood. Initially studying at Elam art school in the early 2000’s, Jay departed to Europe for a restless early adulthood of travel, adventure and uncertainty.  Jay returned to Aotearoa and to study several years later.  A bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Art History was followed by an honours degree, and a master’s in Art history.  Professionally, Jay has worked for many years as a photographer and an illustrator.
 
Drawing is Jay’s first love, and has been a lifetime source of peace and solace. From early crayon renderings of animals and monsters as a tiny child, to haphazard art school experimentation, to 3am sketched procrastinations amid piles of thesis notes, to sketches of their sleeping new-borns from the trenches of new parenthood. Jay has drawn their way through life.
 
Artistic influences are diverse, and stem from Jay’s study of art history, love of nature, detail and movement, and an obsessive interest in the structures of the natural world.  Jay finds inspiration in 19th century anatomical and scientific illustration, finely rendered early field journals of the natural world, and the aesthetic cynicism of film noir.  Jay’s work leans into murky conversations of identity, power and resilience, in subtle visual tensions and unanswered questions.
 
In this collection, FIGHT FLIGHT FREEZE, Jay combines the fine detail of line drawing with dry point, gelle printing, charcoal and ink. From within the evocative qualities of line and shadow Jay’s works simultaneously explores the transient fragility of natural beauty in the process of decomposition, with the visceral reactions of the living body under stress. The frantic states of flight and freeze, the reactions and adaptation of beings under tension, from outside and from within. Fleeting glimpses of resilience, hope and the instinct to survive, thread through subtly shifting landscapes of dying plant forms.  Inevitable acceptance, or perhaps decay.
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Contact details:
E: jay.wolfatthedoor@gmail.com
M: 021 044 8933
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  • Home
  • Artists A-Z
    • SEARCH ALL MEMBERS
    • Kay Airey
    • Desiree Alexandre
    • Jay Allen
    • Joanna Bagley
    • Rebecca Barclay Clist
    • Sarah Barnett
    • Marion Bilton
    • Denis Bourke
    • Mary-Anne Boyd
    • Peter Bradburn
    • Janine Brougham
    • Katy Carter
    • Joel Cayford
    • Edie Chappell
    • Leslie Cleary
    • Wendy Clifford
    • Britta Conrad
    • Chris Cowley-Thomson
    • Nicky Crocker
    • Sarah C
    • Marilyn Davies
    • Daphne Davies
    • Ngaire Evans
    • Nicola Everett
    • John Ecuyer
    • Shirley Emerson
    • Sue Fitzgerald
    • Jocelyn Friis
    • Gayle Forster
    • Linda Foster
    • Jean Fountain
    • Nina Gastreich
    • Linda Gilbert
    • Josie Gritten
    • Jan Grover
    • Christine den Hartogh
    • Bineta Hinton
    • Angella Hockenhull
    • Arran Hockenhull
    • Mike Hooton
    • Deb Hunter - Whitlock
    • Mel Juer
    • Sheryl Jury
    • David Just
    • Paul Walter Kaiser
    • Rosina Kamphuis
    • Michelle Kenner
    • Femke Koome
    • Wendy Leach
    • Averil Lewis - Roberts
    • Jenny Macpherson
    • Pauline Mann
    • Peter Mansfield
    • Steve Marsh
    • Denis McCartain
    • Lynne McDermott
    • Ian McGowan
    • Cliff McPherson
    • Ian McTavish
    • Samantha Minnery
    • Cheryl Mitchell
    • Fleur Mitchell
    • Philippa Murray-Aynsley
    • Elena Nikolaeva
    • Tom Nordmeier
    • Deva Prem
    • Elke Radewald
    • Lloyd Rayner
    • Neil Reid
    • Kathleen Reynolds
    • Roland Seibertz
    • Donna Shadick
    • Logan Simich-Burr
    • Hugo Simpson
    • Alf Smith
    • Sarah Smith
    • Toni Smith
    • Susan Taylor
    • Colin Unkovich
    • Jeanette Vickers
    • Wayne Whyte
    • Kevin Willcocks
    • Lisa Wintle
    • Judy Wood
    • Laura Worrall
    • Raewyn Vague
    • Margaret Wright
    • Pamela Volkov
  • Exhibitions
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  • In The News
  • About MAI
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    • Mission Statement
    • MAI Committee
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  • Join
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    • Gallery and Workspace use guidelines
    • Gallery and Exhibitions >
      • Gallery Handbook
      • Gallery dimensions
      • Using the gallery
      • Staffing the Gallery
    • Annual General Meeting
    • New members
    • New MAI logo
    • Applying for an Exhibition
    • Creating an Artists Profile
    • Members' discounts
    • Beware of art scams
    • Kaipara Art Awards
    • Business and Planning
    • Health and Safety
    • Resources >
      • Books
      • Catalogues
      • Pottery & Ceramics
      • Crafts
      • Magazines & Journals
  • Learning opportunities
    • Workshops and courses 2022
    • School holiday classes
    • Workshops calendar
    • Tutors >
      • Tutor: Elena Nikolaeva
      • Tutor: Evan Woodruffe
      • Tutor: Jude Thomas
      • Tutor: Kalvin Collins & Shalini Anjaiya
      • Tutor: Nicola Everett
      • Tutor: Raewyn Vague
      • Tutor: Sue Fitzgerald
      • Tutor: Wendy Leach
  • Archive
    • Art Trail 2021 >
      • ARTISTS & VENUES
      • Art Trail Venues 1 - 5
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      • Art Trail Venues 11 - 15
      • Art Trail Venues 16 - 19
      • Art Trail Venues 20 -22
    • Exhibition archive
    • Gold and Oil: The Legacy and Menace of the Niagara
    • Youth Art Showcase
    • Workspace
    • Fundraising
    • Pledge messages
    • Auction >
      • Live Auction Catalogue
      • Silent Auction Catalogue
    • Magical Mangawhai 2018
    • Stingray Project 2017
  • Committee
    • Meeting papers
    • Membership
    • Minutes
    • Mangawhai Community Art Centre
    • Policies