About
Jeff Raglus is a contemporary artist who divides his practice equally between music and the visual arts. Encompassing all that is pop, Jeff's work constantly blurs the boundaries between fine and graphic art.
Jeff has toured overseas and around Australia many times with various musical ensembles. He has screen printed fabrics, T shirts and posters, made clothes, stage sets, designed CD and record covers and helped make video clips.
He has worked for Mambo, Swatch, Sony, Ansett Airlines and The Arena Theatre Company.
Jeff has written and illustrated several children's books, two of which have been published overseas, he has also worked as an animator.
Jeff is a multi instrumental musician, a singer/songwriter, a sculptor and most commonly a painter. He has had at least one solo exhibition every year since 1989.
Consultancies
- 2004 The Australia Council, Literature Board. Peer for new children's books submissions
- 2001ABC TV show, judge on designing the new flag
- 2000 Coordinator of a project to paint the new Benalla Skate Park
- 2000 Aust Post stamp series ‘Rock Posters’
- 2000 Sydney 2000 ‘Hemispheres’ World Music poster and street graphics.
- 2000 Asked to coordinate Apollo Bay state school students to make the
- 2000 next Apollo Bay music Festival poster
- 1999 Judge for Sony competition of young inventors. Designed all art work
Individual Exhibitions
- 2020 Outre gallery Melbourne (group show)
- 2020 Penny Contemporary Gallery Hobart.
- 2019 Boom gallery. ‘Boneyard’ Geelong.
- 2019 Blarney Books Port Fairy Folk Festival exhibition
- 2019 Wishart Gallery Port Fairy.
- 2019 Julian Edwards Gallery . Bangalow NSW
- 2018 Penny Contemporary gallery Hobart
- 2017 Bruce Heiser solo show. Brisbane
- 2017 Marios Cafe Brunswick.st Fitzroy.
- 2017 Boom gallery Beachside Primitive.
- 2017 Paul Auckett (art dealer) St.Kilda show
- 2016 Penny Contemporary Gallery Hobart.
- 2016 Boom Gallery. ‘Sidelines’. Geelong.
- 2015 Bruce Heiser solo show . Brisbane
- 2015 45 Downstairs Gallery Flinders Lane Melbourne.
- 2014 Boom Gallery 20 years of Original Poster & Graphic Work (1994-2014),
- 2013 Doggett St Gallery . Brisbane
- 2012 Qdos Gallery Lorne.
- 2011 50a Winn st Fortitude Valley with Gerry Wedd.
- 2010 Doggett st Gallery Brisbane.
- 2008 Doggett St Gallery Brisbane
- 2007 Qdos Gallery 2008
- 2006 Nellie Castan Gallery Melbourne
- 2006 Doggett st Gallery , Brisbane
- 2005 Michael Carr Gallery Sydney
- 2004 Doggett Street Gallery, Brisbane
- 2004 Fremantle Arts Centre, Western Australia
- 2003 Palm Beach Art Cafe, N.S.W
- 2003 Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
- 2003 Marios Cafe, Fitzroy Melbourne
- 2002 Qdos Arts Lorne, Victoria
- 2002 Doggett st Gallery. Brisbane
- 2001 Antipodes Gallery, Sorrento, Victoria
- 2001 Marios Cafe, Fitzroy, Melbourne
- 2001 Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
- 2000 Doggett St. Gallery, Brisbane
- 2000 Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
- 1999 Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne.
- 1998 Maude Space - Blackwattle Gallery, Sydney
- 1997 Qdos Art Gallery, Lorne, Victoria
- 1996 Maude Space - Blackwattle Gallery, Sydney
- 1995 Pod Gallery, Sydney
- 1994 Qdos Art Gallery, Lorne, Victoria
- 1994 Pod Gallery, Sydney.
- 1993 Qdos Art Gallery, Lorne, Victoria
- 1992 Thomas Gannan Gallery, Fitzroy Melbourne
- 1991 The Continental Cafe, Melbourne
- 1990 Marios Cafe, Melbourne
- 1989 Thomas Gannan Gallery, Melbourne
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2019 Lone Goat gallery Byron Bay . The ‘Mambo Now’ show.
- 2016 Bruce Heiser group show . Brisbane
- 2012 Boom Gallery Xmas show. Geelong
- 2011 Boom Gallery Opening Exhibition, Geelong
- 2011 Lorne Sculpture Show.
- 2011 Nine Lives Gallery. Fortitude Valley Brisbane. Joint show with Gerry
- 2011 Wedd. Curated by Matt Rabbidge.
- 2008 Xmas show at Doggett st Brisbane
- 2008 Xmas Minatures at Sea Pod, Byron Bay
- 2008 ‘Natureboy’ at Sea Pod with Gerry Wedd. Byron Bay
- 2005 Outre Gallery Sydney. Joint show with Keith Weisner USA lowbrow
- 2005 Hotrod artist.
