About Me

Jacob Weeks (*1989, born and based in South East England) is a visual artist working with photography and Co-founder of Void Collective

Weeks’s work revolves around the themes of absence, loss and mourning and explore how our relationship with these themes is often caught up in our attachments to the material world.

Inspired by personal life histories, Week's work sheds some light (and shadow) on some of our darkest times.

 

Awards

Sunny Art Prize 2022 Finalist

Winner of British Journal of Photography Edition 365

Sustainability First Art Prize Finalist

The Ingram Collection Young Contemporary Talent Purchase Prize Finalist

Visual Art Open Prize, longlist

 

Exhibitions

2023 | Der Grief, ‘Past and Present’, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany

2021 | British Journal of Photography, Edition 365

2021 | Undisclosed Resource, online exhibition curated by Efrem Zelony-Mindell

2021 | FORMAT21, CONTROL festival. Waves of Exposure

2020 | Being Human Exhibition, Being Human Festival, St. Mary’s University, London

2020 | Sustainability First Art Prize exhibition, Online

2020 | Float Magazine, Best of Quarantine, Online

2020 | Psychasthenia, Online Exhibition

2019 | Joseph Wales Studios, Margate . 'The Mourning After : Lost Objects' 

2019 | 35 Chapel Walk, Sheffield. 'Fronteer 2019' 

2019 | Photographic Exploration Project, Berlin. 'Interior' 

2019 | 44AD Artspace, Bath. 'Eighth Wonder' 

2017 | The Beany, Canterbury. 'Here's looking at you' 

2017 | Menier Gallery, London. 'Stimulus' 

2017 | Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sevenoaks. 'This is Tomorrow' 

2017 | Chatham Dockyard, Chatham. 'This is Tomorrow' 

2017 | Candid Arts Trust, London. ‘Salon des Refusés’

2017 | Cupola Contemporary Art, Sheffield. ‘Perception’

2016 | The Cello Factory, London. The Ingram Collection Young Contemporary Talent Purchase Prize.

2016 | Studio 24, Leeds. Paint by Number Issue 3 launch and exhibition

2013 | Georges House Gallery, Folkestone. 'Subset'  

2013 | Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury. MA Final show 

2012 | Pie Factory, Margate.  

2011 | AM Gallery, Brighton.

2010 | Royal Star Arcade, Maidstone. Group exhibition

2009 | Secret World War Bunker, Exhibitor & Creator

2008 | Maidstone library, Maidstone.

 

Selected Press & Interviews

2021 | Working artist, Issue eight

2020 | Artists responding to… Issue four

2020 | The Mass ‘Niche’, November Issue

2020 | Art Hole Magazine '1' Magazine

2017 | Loosenart 'Imitation of Life' Book

2017 | Artnumber23 'Stimulus' Catalogue

2017 | A5 zine, June

2017 | Wotisart zine, June

2017 | Art Reveal Magazine issue 26

2017 | Float Magazine Portfolios

2016 | LandEscape Art Review Anniversary Edition

2016 | FSTOP Magazine issue 80

2016 | Paint By Number Issue 3

2016 | Floorr Magazine issue 6, interview

2016 | Average Art Magazine, October

Curation

2021 | Always present, Void Collective

2021 | Revolv Collective, Void Collective Takeover

2021 | Spectrum Photographic, Void Collective Takeover

2020 | Void Charity Printsale

2020 | The New Black, Void Collective

2020 | Lost in Isolation, Void Collective

2020 | Co-founded Void Collective

2020 | New Visions, Mister Gallery

Education

MA Fine Art Photography, University for the Creative Arts, Canterbury

BA (Hons) Photography, University for the Creative Arts, Maidstone