Jas Sykes
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Jas Sykes

ArtistManchester, United Kingdom
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Jas Sykes
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Jas Sykes

ArtistManchester, United Kingdom
About me
I am a recent graduate from Manchester Metropolitan where I studied Fine Art with Art History at the School of Art. I am an acrylic painter and illustrator but I also love to research into the social and historical side of art.
Projects
  • line m8s
    line m8sas practise using Adobe Photoshop I created a series of illustrations.
  • Display techniques
    Display techniques
  • They fancy you
    They fancy youThese fine-liner sketches are the start of a new series exploring a sense eroticism. With regards to my series Untitled 2016-present (Juxtapositions), I insisted on a complete lack of objectification, achieved through factors such as missing out the nipples so that the figures remain as forms. This series of sketches is undeniably and unashamedly sexual. However, as opposed to many erotic artworks in the past, the power lies with the figure rather than with the viewer. They are sexual because th
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Work history
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    ServerEmbankment Kitchen at City Suites
    Manchester, United KingdomFull Time
    For this position I took part in a rigorous two-week training program where I was taught the intricacies of hospitality, from psychological influences, to physically serving tables. In those weeks I had to learn the content food and drink menus, as well as the taste, ingredients, origin, context and histories of each item. I also learned how to pair wine with meals and courses with each other. Retaining information so quickly is a skill I didn’t know I had until this job. Overall, this job has completely refined my waiting knowledge and skills and taught me to stay on the line between friendly and fine-dining professionalism.
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    Front of HouseSlug & lettuce
     - Manchester, United KingdomFull Time
    ; I worked mainly as bar staff making a wide range of cocktails and occasionally waitressing on the floor. Each role at Slug & Lettuce has different responsibilities. While working on the floor I was responsible for the complete service of many tables of customers to insure they enjoyed themselves to the maximum. On the bar I had to work with speed and precision to ensure everyone was served as quickly as possible but with high quality cocktails.
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Skills
  • Painting
  • Illustration
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Research
  • Adaptability
  • Organisation
  • Communicating Ideas
  • Decision-making
  • Exhibition Coordinating
  • Acrylic Painting