About the Artist
I am Danny Jarratt, an emerging artist based in South Australia. My practice is project-based, with themes exploring escapism, video games as a cultural object, queerness and painting.
My practice is both political and shaped by personal experience. As a queer child growing up in a heteronormative society, I always felt 'othered.' I dealt with this alienation by diving deep into the fantastical world of video games and science fiction. My practices explore how these media forms can be read as a queer space, often existing outside heteronormativity with different laws and social norms.
I am a graduate of University of South Australia, with honours. A selection of my exhibitions include FELTspace, Adelaide; Collective Haunt, Adelaide; MOD, Adelaide; Praxis Artspace, Adelaide; Seventh Gallery, Melbourne; Metro Arts, Brisbane; Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Canberra and MOM-us Experimental Center for the Arts, Greece. I have received grant funding from Helpmann Academy and ArtsSA.
Currently at Post Office Projects Studio, Port Adelaide.
