Oliver C Jones

Oliver C Jones (born 1985 in Shropshire, UK) is a contemporary British artist known for his large-scale photorealist chalk pastel drawings.

Jones graduated in 2008 from the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design with First-Class Honors.[1] Shortly after graduation, Jones was the winner of the Best of UK competition at SaLon Gallery, London, earning a place in the UK's Future Greats show.[2] In 2010, Jones was shortlisted for the Threadneedle Prize for Painting and Sculpture for his work Georgina, which featured 'an optical illusion in which a girl's face was upside-down and the eyes and mouth were flipped up the right way.'[3] His work was also featured in the BBC2 show Show Me the Monet.[4] Jones was shortlisted for the Young Masters Art Prize 2014 and awarded a Highly Commended Prize.[5]

In his debut 2014 solo exhibition Love the Skin You're In, Jones 'explored society's obsession with perfect skin'[6] and the exhibition included a portrait of his young daughter with plastic surgery marks covering her face titled Designer Baby.[7]

Jones is the Co-Founder of A3 Project Space Digbeth, Birmingham, UK which supports contemporary artists and hosts residencies in collaboration with mac birmingham and Turning Point West Midlands.[8]

Jones is represented by Los Angeles-based gallery GUSFORD.[9]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.gusfordgallery.com/artists/32-oliver-jones/biography/
  2. ↑ http://lifeinla.com/arts-literature/streams/art/138-art-shows-exhibits/18714/oliver-jones-challenges-his-audience-to-look-for-beauty-in-our-imperfections.html
  3. ↑ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/the-threadneedle-prize-for-painting-and-sculpture-2062789.html
  4. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01l3xk4
  5. ↑ http://www.gusfordgallery.com/news/45/
  6. ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/17/love-the-skin-youre-in-oliver-jones_n_5836952.html
  7. ↑ http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/birmingham-artists-exhibition-display-part-7323265
  8. ↑ http://a3projectspace.org/index.php/about
  9. ↑ http://www.gusfordgallery.com/news/8/
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