- 2005 ‘Surfers Who Art’ Surfworld Torquay, Victoria
- 2003 ‘Beatsville’ Book Launch and show,Outré Gallery, Melbourne
- 2002 ‘Flora nova’ Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
- 2002 ‘Tiki’ the book and show. Outré Gallery Melb.
- 2001 ‘Tubular Swells” Touring show of surf art (still going)
- 2000 Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney. Drawing show.
- 1996 Mambo “Hot Rod Show’ Mambo HQ, Sydney
- 1995 Mambo ‘Art Irritates Life’ - Opening at Westpac Gallery, Melbourne, then toured all national galleries.
- 1994 Mambo ‘Surrealism Show’ Opening at The New South Wales Gallery, then toured all national galleries .
- 1993 Mambo artists group show at Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
- 1993 Ray Hughes’s artists in Melbourne. Greville St Prahran.
1992-96 ‘Tidal Wave’ Beach Art culture exhibitions. Helped curate and exhibitor - 1991 ‘The Unexpected’ Paper Heroes Gallery, Melbourne, with American Artists Sue Coe and Gary Panter.
- 1989 ‘The Four Way Show’, Melbourne, with Graeme Barker, Henri Maas and Dr. Pete Kendrik.
Awards
- 2005 Australian Performing Rights Association, three nominations for the Fogg album
- 2001 The Archibald Prize, was excepted into the Salon-des-refuses. Portrait of Jenny Bannister and partner Mongoose.
- 1995 AAV Award for ‘The Lert’ TV animation for the MET Melbourne
Commissions
- 2019 Violent Femmes artwork - 2 posters T shirt design and more.
- 2019 A La Grecque restaurant artwork, signage and new logo.
- 2019 30 paintings for ‘The Norfolk’ contemporary beach houses in Byron Bay.
- 2018 Interior bar design and 3/D wooden wall relief for The Caravan Music Club.
- 2018 The Port Fairy Folk Festival. All artwork
- 2015 Animated film clip for Victoriana Gaye’ 60 Foot Lady’ made at Viskatoons
- 2015 Large painting for The Flying Brick Cider Company . Wallington
- 2013 Film Clip for ‘Holy Roll’ Song by Victoriana Gaye.
- 2010 Queenscliff Music Festival poster and artwork.
- 2009 Sculpture for Surf Coast arts. 'The Sentinel’ at the Aireys Inlet Skate Park.
- 2008 ‘Buckleys Bunyip’ sculpture for the Surf Coast Arts . Large sculpture done over 2 months with help from Alex Lorenzi.
- 2005 Surf Coast Arts commission the small sculpture The ‘Angel of The Light’ 2005 for the Inlet Park. Lighthouse tours start from this point.
- 2003 Arena Theatre Company. ‘The Outlookers’ designer sets, costumes, poster and graphics for stage show.
- 2003 ‘Dream Boy’ cartoon novel for Random House .
- 2000 Sydney 2000 Olympic celebrations. ‘Hemispheres’ World Music Concert, part of the ‘Sydney 2000’ Olympic Games.
- 2000 Swatch Watches Instore Mural at the Centerpoint tower Sydney shop.
- 1999 Swatch Watches commission The ‘Sydney 2000’ watch via their Milan 1999 Italy design headquarters.
- 1999 Mural at White Cliffs State School. N.S.W Using student designs.
- 1999 Apollo Bay Music Festival Poster.
- 1999 Kelly Slater USA (World Surfing Champion), Custom Painted Surfboard
- 1998 ‘Schnorky The Wave Puncher’, published in the U.S.A by Random House New York
- 1989 ‘Big Funky Action’ illustrated novel for teenagers, published by Random House Australia
- 1998 Arena Theatre Company ‘Oblong’ designer, sets, costumes and graphics.
- 1997 Mambo, ‘Vibes on a Summers Day Concert’. Designer, T shirts, 1997 Vibes poster and all graphics, plus performance by ‘The Feeling Groovies’
- 1997-99 Ansett Airlines designer, onboard entertainment packs for children.
- 1997 Swatch Watches, Milan, Italy. Designer Sydney 2000 watch
- 1996 MET Melbourne, designer for ‘The Lert’ an animation for TV
- 1996 The Rocks, Sydney Tourist Bus, Design.
- 1996 Arena Theatre Company, Melbourne, buy the rights to “Schnorky the 1996 Wave Puncher ‘and employ Jeff to design all costumes, stage sets and 1996 assist in character development for the stage show.
- 1995 ‘Schnorky The Wave Puncher’ children's picture book, published by Allen and Unwin, Melbourne
- 1994 ‘Trip To Town’ children's picture book, published by Pen and Brush.
Artist in Residencies
- 2003 Artist in Residence at Cleve P-12 College, South Australia.
- 2003 Co-ordinated and helped paint the Benalla Skate Park.
