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Jamie Reid:
Chronology
by Stuart Borthwick and Brian Jones.

1947Jamie is born in Croydon, Surrey to John Finlay Macgregor-Reid and Nora Reid (née Gardener)
1962Jamie enrols at the Wimbledon Art College, South London.
1964Jamie enrols at the Croydon Art School, Surrey.
1966Jamie designs a cover for "Heatwave", a British publication allied to the Situationist International.
1970Jamie, along with Jeremy Brook and Nigel Edwards, found The Suburban Press, a radical neo-situationist printing press.
1974Jamie involved with layout for "Leaving the 20th Century", by Christopher Gray, the first English anthology of work written by the Situationist International.
1975Jamie moves to the Isle of Lewis.
1976Malcolm McLaren contacts Jamie on the Isle of Lewis, and asks Jamie to work with him on his new music-based project, The Sex Pistols.
1976-1980Jamie works full time with Sex Pistols, producing artwork and publicity materials for a string of singles and LPs.
1980Jamie produces artwork and materials for the Sex Pistols' feature film entitled "The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle". Jamie produces artwork for Malcolm McLaren's new proteges Bow Wow Wow. Jamie moves to Paris, where he works on an unreleased stage performance of Leaving the 20th Century entitled 'Chaos in Cancerland'.
1983Jamie moves to Brixton, South London, and holds an exhibition at the Brixton Art Gallery.
1985Jamie completes the poster for the film "Letter to Brezhnev".
1986Jamie holds an exhibition at Hamilton¹s Gallery, Mayfair, London.
1986-1990Worked out of Assorted Images graphics studio, London
1987Faber and Faber publish "Up They Rise: The Incomplete Works of Jamie Reid", with text from the British music journalist Jon Savage. Jamie completes cover artwork for Transvision Vamp's single "Revolution Baby".
1989Assorted Images publish "Celtic Surveyor: More Incomplete Works of Jamie Reid". Jamie completes a poster to advertise an exhibition of situationist work at the Institute of Contemporary Art, London. Jamie begins work at The Strongroom recording studio, East London, producing murals, paintings, logos and general artwork. This work continues to the present.
1989-1990'Celtic Surveyor' exhibition shown in Kyoto, and Tokyo, Japan
1990Jamie begins work with Rhys Mwyn and Anhrefn, a Welsh-language punk rock band. This included designing the sleeve for their album formerly titled "Rhowch Eich Teitl Eich Hun" /"Fill in your own title".Later titled "Dragon's Revenge" Produced artworks for "In Our Time" album by Cactus Rain. Jamie also directed the videos for the singles from this album. Produced poster and title graphics for the film 'Blonde Fist'.
1991Jamie designs artwork for Half Man Half Biscuit single "No Regrets". He also directed video of the same single.
1992Jamie holds 'Celtic Surveyor' at Britannia Hall (Derry ). This exhibition showed at the 051 Media Centre in Liverpool, and also ran at Cornerhouse ( Manchester ), and Kunsthaus ( Berlin), similtaneousy Jamie produces cover artwork for "Shamanarchy in the UK", a compilation album by the London-based collective loosely known as Evolution, who also produced the 'Encyclopaedia Psychedelica'.
1994Jamie donated copies of 'Peace Is Tough' ( John Wayne image ) and 'Corporate Slavery', to the charity War Child.
1995Jamie works with Zion Train, producing artwork and participating in the world¹s first "interactive interview" on CD-ROM.
1996Following a visit to The Strongroom, the Afro-Celt Sound System form, then release their first album "Volume 1: Sound Magic", incorporating sleeve designs by Jamie. Jamie, along with the Liverpool arts collective Visual Stress, works with the Afro-Celt Sound System at live gigs. Started his ongoing collaboration with Russian computer laser artist Alexei Blinov/Raylab
1997-1999Jamie exhibits a retrospective entitled 'Peace is Tough' in New York,Tokyo and various European cities.
1998Jamie is featured in the "Destroy" exhibition at the Royal Festival Hall in London
1999The Afro-Celt Sound System release their long-awaited second album "Afro Celt Sound System Volume 2", incorporating further sleeve designs by Jamie. Jamie exhibits some of his work at The Workhaus, as part of the Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art. Married his muse Maria
2000Jamie decorates the Magic Room at the rock'n' roll Hotel Pelirocco, Brighton, East Sussex. Jamie begins work on a DVD project.
2001'Peace Is Tough' exhibition shown at the Arches, Glasgow Produced 'Maridala' image for Legalise Cannabis Campaign Produced cover artworks for Afro Celt Sound System's third album 'Further In Time' Throughout the entire period Jamie continued/s to produce drawings, paintings, photos, and hangings used in shamanistic rituals, festivals and club events. He also found time to produce cover artworks for a string of other artists including Boy George, and the Almighty, to name but two.

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