Working between painting and textiles, Jackson McLaren explores the possibilities of abstraction.

Informed by his background as a musician, he uses music in dialogue with the visual languages of 20th century modernism.

The monochrome, and horizontal bands of colour and squares are recurring motifs that play out on a hessian substrate. Using repetitive weaving processes, mirrored with painted surfaces, McLaren's practice is guided by his materials finding rhythm that is contemplative and analogous to song.

McLaren completed a Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours) 2022 and a Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting) 2021, both at the Victorian College of the Arts. Recent exhibitions include The Zither Player, Connors Connors, Melbourne, 2023; Folding at the Cutting, with Madeleine Peters, The Cutting, Illowa, 2023; The Universe Speaks in Small Paintings, Bards Apothecary, Melbourne, 2023; Of Stuff, Egg & Dart, Wollongong, 2022.