Gavin Jay

Gavin Jay studied Fine Art at Kingston University before picking up bass guitar and touring the world with Jim Jones Revue. He continued his interest in visual art by designing album covers and tour posters, and in recent years has refocused on his fine art practice while continuing to perform and record music, currently with Jim Jones All Stars and Suzie Stapleton.

Influenced by the likes of Max Ernst and Joseph Cornell filtered through Pop Art, Victoriana, the occult, pulp science fiction, antique toy theaters, and anatomical models, Gavin brings a unique approach to his surreal collages. Drawing on a wealth of esoteric imagery harvested from libraries around the world, his work is both nostalgic and quietly disturbing, evoking scenes of impossible narratives that exist suspended in Lynchian dream spaces.

Gavin has participated in various group exhibitions in London and Brighton and in 2019 he had his first solo exhibition at HOK Gallery in The Hague, Netherlands.