Working from his studio in the North of England, Jamie Frost (born 1977, UK) creates paintings and sculptures which depict the tenderness and recklessness of fleshy beings full of hopes, fears and desires. There is fallibility in the work, it speaks honestly about a growing sense of the precarious. Early in his career, Jamie was awarded a scholarship in Tuscany. The operatic high stakes drama of mannerist sculpture still shows as an influence in his work.

The artist often speculates on personal themes: physical breakdown and illness is presented as fragmented forms; figures resist and comfort each other in works that address social and personal dynamics. 

His work has been shown widely, including a touring solo exhibition of sculpture and supporting drawings. When making sculpture, Jamie throws hunks of moist green timber together in dynamic poses, punctuating them with delicate and intimately carved details. His paintings begin as broad, visceral figure-marks. The activity on the surface suggests all that is bodily. Coiled up energy is released in sopping wet brush strokes. Sometimes these looser marks will coalesce into a surprisingly tender portrait or intimate detail, a call back to his early career exploring portraiture. He has previously been awarded the Society of Portrait Sculptors’ Talos award.

Recently he was shortlisted for the Materiality Matters prize, the Alpine Fellowship Visual Arts Prize, the Cotswold Sculpture Park ‘sculpture of the year’ award and the New Light Sculpture Prize. Previously he has been awarded accolades for drawing and sculpture, including membership of the Royal Society of Sculptors. Features and interviews include: Creative Boom; Considering Art podcast; The Yorkshire Post; The Guardian; The Times; Daily Telegraph, among others. 

Jamie is developing work for a major solo exhibition, launching in Guernsey in autumn 2027.