- 2002 Mural at the Cleve secondary college over a week in Sth Aust.
- 1999 Toured towns around Broken Hill with writer Andy Griffiths, dubbed ‘The Wake In Fright Tour’ including time on School of the Air.
- 1999 Mural at White Cliffs State School. N.S.W Using student designs.
- 1996-2005 Workshops for art, writing, cartooning and music in schools, libraries and festivals, nationally. Via ‘Booked Out’ Melb.
Media Publication Highlights
- 2018 Great Ocean Quarterly Magazine does a 5 page article on Jeffs art. 2008 Sydney Morning Herald. 2 page article about surf art and Jeff’s work.
- 2008 Surfers Journal USA covers the Sea Pod show with Gerry Wedd.
- 2006 ‘ Juxtapoz’ magazine feature. The USA lowbrow art publication.
- 2004 ‘Beatsville’ book published by Outré Press, features Jeff’s artwork.
- 2003 ‘Cactus Garden’ TV show features Jeff's lifestyle and work.
- 2002 Tiki Art , book published by Outré Press. Features Jeff’s artwork
- 1998 ‘Surfers Journal’, Four page article on Jeff's life and work.
- 1998 ‘Surfing Life’ Australia, feature article on Jeff's lifestyle and work
- 1997 Juxtapoz Magazine U.S.A. features Jeff's artwork.
- 1997 ‘Surfer’ Magazine, U.S.A. features Jeff's artwork
- 1997 David Carson's Los Angeles, U.S.A. magazine Ray Gun features J eff's artwork
- 1996 ‘Oh La-La’ Canadian TV show interviews Jeff
- 1996 The Age and Sydney Morning Herald. Good Weekend Magazine feature article on Jeff's life
- 1995 ABC TV Arts program featured Jeff's Pod Gallery show in Sydney
Music
- 2015-18 Musician in The Ross McLennan Orchestra.
- 2012 Started running the Sunday Sessions at Wolseley Winery
- 2009 Formed ‘Victoriana Gaye’ with partner Vicki Philipp (still current)
- 2008 Released solo album Bellatrix and formed “RagEE and the Fogghorn” to perform those songs.
- 2005 Formed Musical Group, The Disco Rockers, with Tim Neal.
- 2004 Started running ‘The Beach Gigs’ every Summer in Torquay at Cosy Corner with Mark Trinham. These eventually became The NightJar Markets.
- 2003 Musician with The Rebecca Barnard Band
- 2002 Formed musical group Fogg, with Bruce Haymes
- 2001 Musician with Los Locos . Latin band led by Michael Martinez.
- 1997 Formed musical group Dubbledub with J.Sherlock and N.Bomba
- 1996 Formed musical group - The Beachniks (still current)
- 1992 Formed musical group - The Feeling Groovies with Bruce Haymes
- 1986-91 Musician and designer, The Bachelors from Prague.
- 1986 Musician with The Black Sorrows.
- 1984-7 Musician and designer, The Swinging Sidewalks. (became the house band of ABC TV’s BIG GIG
- 1982-3 Musician and designer, The Eskalaters
- 1980 Musician and designer, The Nicest People
- 1978 Musician and designer, Small Axe
- 1976 Musician, The Salty Dogs
Recordings
- 2016 Victoriana Gaye ‘The Freest of the Free’. on Ragee Sound
- 2014 Victoriana Gaye ‘Red Moon Ray’ on Ragee Sound
- 2013 Victoriana Gaye ‘Holy Roll’ on Ragee Sound
- 2011 Victoriana Gaye ‘Our Pleasure’ on Ragee sound
- 2010 Victoriana Gaye ‘5 Songs’ EP on Ragee Sound
- 2008 Jeff Raglus solo album ‘Bellatrix’ on Head records.
- 2004 The Beachniks, ‘Trombone Bay’ CD Head Records
- 2003 Fogg, ‘Fogg’ CD on Head Records
- 2001 The Beachniks, ‘The Many Moods of the Beachnikis’ EP/CD Head Records
- 2000 The Feeling Groovies, ‘Crowd Pleaser’ CD Head Records
- 1997 Dubbledub, Deadly Headly’ CD Jazzhead Records
- 1995 The Feeling Groovies, ‘Down Deep’ CD Jazzhead records
- 1993 The Feeling Groovies, ’Vibezn’ CD Lounge Label
- 1991 The Bachelors From Prague, ‘Best of The Bachelors’ CD and LP on Polygram Records
- 1990 The Bachelors From Prague, ‘Great’ CD and LP Polygram Records 1988 The Bachelors From Prague, Birth of The Fool’ LP Polygram Records 1987 The Bachelors From Prague, ‘The Energetic Cool’ LP 333 Records 1986 Swinging Sidewalks, ‘Swinging on Nothing’ LP Self Released
- 1984 The Eskalaters, ‘The Eskalaters’ EP Self released