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Jez Dolan is an artist living and working in Manchester. His practice underlines the intersections between queerness, sexuality, identity, and memory. He works across artforms including drawing, film, printmaking, painting, performance and theatre. His work is represented in public and private collections internationally including The British Museum, The Government Art Collection, The Leslie Lohman Museum NYC, The Schwules* Museum Berlin and The Walker Gallery Liverpool. He was the first Artist in Residence at Manchester Art Gallery in 2021/22 for the exhibition, Derek Jarman Protest!. Jez is the founding Artistic Director of Manchester-based arts & heritage company IAP:MCR.