Jacob Leary

Artist Profile

Jacob Leary PhD is a multi-disciplinary artist working in installation, video, sculpture, painting, and print. His work places an emphasis on the aesthetic realm of appearances, systems of classification, and how art-objects may be a vehicle to reveal ontological insights. He is interested in the essential existence of an artwork as an object and explores dynamics such as excess and density, pattern and growth, and the shifting nature of representation.

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Artist CV

Jacob Leary holds a PhD and Master of Fine Arts from Hobart School of Art, where he is currently a seasonal staff member. Over his career, his work has been featured in several high-profile exhibitions and initiatives including at the Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery in 2013 as part of their Emerging Artists Program. In 2016, his work was showcased at DarkMofo in conjunction with the Tasmanian College of the Arts, and in 2017, his art was featured on QANTAS's international Business Class amenity kits through the QANTAS Curates Initiative. More recently, he participated in Hobart Current: Liberty 2020, in collaboration with the City of Hobart and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. In June 2022, he curated Futures, presented by DarkMofo and Good Grief Studio, which explored the intersection of digital and real-world experiences.

Artworks

Chiral Bloom (Silver B)

Chiral Bloom (Silver B)

mixed media

76 x 70 cm

$5,000.00

$5,000.00

Chiral Bloom (Silver A)

Chiral Bloom (Silver A)

mixed media

52 x 25 cm

$3,000.00

$3,000.00

Abiogenesis (Glass A)

Abiogenesis (Glass A)

mixed media

61 x 27 cm

$5,000.00

$5,000.00

Abiogenesis (Glass B)

Abiogenesis (Glass B)

mixed media

29 x 18 cm

$2,000.00

$2,000.00

Intrusive Metrics (b)

Intrusive Metrics (b)

stacked paper cuts, framed with art glass

55 x 43 cm

$5,700.00

$5,700.00

Intrusive Metrics (d)

Intrusive Metrics (d)

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stacked paper cuts framed with art glass

55 x 43 cm

$5,700.00

$5,700.00

Intrusive Metrics (a)

Intrusive Metrics (a)

stacked paper cuts framed with art glass

55 x 43 cm

$5,700.00

$5,700.00

Enchanted Uncertainty

Enchanted Uncertainty

mixed media

88 x 88 cm

$7,000.00

$7,000.00

mixed media

88 x 59 cm

$5,500.00

$5,500.00

Hypertelic Process (A)

Hypertelic Process (A)

mixed media

73 x 47 cm

$5,000.00

$5,000.00

mixed media

60 x 60 cm

$4,500.00

$4,500.00

mixed media

60 x 60 cm

$4,500.00

$4,500.00

Hauntology 20:00 - The past is in the present

Hauntology 20:00 - The past is in the present

mixed media

32 x 32 cm

$2,200.00

$2,200.00

Hauntology 8:30 - The past is in the present

Hauntology 8:30 - The past is in the present

mixed media

32 x 32 cm

$2,200.00

$2,200.00

Hauntology 2:00 - The past is in the present

Hauntology 2:00 - The past is in the present

mixed media

32 x 32 cm

$2,200.00

$2,200.00

Hauntology 5:00 - The past is in the present

Hauntology 5:00 - The past is in the present

mixed media

32 x 32 cm

$2,200.00

$2,200.00

Hauntology 16:30 - The past is in the present

Hauntology 16:30 - The past is in the present

mixed media

32 x 32 cm

$2,200.00

$2,200.00

Hauntology 15:00 - The past is in the present

Hauntology 15:00 - The past is in the present

mixed media

32 x 32 cm

$2,200.00

$2,200.00

Hauntology 4:30 - The past is in the present

Hauntology 4:30 - The past is in the present

mixed media

32 x 32 cm

$2,200.00

$2,200.00

Hauntology 18:30 - The past is in the present

Hauntology 18:30 - The past is in the present

mixed media

32 x 32 cm

$2,200.00

$2,200.00

Hauntology 2:30 - The past is in the present

Hauntology 2:30 - The past is in the present

mixed media

32 x 32 cm

$2,200.00

$2,200.00

Hauntology 14:30 - The past is in the present

Hauntology 14:30 - The past is in the present

mixed media

32 x 32 cm

$2,200.00

$2,200.00

Hauntology 3:30 - The past is in the present

Hauntology 3:30 - The past is in the present

mixed media

32 x 32 cm

$2,200.00

$2,200.00

Time in the Layers - 05:00

Time in the Layers - 05:00

stacked paper cuts

31 x 31 cm

$1,800.00

$1,800.00

Time in the Layers - 12:00

Time in the Layers - 12:00

stacked paper cuts

31 x 31 cm

$1,800.00

$1,800.00

Time in the Layers - 11:00

Time in the Layers - 11:00

stacked paper cuts

31 x 31 cm

$1,800.00

$1,800.00

Time in the Layers - 08:00

Time in the Layers - 08:00

stacked paper cuts

31 x 31 cm

$1,800.00

$1,800.00

Time in the Layers - 07:00

Time in the Layers - 07:00

stacked paper cuts

31 x 31 cm

$1,800.00

$1,800.00

Time in the Layers - 02:00

Time in the Layers - 02:00

stacked paper cuts

31 x 31 cm

$1,800.00

$1,800.00

cut paper

20 x 20 cm

$950.00

$950.00

Bubblegum Dystopia (A)

Bubblegum Dystopia (A)

Digital giclee

100 x 197 cm

$8,500.00

$8,500.00

Bubblegum Dystopia (B)

Bubblegum Dystopia (B)

Digital giclee

100 x 197 cm

$8,500.00

$8,500.00

Stuff in Nature, Nature in Stuff

Stuff in Nature, Nature in Stuff

digital print, unframed

100 x 100 cm

$1,500.00

$1,500.00

The Cutest Flood

The Cutest Flood

archival print on photographic paper

100 x 80 cm

$2,500.00

$2,500.00

Giclee print, unframed 3 editions of 2 remaining

80 x 100 cm

$2,500.00

$2,500.00

Laughter of the Height

Laughter of the Height

Giclee print, unframed 3 editions of 5 remaining

100 x 80 cm

$2,275.00

$2,275.00

Giclee print, unframed 2 editions of 5 remaining

125 x 100 cm

$3,500.00

$3,500.00

Past Exhibitions by Jacob Leary

Abundance: The Pleasure of Plenty

10 March - 1 April 2026

Organic Abstraction

10 February - 5 March 2026

Constructing the Invisible

20 May - 14 June 2025

Horizons

3 December - 21 December 2024

Sydney Contemporary 24

5 September - 8 September 2024

Imagined Worlds

26 April - 20 May 2023

Futurescape

24 August - 11 September 2021

SYDNEY CONTEMPORARY PRESENTS

1 October - 31 October 2020

Metro Tunnel Public Artwork

31 October - 18 August 2020

Subterrain

24 July - 5 August 2018

Jacob Leary & Ariel Ruby

17 February - 17 February 2018

Something Terrain

20 June - 15 July 2017

Things in Beauty, Beauty in Things

24 September - 12 October 2019

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