JAMES JACK moved to Japan shortly after attaining his MA in Art History. He has since finished his PhD in art practice at the Tokyo University of the Arts. Much of his dissertation "Art in Contingent Environments of the Pacific" concerns Jack's project Khayalan Island on how to find an island that was lost in the early 19th century when the British arrived in Singapore. A related work was featured in ISSUE, an Annual Art Journal published by LaSalle College of the Arts.
Jack has also recently created a permanent work for an alternative art exhibit at Art Base Momoshima, a well-established project which re-purposes an old middle school on a small island in Hiroshima prefecture as the base for creative activities.
Last but not least, in February 2015 Jack will be artist in residence at NTU-Centre for Contemporary Art in Singapore. To follow his many activities...