Jake Moss spent his childhood in housing commission in Woodridge, Australia. He has six sisters, four brothers and is known as “Uncle Jake” by many nieces and nephews. As a child, Moss was an altar boy at the local church, did boxing at the local PCYC, and created whatever art he could with whatever materials he had.

As an artist, he’s had a solo exhibition in New York, attended art residencies in Spain, France and Finland, delivered the largest solo exhibition Brisbane Powerhouse has ever hosted (‘JAKE MOSS: WITH FEELINGS), and was the first ever artist-in-residence at Sunshine Coast Council’s sub tropic studio.

As a writer, Moss has released experimental novels and poetry collections - the last of which, ‘YOU’RE WELCOME AND I APOLOGISE’, was selected by State Library of Queensland to be archived in their John Oxley Library. Of the seven titles Moss has published (each printed by Griffin Press), all of them are currently sold out. In 2018 Moss also created and released the first issue of a magazine titled ‘YOU’RE SCARING THE CHILDREN’, for which he interviewed Josh Radnor (How I Met Your Mother) and musician Ben Lee. The magazine also included a Kim Jung-un colouring in competition, a feature story on a National Level Lifetime Member of The Rebels gang (whom Moss has known his entire life), and an interview with Madison Missina - a well-known Australian adult film star.

Film-wise, Moss has written, directed and produced a string of independent art films - including ‘EXT. SKATEPARK’ which was streaming on Amazon Prime Video (UK and USA), ‘BOYS WILL BE’’ (which saw him remake his original drama version as a comedy with the same cast and crew), and his most recent film ‘HOOD SAFARI’ which was shot on tape.

Moss has also taken his art to the stage, having performed in La Boite Theatre’s production of ‘Engine’ in 2010 and going on to write and direct his own plays (‘SEX SHOP’ and ‘IS THERE PUSSY IN HEAVEN?”) at Metro Arts and Brisbane Arts Theatre. In 2017 and 2018, while living in New York he also regularly performed stand-up comedy at open mics.

While in his 20s Moss has released over 20 projects - including films, plays, exhibitions and books - even under difficult circumstances. Moss was homeless from October 2016 until May 2017, and again from August 2019 until March 2020. The exhibition ‘WITH FEELINGS’ and the film 'EXT. SKATEPARK’ were both created from scratch while Jake was homeless the second time - he’d often discuss the progress of these projects with other patrons at the charity Rosies (Caloundra) while eating dinner. Jake still has a relationship with the homeless community in Caloundra and recently designed the official merch for Rosies to celebrate its 35th birthday.

In 2023 he was awarded the Lord Mayor’s Creative Fellowship, and spent a few months in Europe while attending art residencies in Spain and France. While in Europe he felt homesick - not for Australia but for Woodridge - so upon his return to Brisbane he got a job at a bar in Woodridge, where he spent an hour travelling to each day on the train. In his first month he was awarded Employee of the Month. He quit after four months. This isn’t related to his career as an artist, but it is important to him as a young man.

In 2024 he spent time in Los Angeles - where he was invited to work on the screenplay ‘Boofhead’ (which has received Development Funding from Screen Queensland). Since returning to Brisbane he’s released a poetry collection (‘THE GOOD STUFF’), had a secret exhibition, and performed a live poetry show at New Banner Theatre.

Also this was written by me - Jake Moss. I was told it’d look more professional if this was written in third person, but also, like, I don’t wanna lie to you. Idk. It’s 3am.