Jack Greeley-Ward (b.1989, London) earned a BA from the University of the Arts, London in 2012. His work displays his fascination with instilling life into inanimate objects. By withdrawing or altering the implicit context, he plays with our expectations of an object: its story, place or character to infer new meanings. He introduces a new perspective for the audience to consider, making the absurdity of our own reality clear. His work is often irreverent, anarchic, curious and experimental.
Working across animation, drawing, painting and sound. Greeley-ward generates abstract retelling of the fictional, observed happenings and lost memories. A keen observer of the objective, physical world, also an explorer of the inner world as he shows autobiographical tendencies. Greeley-wards work ponders the nature of truth; recounting stories of love, joy and sadness in the contemporary time. There is no aim to recreate specific or immediately recognisable scenes, preferring instead to leave their significance open to interpretation, providing a space for a moment of reflection.
Recent exhibitions include: ‘RED’, Alice Black, London, UK, (2024); ‘Means of Production’, Lunch Hour, Shisanwu LLC, New York, USA (2024); ‘Light Beams Under A Bridge Vol. 4,5,6’, bridge by Gasholder Park, Kings Cross, London UK (2023); ‘OUT OF HAND, GROUP SHOW’, Rosebury Road, Bath, UK (2023); ‘Paper Stage, Movements in the analogue medium’, Drawing Room, Royal Academy of the Arts, London, UK (2022); ‘ii’, Bonnington Community Centre, London, UK (2022); ‘Ana Projects’ 3rd Birthday’, Museum of the Home, London, UK (2022); ‘BLUE : E8, 230’ Dalston Ln, London, UK (2022); ‘It’s Real Outside’, Dept.con.temporary, London, UK (2022); Reely Film Club, ‘Coming of Age: Participant’ exhibition, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Paris (2022); Screening, ERGO Collective space, Athens, GR (2022); ‘Edge of Frame: After Images’, Close up Cinema, London International animation Festival, London (2021); ‘Loose Trax’, Venue MOT, London, UK (2021); ‘BAMBI WOODS PRESENTS - RADIO TRANSMISSION’, Ergo Collective Ahtens, GR (2021); ‘90029’, Group show,Bonnington Community Centre, London, UK (2019); ‘Listen to the Hum’: Night of Performances, Strange Attractor, Alice Black Gallery, London, UK, (2019); ‘Electric Light’, FILM SCREENING, Light Eye Mind, London, UK (2018); ‘London Jazz x LSO PART 2’, LSO St Lukes, London, UK (2018); ‘Direct Input’, Group exhibition curated by Muddy yard Space, Canada, CA (2018); ‘The World Shadow, Desire & Menace’, Alice Black, London, UK (2018), ‘Dreaming the Land dreaming Us’, Mint Works, Marrakech, MA (2016); One Minute Film & Video festival, Aarua, Switzerland, CH (2016).
