Jacob Leary

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Jacob Leary PhD is a multi-disciplinary artist working in installation, video, sculpture, painting, and print. His work places an emphasis on the aesthetic realm of appearances, systems of classification, and how art-objects may be a vehicle to reveal ontological insights. He is interested in the essential existence of an artwork as an object and explores dynamics such as excess and density, pattern and growth, and the shifting nature of representation.

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Jacob Leary holds a PhD and Master of Fine Arts from Hobart School of Art, where he is currently a seasonal staff member. Over his career, his work has been featured in several high-profile exhibitions and initiatives including at the Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery in 2013 as part of their Emerging Artists Program. In 2016, his work was showcased at DarkMofo in conjunction with the Tasmanian College of the Arts, and in 2017, his art was featured on QANTAS's international Business Class amenity kits through the QANTAS Curates Initiative. More recently, he participated in Hobart Current: Liberty 2020, in collaboration with the City of Hobart and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. In June 2022, he curated Futures, presented by DarkMofo and Good Grief Studio, which explored the intersection of digital and real-world experiences.

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Artworks

mixed media

76cm x 70cm

$5,000 AUD

~~AUD~~ $5,000 AUD

mixed media

52cm x 25cm

$3,000 AUD

~~AUD~~ $3,000 AUD

mixed media

61cm x 27cm

$5,000 AUD

~~AUD~~ $5,000 AUD

mixed media

29cm x 18cm

$2,000 AUD

~~AUD~~ $2,000 AUD

stacked paper cuts, framed with art glass

55cm x 43cm

$5,700 AUD

~~AUD~~ $5,700 AUD

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stacked paper cuts framed with art glass

55cm x 43cm

stacked paper cuts framed with art glass

55cm x 43cm

$5,700 AUD

~~AUD~~ $5,700 AUD

mixed media

88cm x 88cm

$7,000 AUD

~~AUD~~ $7,000 AUD

mixed media

88cm x 59cm

$5,500 AUD

~~AUD~~ $5,500 AUD

mixed media

73cm x 47cm

$5,000 AUD

~~AUD~~ $5,000 AUD

mixed media

60cm x 60cm

$4,500 AUD

~~AUD~~ $4,500 AUD

mixed media

60cm x 60cm

$4,500 AUD

~~AUD~~ $4,500 AUD

Hauntology 20:00 - The past is in the present

mixed media

32cm x 32cm

$2,200 AUD

~~AUD~~ $2,200 AUD

Hauntology 8:30 - The past is in the present

mixed media

32cm x 32cm

$2,200 AUD

~~AUD~~ $2,200 AUD

Hauntology 2:00 - The past is in the present

mixed media

32cm x 32cm

$2,200 AUD

~~AUD~~ $2,200 AUD

Hauntology 5:00 - The past is in the present

mixed media

32cm x 32cm

$2,200 AUD

~~AUD~~ $2,200 AUD

Hauntology 16:30 - The past is in the present

mixed media

32cm x 32cm

$2,200 AUD

~~AUD~~ $2,200 AUD

Hauntology 15:00 - The past is in the present

mixed media

32cm x 32cm

$2,200 AUD

~~AUD~~ $2,200 AUD

Hauntology 4:30 - The past is in the present

mixed media

32cm x 32cm

$2,200 AUD

~~AUD~~ $2,200 AUD

Hauntology 18:30 - The past is in the present

mixed media

32cm x 32cm

$2,200 AUD

~~AUD~~ $2,200 AUD

Hauntology 2:30 - The past is in the present

mixed media

32cm x 32cm

$2,200 AUD

~~AUD~~ $2,200 AUD

Hauntology 14:30 - The past is in the present

mixed media

32cm x 32cm

$2,200 AUD

~~AUD~~ $2,200 AUD

Hauntology 3:30 - The past is in the present

mixed media

32cm x 32cm

$2,200 AUD

~~AUD~~ $2,200 AUD

stacked paper cuts

31cm x 31cm

$1,800 AUD

~~AUD~~ $1,800 AUD

stacked paper cuts

31cm x 31cm

$1,800 AUD

~~AUD~~ $1,800 AUD

stacked paper cuts

31cm x 31cm

$1,800 AUD

~~AUD~~ $1,800 AUD

stacked paper cuts

31cm x 31cm

$1,800 AUD

~~AUD~~ $1,800 AUD

stacked paper cuts

31cm x 31cm

$1,800 AUD

~~AUD~~ $1,800 AUD

stacked paper cuts

31cm x 31cm

$1,800 AUD

~~AUD~~ $1,800 AUD

cut paper

20cm x 20cm

$950 AUD

~~AUD~~ $950 AUD

Digital giclee

100cm x 197cm

$8,500 AUD

~~AUD~~ $8,500 AUD

Digital giclee

100cm x 197cm

$8,500 AUD

~~AUD~~ $8,500 AUD

digital print, unframed

100cm x 100cm

$1,500 AUD

~~AUD~~ $1,500 AUD

archival print on photographic paper

100cm x 80cm

$2,500 AUD

~~AUD~~ $2,500 AUD

Giclee print, unframed 3 editions of 2 remaining

80cm x 100cm

$2,500 AUD

~~AUD~~ $2,500 AUD

Giclee print, unframed 3 editions of 5 remaining

100cm x 80cm

$2,275 AUD

~~AUD~~ $2,275 AUD

Giclee print, unframed 2 editions of 5 remaining

125cm x 100cm

$3,500 AUD

~~AUD~~ $3,500 AUD

Past Exhibitions by Jacob Leary

10 March – 1 April 2026

Abundance: The Pleasure of Plenty

Margaret Ackland + Elizabeth Barnett + Chelsea Gustafsson + Michelle Molinari + Bronwyn Hill + Jacob Leary + Nat Ward

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10 February – 5 March 2026

Organic Abstraction

Melissa Boughey + Jo Davenport + Agneta Ekholm + Michael Gromm + Jacob Leary + Donal Molloy-Drum + Peter Syndicas + Leah Thiessen

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20 May – 14 June 2025

Constructing the Invisible

Jay Kochel + Zac Koukoravas + Jacob Leary + James Parrett

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3 December – 21 December 2024

Horizons

Margaret Ackland + Kim Anderson + William Breen + Jo Davenport + Agneta Ekholm + Chelsea Gustafsson + Rosie Hastie + Rebecca Hastings + Bronwyn Hill + Jay Kochel + Jacob Leary + Marise Maas + Hobie Porter + Karlee Rawkins + Lucy Ray + Annika Romeyn + Michael Simms + Ken Smith + Christine Willcocks

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