Jason Borders
Jason Borders has been exhibiting with us since 2014 and we’ve thoroughly enjoyed watching his work grow in prominence both locally and further afield. Jason’s work is created through a process of carving and inking bone to tell flowing, free-form narratives dancing across their surface.
“My work is a form of self-hypnosis. It’s a way of turning off cognitive thought and simply reacting. It's very meditative. It is escapism, though in a certain sense, it’s a form of hyper-existence- of living purely in the moment. In this way the work becomes a method of overcoming fears. That said, a large part of what I do involves a familiarization with death. My belief is that, as painful as it can be, looking directly at death helps you to live your life with intent and purpose. In this light, the work I do delves into a place where the lines between life, death, fantasy and reality are blurred.”
“My work is a form of self-hypnosis. It’s a way of turning off cognitive thought and simply reacting. It's very meditative. It is escapism, though in a certain sense, it’s a form of hyper-existence- of living purely in the moment. In this way the work becomes a method of overcoming fears. That said, a large part of what I do involves a familiarization with death. My belief is that, as painful as it can be, looking directly at death helps you to live your life with intent and purpose. In this light, the work I do delves into a place where the lines between life, death, fantasy and reality are blurred.”
