Jamie Limond
My art is deeply influenced by a heightened awareness of mortality, stemming from a profound diagnosis. I delve into the human condition at its fringes, exploring brokenness and our responses to existence and temporality. Beyond this, my interest in philosophy guides me in my intent to create authentic art. Currently, I am a postgraduate researcher pursuing a doctorate in Fine Art.
My practice is informed with an engineer’s grasp of materials and a keen appreciation for art history. I embrace a multidisciplinary approach without a specific preference for any one medium. This philosophy led to the recognition of the DigiTech commission and the establishment of JL Engineering Art in 2020.
My DfA research has focused on passaging through one’s space, through secular pilgrimages. This has resulted in me developing my sailing skills, becoming an endorsed skipper, which I hope will further my understanding of the concept of the passage and waterborne pilgrimages. This resulted in the creation of JL Sailing Art, a project that looks to me skippering passages, with like minded people on voyages around coasts and across seas - art residencies aboard. In 2023, I planned and completed the first of these, an anti-clockwise circumnavigation around the uk and Ireland.
My influences include Joseph Beuys, Anselm Kiefer, Christian Boltanski, and Anya Gallaccio.
Born in 1974, I live and work in Suffolk, England.
