Gareth Jones
Wirral
Aiming to connect with the viewer and, using ambiguity, trigger thoughts of part-imagined or part-experienced places and territories – as fragments of internal landscapes that we carry with us
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Gareth Jones is a painter working in acrylic and dry media. His work is driven by thoughts of and experiences of place and space. Combining fragments and references to and from the real world, with ideas that occur to him during the process of painting, an abstraction of thoughts and experiences is formed. His interests lie in "non-painterly" approaches to image making. He utilises behavioural needs in a variety of conditions and difficulties to capture histories of environmental extremes as painted record. His activities fill voids that offer challenge and questions on what "being good at something" means. His selection of "process and effect" look to contribute to the understanding and apprehension of what art action is. His theoretical positioning engages with set rules that allow viewers to compose and construct their own understanding what he offers.
Gareth’s paintings aim to connect with the viewer and, using ambiguity, trigger their own thoughts of part-imagined or part-experienced places and territories – as fragments of internal landscapes that we all carry with us.
Shows / Events / Residencies
Residency | Grow – Hackney Wick | Web Link
‘Raw Rewards’ | Collaboration with Neil Ferguson | In Conversation (9) | Web Link & You Tube
Degree Show | Sir John Cass School of Art [MA by Project] | 08.09.2017 – 16.09.2017
‘Hidden Layers’ | Ensemb7e - Group Show | the Strand Gallery | 10.11.2016 – 14.11.2016
Summer Show | Sir John Cass School of Art [MA by Project] |10.06.2016 – 18.06.2016
‘Breaking Surfaces’ | Ensemb7e Group ‘Pop-Up Show’ | 05.05.2016
Summer Show | Sir John Cass School of [Art Foundation Diploma] | 16.06.2015 – 20.06.2015
Competitions
Royal Academy Summer Show Shortlisted to Last 1500 | 2017
Collections
Works Held In Various Private Collections in London, Home Counties, Northwest England, and Australia
Arts Education
Sir John Cass School of Art | MA By Project 2015 – 2017 | Distinction | Prize For Outstanding Academic Achievement
Sir John Cass School of Art | Foundation Diploma | 2014 – 2015
O-Level Art | Grade A | 1987
Other Education
MPhil Computational Fluid Dynamics
BEng Mechanical Engineering | 2:1 | Prize (Sponsored By IMechE)
3 A-Levels, 10 O-Levels
Employment
Project Management, Team Leader [Information Technology] | PRINCE 2 Practitioner | Various London | 1997 – 2013
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