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Jonny Scholes
@jonnyscholes.com
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Making artwork about politics, abstraction, activism and futurism with equal parts code, paint, electronics and found objects.

📍 Nipaluna, Lutruwita, 'Australia'
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Jonny Scholes @jonnyscholes.com · Nov 16
Got the photos back from my recent installation Lost Bedrooms. It's a robotic work that visualizes bedrooms as they are lost to AirBnb in real time by dropping rocks on glass panels. Read about it on my website 😊

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My camera thinks I'm painting barcodes... Which I guess isn't too far from the truth?
Screenshot of the camera app open on an android phone. In view is an abstract painting on a wall. The painting uses orange and blue, with lots of vertical lines. There is a Google lens tooltip showing the numbers 2211184210125 suggesting the camera app thinks the painting is a barcode.
December 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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'The Department of Truth' opens as part of Hobart Current this Friday! No spoilers yet... Hence the rear view.
A photo of a busy street with sandstone buildings. Standing on the grass in the foreground is a large road sign held up by concrete weights. You can only see the back of the sign which appears to have an electrical box on the back side. Some pedestrians wait on the side of the road to cross the wet street which is shimmering in the sunshine.
November 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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I machined my first metal part today. Hand cut/drilled from a larger slab of aluminum, accurate to 0.05mm (with the aid of 4 custom jigs). So satisfying 🤤
October 23, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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Maybe purple isn't so bad?
A mess of vertical lines painted with spray paint on a wall. The photo is tightly cropped so you can only see painted surface. The painting is broken into triangular sections each painted either pale blue, pale orange or lilac. Different sections are painted over with messy vertical lines. The wall has lots of tiny raindrops on it.
October 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Recent studio collab with some good friends - Die Laughing Collective and Ha-Ha. One of 75 unique originals we made that day 😅
A piece of paper lying on a workshop table covered in layers of paint and stencil over spray. On the paper is an artwork depicting a silhouetted headless human figure with their arms held upwards. Where its face should be is a stencil of Queen Elizabeth 2 in a different style. Some crude lines are drawn in the silhouette and on either side of it are simple characters drawn in scratchy linework. On the left, the figure holds out a Sceptre and has a necklace. On the right the figure has a skull necklace and a spikey tunic. Both wear similar crowns. Everything on the artwork is various types of black, except for two red hearts either side of the queen. It appears to be somewhat in jest and is a collaboration between four very different styles.
September 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Two small wins recently. Replaced Amazon Audible with Libro.fm and Google Search with @kagi.com. Not looking back, they both rock.
September 29, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Nice to be back in the workshop/studio after finishing up some client projects that have occupied the last month or so 😊
September 15, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Thank you so much Richard Flanagan! #politas
August 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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I was born on July 1st, so it's only natural that I do my "year in review" newsletter now right? For those not subbed, you can read it here pencilbooth.com/takes/4f013c...
Looking back and what's next
A year in review... in July?
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July 17, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Remote Viewing, a new sculptural work that displays (to scale, one-to-one) what Google Earth sees of the location it's placed in

currently on view at the Fellbach Triennial Kleinplastik 🛰️
The sculpture appears as a pinkish/reddish square face up on the floor of a large exhibition hall. You can see that its surface is striped, but not much else. Behind it are sculptures and video artworks mounted on a large scaffold A close up of one corner of the sculpture. You can see that the main pink/red striped image is very pixelated. In the corner is an infographic - the text is too small to read but it shows views compiled from different bands of landsat 8 and 9 with bright colours that contrast strongly with the main image Another close up of one corner of the sculpture, also showing an infographic. This one has an expanded view that is recognizable as the roof of a building, with the same color palette as the main image The sculpture is sitting on the ground, face up. It's about 8cm tall and 1x1 metre square with an extruded aluminum frame around the edge. Facing up is a printed image that shows pixel artifacts of a reddish/pinkish striped pattern (it's the roof of the exhibition hall). The box is lit from within by LEDs and slightly glowing
May 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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I rarely dress up for parties, but tomorrow I'll hang these around my neck and go as Jonny Cash to a friend's birthday. Fun Friday arvo project 😊
Three orange and blue rectangles that appear to have artworks painted on them inspired by Australian bank notes sitting on a concrete floor. The artworks use a mix of spray paint, pastel and pen. The figures are somewhat abstract and are reminiscent of how a child might draw a mask or face.
March 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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‘Art should not be censored’: Khaled Sabsabi responds to cancellation of Venice Biennale project
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‘Art should not be censored’: Khaled Sabsabi responds to cancellation of Venice Biennale project
The Lebanese Australian artist, and curator Michael Dagostino say they are ‘extremely hurt’ by Creative Australia’s decision
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February 14, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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Spent my day collecting garden materials from my favorite concrete graveyard and prototyping a water... thing.
February 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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The vertical integration of information and influence in Lutruwita/Tasmania is troubling to say the least. A politically active PR company, regional newspaper network and polling company with shared interests. What could go wrong? #politas
Papers, polls, PR and politics: meet the powerful lobby firm with a finger in every Tasmanian pie
Font Public Relations shares ownership with a polling company and a network of local newspapers. Some call it the saviour of independent news – but others claim it’s damaging transparency
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February 5, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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I love waking up to a fresh inkblot shadow each morning. Reminds me that the little things are still there for us. 🌱🪜
February 4, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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Did not have "subreddit admins rekindle your hope in humanity" on my 2025 bingo card.
January 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Slowly seeing fellow artists from Lutruwita turning up here, so here's a starter pack I'll start adding them to. I'm sure more of you are out there so lmk and I'll add you! ☺️

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January 22, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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The ascent of the broligarchs.

This photo, with the most powerful techbros in the world seated in front of actual cabinet nominees, says everything really
January 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Painting chair now matches studio 👌
January 17, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Escaping the heat in the studio today. Preparing to apply the final layers on a painting of the new Bridgewater Bridge under construction.
A photo of a vibrant, abstract painting depicting the construction of the new Bridgewater bridge pylons. The painting is composed of bold geometric shapes in shades of orange, yellow, and blue, suggesting the towering pylons and the surrounding landscape. The artist's workspace is visible in the background, with paint cans and masking tape scattered around, hinting at the creative process behind the artwork.
January 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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For the 4th year in a row, my all-sky camera has been taking an image of the sky above the Netherlands every 15 seconds. Combining these images reveal the length of the night changing throughout the year, the passage of clouds and the motion of the Moon and the Sun through the sky. #astrophotography
This image shows the hourglass shape of the nights shortening and lengthening from winter to summer and from summer to winter, passing clouds, the Moon passing through the night sky every month (diagonal bands) and the Sun climbing higher in the sky during summer.
January 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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👋 I made this thing to check which Bluesky lists a user is on: bsky.javier.computer
Bluesky Looky Looker
Find out which Bluesky lists you're on
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December 12, 2024 at 2:44 PM
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This NYE I'm hoping to finally finish my BBQ built from (mostly) found objects. About to pour my first section of concrete + local rock inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright's 'Desert Masonry'.
In the backyard of a house next to a concrete patio is a garden with a stone wall in front of it. The half closest to the viewer is a partially built barbeque made from rocks, squares of concrete and rusty steel. There is a wooden triangular box with one face mostly open that has been built on the right side of the barbeque.
December 30, 2024 at 11:10 PM
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Just had a 4 year old eBay alert finally come through... Merry Xmas to me!
December 20, 2024 at 12:16 PM
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INSIDE is a playable digital collage. Visit insideourside.com to download for MacOS or Windows.

#GameDev #Freestyle
November 28, 2024 at 8:12 AM