Born in Belfast in 1979, Brendan Jamison studied at the University of Ulster where he gained a BA Honours degree in Fine and Applied Arts in 2002 and then a Master of Fine Art in 2004. Over the past seven years, his sculptures have been widely exhibited throughout Northern Ireland. Internationally he has shown in Scotland, England, France, Austria, Sweden, America, Canada, New Zealand and China. In October 2006 he completed a residency and solo exhibition at KHOJ, New Delhi, India.

While planning my election night festivities, cheese dip and my cell phone turned off, I started to wonder what the difference was between what the two candidates felt about support for the arts.

After all, this is an art related site who could see benefits or obstacles for our members and just an important issue anyway for all artists.

So off to Google I went and here is what I came up with.

Nathan Sawaya is a New York-based artist who creates awe-inspiring works out of some of the most unlikely things. His recent North American museum tours feature large-scale sculptures using only toy building blocks. LEGO® bricks to be exact.

Sawaya’s art is currently touring North American museums in a show titled, The Art of the Brick. It’s the only exhibition focusing exclusively on LEGO as an art medium. The creations, constructed from nearly one million pieces, were built from standard bricks beginning as early as 2000.