In this episode, SAM Curator Jessica O’Farrell sits down with multidisciplinary artist Jason Phu to discuss his recent Art Wall commission for SAM, Some of the things that have come and gone with the waters. The pair dive into Phu’s creative practice, the research he undertook for his site-responsive work, and the process of depicting a landscape following the devastation of recent flooding.
This episode was recorded in November 2022.
About Jason Phu
Jason Phu (b. 1989 Sydney) is a practising artist working across a wide range of media and based in Sydney, New South Wales.
He studied at the University of New South Wales, College of Fine Arts, Sydney; and at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Canada. Phu won the prestigious Sir John Sulman Prize in 2015, and has been a finalist in the Archibald, Sulman and Ramsay Art Prizes. Recent exhibitions include Like A Wheel That Turns: 2022 Macfarlane Commissions, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne (2022); The Way We Eat The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney (2021); Parade for the Moon, RISING Festival, Melbourne (2021); Primavera, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (2018). He is represented by STATION Gallery, Melbourne; and Chalk Horse Gallery, Sydney.