Jonathon Larsen is a multidisciplinary artist and designer living and working in Daylesford. After majoring in film at the Queensland College of Art, he has spent numerous decades working in the creative industries as a visual artist, film maker, animator and designer. He created  Artbytes in the mid nineties with a view to work creatively in the new evolving digital realm. Though the focus was on website development, the mix also included graphic design, illustration, corporate id, cartooning, animation and video. Throughout this period he continued to pursue a fine art practice by exhibiting prints, paintings and hand drawn animation. He even won a few awards. More recently he has worked in Regional Galleries (New England Regional Art Museum), University (Online Learning Designer) and in the Community Arts sectors, while still continuing to create and teach art with a focus on printmaking. He has always believed creativity can have trans-formative experience at the individual level which can translate community wide. Besides, what else would you do?

AWARDS/  SELECTION::

- 2016: Catharsis, Community Award, International Art & Heath Conference, AGNSW

- 2015: Big Sky, Public Art Commission, Armidale Mall, coreten

- 2012: Just One Less, Animation first prize, North West Film Festival, Bingara, claymation

- 1999: Albert Played Sax, Second prize, Wetfest, Cairns

- 1998: Albert Played Sax, Innovation in form, Woodford Film Festival, hand drawn animation

- 1998: Rocks, Sculpture by the Sea, Olympic Games Art Festival, galvanized sheet metal & pop rivets

GRANTS::

- 2016: Private Posts, Australia Council, Partner Beyond Empathy, CACD

- 2014: Catharsis Australia Council, Partner Beyond Empathy, CACD

- 1999: RADF, Professional development, Softimage3D, Griffith University.

- 1995: Albert Played Sax, Film Queensland grant, hand drawn animation

EXHIBTIONS  / SCREENINGS::

- 2023: Inspiration and Iterations, New England Regional Art Museum, Acrylic on canvas

-2023: Chair, New England Regional Art Museum, Acrylic on canvas

- 2019: Luminous Land, New England Regional Art Museum, B&W relief prints

- 2017: Under the Big Sky, Public Art Installation, Armidale Airport, coreten & painted aluminum

- 2016: Private Posts, New England Regional Art Museum, projection and installation

- 2015: Made in Australia, New England Regional Art Museum, Multi-plate relief prints

-2014: Little things that run the world, Science Week, NERAM, Interactive, laser projection cardboard installation

-2014: Catharsis, Projection and installation, New England Regional Art Museum.

- 2013: Smart Tree, an interactive recycled cardboard tree, Science Week, New England Regional Art Museum

- 2012: Just One Less, North West Film Festival, clay animation, Bingara

- 2012: Group Exhibition, Gallery 126 & Armidale Art gallery, relief prints

- 2011: Serendipity, Group Exhibition, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, relief prints

- 2010: Looking in the Mirror, New England Regional Art Museum, oil on canvas

- 2009: Artist Under Glass, University of New England, drawing

- 2008: Across New England, Armidale Art Gallery, oil on canvas

- 1999: Albert Played Sax, St. Kilda Film Festival and Wetfest Film Festival (Cairns) film

- 1999: Baguette Gallery, Brisbane, acrylic on canvas

- 1998: Albert Played Sax, Woodford Film Festival and Brisbane Animation Festival, animation

- 1998: The Art of Animation, Sunshine Coast University Gallery, cell artwork and film screening

- 1998: Sculpture by the Sea, Olympic Games Art Festival, galvanized sheet metal and pop rivets

- 1997: Coast Lines, Sunshine Coast University College, acrylic on canvas

- 1997: Noosa Enterprise Exhibition, Carlton Crest Brisbane, promotion, acrylic on canvas

- 1996/97: Hot & Spicy, Aromas, Noosa, group exhibition, acrylic on canvas

- 1995: Very Very....! In House Design , Aqueous Festival, Noosa, acrylic on canvas

- 1994: New Beach Studio, Noosa, pastel and etching

- 1992: Gallery D , Montville, acrylic on canvas

- 1991: Baguette Gallery , Brisbane, mixed media

- 1990: Baguette Gallery and Metro Arts, Gallery Two, etching, drawings & acrylic on canvas

- 1982: Metro Arts Cinema, Brisbane, group screening, animation & short film

- 1978: Allamanda Gallery, Bundaberg, drawings and paintings, ink, collage, acrylic on canvas

COLLECTIONS::

- Public and Private