Jason Mulligan is an artist from Northern Ireland.
Jason has been living and working in the U.K for the past 15
years. He has been a practitioner of sculpture and stone carving since completing his training at the University of Northumbria
at Newcastle Upon Tyne in 1996.
His knowledge and understanding of stone and sculpture has been
aided by the mentoring and teaching skills of artists such as Paul Mason, Hideo Furuta and Hamish Horsley.
Due to his role as a stone carver's assistant for the above
mentioned arstists, over the past ten years he has been involved in the carving and installation of a wide variety
of Public Arts Projects throughout England, Italy and Eire.
Jason continues to work as a stone sculptor based
in Kent and is an Associate member of the 'Royal British Society of Sculptors'.
artist statement:
I am a carver of abstract geometries for whom the intimations
of the landscape and nature's essential structures are always a necessary grounding in my search for form.
My work combines a sense of growth, movement and rhythm
within its structure. There is a lightness of touch despite the literal weight of the materials.
I draw and cross hatch with chisels the linear contours
and textures of the landscape. The surface of the work suggesting the very depth of the geology that lies beneath it.
I enjoy the fact that the stone being so rigid and solid
can be used to create such forms that look visually very malleable and sensual.
These references to the organic world and nature help
me express my ideas about the expansion and lucidity of ones thoughts, memories and dreams.
Jason Mulligan ARBS
