BIOGRAPHY
Jennifer Jones is a multi-disciplinary visual artist. Upon graduating BA Fine Art at Central Saint Martins 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.
Central to Jones’ practice are textiles objects such as rugs and tapestries conceived to exist within the home as well as a gallery context. However, her work spans an array of media including painting, drawing, writing and photography. Many of these works begin by manipulating personal photos that range across family members and time. Involving a process of redaction, altering scale, re-composition, collaging and finally recreating in different media, Jones conjures imagined scenarios and characters which are simultaneously real and invented. Jones uses her practice to explore childhood trauma and dysfunctional family relationships, investigating the psychological impacts this has, fragmenting memory and ‘rose-tinting’ the past. The work invites audiences to question nostalgia within their own private lives and to contemplate secrecy, and the resulting tensions, in what’s kept private within the home.
Jones has participated on residencies including 'School of Speculation' with the Design Museum and 'Craft Matters in a Digital Society' at City University Hong Kong. Whilst studying, she completed an Erasmus exchange at Royal Academy of Art, the Hague. Jones has participated in various group shows across the UK and international venues including South London Gallery, Camden Arts Centre, Maakhaven (the Netherlands), Koppel Project Space and Grundy Art Gallery.
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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b. 1999, Chelmsford, England
EDUCATION
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
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
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
EXHIBITIONS
Group:
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