About me
The primary concept of Jeffrey Jay Jarin's works are just simple day-to-day moments that basically anyone can relate to. He gives significance to things, places, and feelings that surround us, a common-ground — like plants for example. It is somehow innate to us to consider plants to be just a decorative object, something to fill those plain spaces we have at home, but little do we know about the so called filler, plants have personality, use, benefits and feelings too — just like us.
Visually, Jarin's pieces almost always contain concrete elements to signify the stiffness around us and plants to provide balance between the living and the non-living things. A few other elements that he named “integral organisms” that wander and explore within the space can also be seen, as his representation of one's curiousness and adaptaion to unknown spaces or situation to give us enlightenment of things on a much deeper level.
Jeffrey Jay Jarin received his B.F.A. major in Advertising at the Technological University of the Philippines in 2013. Currently, Jarin dedicates most of his time to being a full time artist.
Work / Education
SOLO EXHIBITION
2017
DITO KITA IIWAN, Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery, Makati City, Philippines
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
FIELD TRIP (ONLINE EXHIBIT), Pleat Gallery, http://pleatgallery.com
OPEN INDEX, Artery Art Space, Cubao, Philippines
CTRL + ALT, Para://Site Projects, Las Piñas, Philippines
2016
CONTINUUM II, Ayala Artist Space, Makati, Philippines
CATATONIC CATURDAY, Artery Art Space, Cubao, Philippines
MIND BENDERS, Artery Art Space, Cubao, Philippines
EXTENDED PLAY, Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery, Makati, Philippines
BLUE HOUSE: PHILIPPINES, Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery, Makati, Philippines
2015
DOUBLE FEATURE, Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery, Makati, Philippines
YOU ARE HERE, Vinyl on Vinyl Gallery, Makati, Philippines
PRESS RELEASE
2017
PLEAT GALLERY | http://pleatgallery.com/blog/
10 ART EXHIBITS TO SEE THIS JUNE | http://spot.ph
2016
TOWN AND COUNTRY MAGAZINE | October
FASHION + ART ISSUE, GREENBELT MAGAZINE | July
ART TALKS FACILITATED
2016
“SAMSARA: Life and Death” | GSIS Museum, Pasay City, Philippines
2015
“Antukin: A Multimedia Arts Exhibit” | Design Center of the Philippines Building,
CCP Complex, Pasay City, Philippines
“VGrafiks Talk for Interns” (As Cavity Collective) | VGrafiks HQ, Quezon City, Philippines
2014
“CVTY x CHSM: A Subculture of Life and Art Through the Walls of Consciousness” | College of the Holy Spirit, Mendiola, Manila, Philippines
AWARD
2017
JULIAN ONGPIN YOUNG ARTIST AWARDEE
COMMISSIONS
2017
VINYL ON VINYL’S ART KARNIVAL | SM North Edsa, Quezon City, Philippines
2016
STYLE ORIGIN FASHION SHOW | Greenbelt 5, Makati City, Philippines
