Oliver C Jones

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Oliver C Jones
Born1985
Shropshire
EducationBirmingham Institute of Art and Design (First Class Honours Degree in Fine Art)
Notable workLove the Skin You’re In, Divine
StyleHis large-scale, photo-realistic pastel works of art aim to question society's notion of flesh
Website http://www.olivercjones.com/

Oliver C Jones (born 1985 in Shropshire, UK) is a contemporary British artist known for his large-scale photorealist chalk pastel drawings. His work is most fundamentally concerned with flesh, in particular how its image exists and how it is interpreted in society [1] .

Jones graduated in 2008 from the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design with First-Class Honors. [2] 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. [3] 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.' [4] His work was also featured in the BBC2 show Show Me the Monet. [5] Jones was shortlisted for the Young Masters Art Prize 2014 and awarded a Highly Commended Prize. [6]

In his debut 2014 solo exhibition Love the Skin You're In, Jones 'explored society's obsession with perfect skin' [7] and the exhibition included a portrait of his young daughter with plastic surgery marks covering her face titled Designer Baby. [8]

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. [9]

Jones is represented by Los Angeles-based gallery GUSFORD. [10]

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