Meet Jack Florish
I aim for brutal honesty intertwined with irreverence in my work. Creating art allows me to seek acknowledgment absent in my earlier life. It's a means to convey myself, hoping for relatability. If others connect with it, they connect with me, bridging a communication gap I've struggled with. There's a fear of failure and abandonment that fuels this pursuit.
My work delves into personal experiences—loss, isolation, and anxiety—and draws from influences like Japanese photography, video games, performance art, and digital mediums.
Photography, with its stark honesty, lets me manipulate reality, providing a semblance of control amid chaos, oddly comforting in its familiarity.
Technology offers solace, enabling escapism and the creation of relatable experiences and entirely new realities.
My creative process starts with sketching ideas and then materializing them. I dive deep into analysis, deriving inspiration from items like Tamagotchi and video games, blending them into conceptual frameworks.
Jack is Part Of FUBAR Collective
Exhibition
2025 EXI - (Group Show) - The Crypt Gallery,Dukes Road Entrance (off Euston Road), London, NW1 2BA
2024 Stairing Up, Tower Gallery (London)
2024 Shipton Street Gallery (London)
2024 SPECTACLE, BOTH Gallery (London)
2023 Soft Air, Filet Gallery (London) (Curated by Alexis Harding)
2021 The Absurd, London (Curated by myself, Abbie Hart and Jenni Bea (FUBAR Collective)) w/ FUBAR Collective
2020 Coronapocalypse, London (Curated by myself, Abbie Hart and Jenni Bea (FUBAR Collective)) w/ FUBAR Collective
2019 FUBAR Exhibition, London (Curated by myself, Abbie Hart and Jenni Bea (FUBAR Collective)) w/ FUBAR Collective
2018 UEL MA Fine Art End of year show, London
2017 Zines of the world, Truman Brewery, London w/ FUBAR Collective
2017 Trinity Buoy Wharf Residency, Clipper House Trinity Buoy Wharf, London
2017 MA Fine Art Exhibition UeL, AVA Gallery, London
2016 Zines of the world, TIFF Festival, Poland w/ FUBAR Colletive
2016 PhotoMasters, Truman Brewery, London
2015 Zines of the world, Doomed Gallery, London w/ FUBAR Collective
2015 The Other Art Fair, Victoria House, London
2014 Parallax Art Fair, Chelsea Town Hall, London
2014 Used Boots And Panties, curated by ‘Julia Maddison’, Cultivate Evolved, London
2014 Guest Space, Cultivate Evolved, London
2014 The Cuarated Ego: What Makes a Good Selifie?, National Portrait Gallery, London
2013 Saatchi Screen, Saatchi Gallery, London
2012 On The Wall, The Redchurch Gallery, London
2011 Back In 10 Minutes, Free Range Art & Design Show, The Old Truman Brewery, London
2010 London Photomonth Photofair, Spitalfields Market, London​​
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Education
University Of East London, MA Fine Art, 2016 – 2018
University of East London, Bachelor of Photography 2012, 1st
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Contact
Jack Florish
Artist
Please contact me by either email or Instagram!
Email: jflorish@icloud.com
Insta: @jackflorish
