JACK ROWLAND EUPHORICA
EUPHORICA
Exploring the sublime through the lens of psychedelia, in his new body of work Euphorica, Jack Rowland reimagines the vast Ikara - Flinders Ranges of South Australia as a dream-like utopia, in spite of its rugged and at times hostile environment, through his saturated palette and realist approach to landscape painting.
Euphorica draws inspiration from Rowland’s trip to the Ikara - Flinders Ranges in the middle of summer, where he experienced the vast beauty, extreme heat and a psychedelic journey isolated from the modern world, leading him to embrace a sense of awe and communion with the land in a heightened state of mind. Reflecting this perspective, Rowland depicts the land as a teacher and a healer that can provide a sense of belonging and a respite from human drama.
Seeking to capture the spiritual connection with nature, Rowland draws upon the Romantics’ idea of the sublime: an emotional and transcendental experience of the natural world that inspires reverence. Examining this theme through the use of enhanced colours and meticulous details, Rowland visualises the psychedelic experience of communing with nature, colliding familiar natural landscapes with the inner realm. In this way, his paintings offer the viewer an alternative perception of nature as an ancient, awe-inspiring presence.
2024 oil on board
90 cm (diameter)
HEARTLANDS
THE
RIDE
SNAKE 2025 oil on linen
122 x 122 cm
THREE DROPS
2024 oil on linen
122 x 122 cm
MEANDER
oil on linen 122 x 122 cm
oil on linen 112 x 153 cm
PERFECT WORLD
2025 oil on linen
112 x 153 cm
QUIET BREEZE
oil on linen
51 x 71 cm
oil on linen
DESERT DAYS
2025 oil on linen
51 x 71 cm
JACK ROWLAND
EDUCATION
2009 Completed Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting), RMIT University, Melbourne
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Euphorica, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2022 Un-Earth, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2020 Recovery, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2019 The Altered States, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2019 REIKAI, Backwoods Gallery, Melbourne
2018 SuperNatural, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2016 Alternative Territories, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne
2014 Illusive Reality, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne
2012 Unfamiliar, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Winter Salon 24, Scott Livesey Galleries, Melbourne
2022 Antipodes 2022, Beinart Gallery, Melbourne
2022 Reconnections, Let’s Pretend Gallery, Melbourne
2020 The 9th Annual Supersonic Invitational, Spoke Art, San Franciso
2019 Futures, Hyper Contemporary, Melbourn
2019 Toxic Cosmic, The Wandering Room, Melbourne
2018 Summer New, James Makin Gallery, Melbourne
2018 Fresh Blood, Backwoods Gallery, Melbourne
2017 Aberration, 407T Rose Lane, Melbourne
2016 Bendigo Inaugural Group Show, Gallery 369, Victoria
2016 Linden Postcard Show, Linden New Art, Melbourne
2015 Tomorrow Never Dies, Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts
2015 Group Show, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne
2013 2013… Farewell, Anna Pappas Gallery, Melbourne
2013 Transition Period, Rubicon ARI, Melbourne
2013 Naturlich!, Kunstraum Tapir, Berlin
2013 Above From Below, The Cellar Gallery, Berlin
2012 Kultopia, Blindside Gallery, Melbourne
2011 Belle Arti - Chapman & Bailey Art Prize 2011, Abbotsford
2011 The Butterfly Effect, Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Port Melbourne
2011 Art Melbourne- Affordable Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
2010 Exploration 10, Flinders Lane Gallery, Melbourne
2010 Fit To Print, No Vacancy Gallery, Melbourne
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2016 Finalist in the Bayside Aquisitive Art Prize
2016 Finalist in the Albany Art Prize
2016 Finalist in the Substation Art Prize
2015 Winner of the Hawkesbury Art Prize Highly Commended Award
2015 Winner of the Hawkesbury Art Prize Commended Award
2014 Finalist in the Albany Art Prize
2013 Finalist in the Hawkesbury Art Prize
2013 Takt residency, Berlin
2012 Winner of the Hawkesbury Art Prize Commended Award
2009 RMIT/Tolarno Art Award
PUBLICATIONS
August 2018, Artist Feature, Stell Magazine
July 2018, Create! Magazine
2012 Dan Rule, The Saturday Age, In The Galleries, 22 September, p. 5
May 2011, Russell, Stephen & Daffy, Mary-Jane, Collect call, Melbourne Weekly
