Now based in Sydney I am a New Zealander who began my artistic career in the 1980’s making music videos and experimental short films. I studied cinematography in Sydney then moved to New York in the early ‘90’s where I worked at the Parsons School of Design and The New School.  On returning to New Zealand I gained a BFA in time based media then continued on to Sydney to study painting at Julian Ashton and at The Royal Art Society.  More recently I have exhibited in group shows in Sydney and Melbourne and nationally with The Publishers Cup Cricket prize.
Solo Exhibitions

Lou Jacks, ‘Recent work’, 2011

Group Exhibitions

Gallery Red, ’31 days’, 2011
NPS Art Auction, 2010
Gallery Red, Artists Books, 2010
Gallery Red, ‘Mindscapes’, 2010
Gallery Red, ‘31 days’, 2010
Callan Park, ‘Multiple personalities’, 2009
NPS Art Auction, 2009
E.S.P. Gallery, ‘Hello’, 2009
At The Vanishing Point Contemporary Art, ‘Bushwhacked!’, 2009
Firstdraft Gallery, ‘Posters wanted’, 2008
At The Vanishing Point Contemporary Art, ‘Road:Rode’, 2008
Carriageworks, ‘Starving Artists’, 2008
Brunswick Street Gallery Melbourne, ‘Small Works’, 2008
Blank Space Gallery, ‘All in’, 2008
At The Vanishing Point Contemporary Art, ‘The Howard Years’, 2007
WWA end of year exhibition, 2006
Grosvenor Street, ‘Tenants exhibition‘, 2006
Art Moment Gallery, ‘Beach Moment’, 2006

Art Prizes

2011 Sydney Fringe Festival
2010 Publishers Cup Art Prize, finalist
2010 Marrickville Contemporary Art Prize, finalist
2009 Publishers Cup Art Prize, finalist
2008 Marrickville Contemporary Art Prize, finalist
NCA art competition 2008, finalist
2007 Marrickville Contemporary Art Prize, finalist
Surry Hills Art Prize 2007, finalist