​Jennifer Jones is a textiles-based artist who is currently a resident at Sarabande (Lee Alexander McQueen) Foundation. Upon graduating BA Fine Art at Central Saint Martins with First Class Honours in 2022, she was awarded Bloomberg New Contemporaries and the New Futures Graduate Art Prize, as well as a residency on the Associate Studio Programme with Acme and UAL. Jones has participated in various group shows across the UK and international venues including South London Gallery, Camden Arts Centre, Maakhaven (NL) and the exhibition space at City University Hong Kong.

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Jones' practice is rooted in the transformation of family photo archives. Through processes of redaction, re-composition, scale alteration and reconstruction of personal imagery, Jones creates imagined scenarios and characters which are simultaneously real and invented. Often taking the form of textiles, reminiscent of domestic household objects (clothing, curtains, rugs, tapestries), the work examines nostalgia, memory and ‘rose-tinted’ pasts.

By inviting audiences to contemplate secrecy and what’s kept private within the home, Jones asks us to consider how we construct and curate our own familial narratives.

 

Alongside her personal practice, Jones is Founder and Producer of 'Grafters Collective', a support network for emerging working-class artists which aims to spark crucial conversations about the elitism ingrained in the art world, its deeply rooted class structures, and the changes needed to make art accessible to all—both for its makers and audiences.

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Click here to see An interview with me by Art Writer Tom Glover

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b. 1999, Chelmsford, England

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EDUCATION

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2019-2022, BA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins, London

2021, Erasmus BA Fine Art, Royal Academy of Art, The Hague

2018-2019, BA Fashion Styling and Production, London College of Fashion, London

2017-2018, Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Central Saint Martins, London

2017, Insights into FE, UAL Outreach Programme, London

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AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

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2024 Sarabande (the Lee Alexander McQueen) Foundation

2024 The Eaton Fund Grant Recipient

2024 New Emergence Art Prize (shortlisted)

2023 Bloomberg New Contemporaries, London

2023 Associate Studio Programme, Acme Studios, London

2022  New Futures Graduate Art Prize, Saatchi Art, London

2022 Sid Motion Gallery Prize, London (shortlisted)

2022 School of Speculation- the Design Museum, South London Gallery and Koppel Project

2021 'Craft Matters in a Digital Society'- City University Hong Kong, Zurich University of Arts and UAL

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EXHIBITIONS

 

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​​2025 'Home Is Where The Art Is' Hypha Studios, London

2025 'House of Bandits X Selfridges Pop-up' Selfridges, London

2025 'Homesick' Sarabande Foundation, London

2025 'Through the Splinters' Silian Gallery, London

2025 'A Thousand Pointed Star' Teaspoon Projects, London

2024 'Thresholds of Perception' Acme Studios, London

2024 'Introducing Grafters Collective' The Peckham Pelican,  London

2024 'Things Are More Than They Are' Acme Studios, London

2024 'Bloomberg New Contemporaries' Camden Art Centre, London

2023 'The Fronteer Open 2023' sponsored by Curator Space, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield

2023 'Lingering Memories' Fox Yard Studio, Stowmarket

2023 'A Momentary Bond' St.art Gallery at the Koppel Project Space, London

2023 'Bloomberg New Contemporaries' Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool

2022 ‘School SOS_2022’ South London Gallery, London

2022 ‘Anywhere Inbetween’ The Tub, London

2022 ‘The Other Art Fair’ solo booth, Saatchi Art, London

2022 ‘CSM Shows’ Central Saint Martins, London

2022 ‘AR(T) Futures: Behind the Frame’ St.art Gallery at Gallery Different, London

2021 ‘Craft Matters in a Digital Society’ City University Hong Kong, Kowloon

2021 ‘Autonom Stage Two’ Maakhaven, The Hague

2018 ‘Foundation End of Year Show’ Lethaby Gallery, London​

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