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"As we humans approach the singularity, we’ll soon be able to materialise anything we can imagine. I believe therefore we need be both rigorous and playful in our imaginings. We are in effect, Nature's 3D printers."
(TSA. 2019)
Gordon Glyn-Jones’ work has most succinctly been described as: ‘Bio-folklore of future’ (Think Heath Robinson meets Microcosmos).
ARTWORK: Gordon Glyn-Jones is a Zimbabwean artist based in London. His work explores the future evolution of living things. Whilst his subject matter is speculative, his distinct visual language is interwoven with past art traditions: the surreal, the folkloric, chimeric and macabre.
Born of an unflinching discipline of drawing every single day, visual narratives are layered, nuanced and intuitive; pointing to metaphysical and material projections of the future.
EDUCATION: Studied under Helen Leiros, Delta Gallery, Zimbabwe. BA(FA) Michaelis Art School, University of Cape Town.
CAREER: Gordon takes part in select solo & group shows and collaborates on projects aligned with his output. He periodically writes about art, specifically supporting African art abroad and has edited and written for various travel & culture magazines internationally . (BBC/ArtAfrica/TSA)
WORKSHOPS: He holds regular drawing workshops and online lectures that share facets of his process, allowing his students a unique access to the exhilarating power of pure invention.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
(TSA. 2019)
Gordon Glyn-Jones’ work has most succinctly been described as: ‘Bio-folklore of future’ (Think Heath Robinson meets Microcosmos).
ARTWORK: Gordon Glyn-Jones is a Zimbabwean artist based in London. His work explores the future evolution of living things. Whilst his subject matter is speculative, his distinct visual language is interwoven with past art traditions: the surreal, the folkloric, chimeric and macabre.
Born of an unflinching discipline of drawing every single day, visual narratives are layered, nuanced and intuitive; pointing to metaphysical and material projections of the future.
EDUCATION: Studied under Helen Leiros, Delta Gallery, Zimbabwe. BA(FA) Michaelis Art School, University of Cape Town.
CAREER: Gordon takes part in select solo & group shows and collaborates on projects aligned with his output. He periodically writes about art, specifically supporting African art abroad and has edited and written for various travel & culture magazines internationally . (BBC/ArtAfrica/TSA)
WORKSHOPS: He holds regular drawing workshops and online lectures that share facets of his process, allowing his students a unique access to the exhilarating power of pure invention.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
- SPECULATIVE FICTION - Group show, Candid Arts Trust, November 2020
Artists: Delphine Lebourgeois | Georgia Kitty Harris | Gordon Glyn-Jones | Jenny Timmer | Michael Henley | Peter Mammes (more...) - ONE MORE LIGHT - June 2019, Eddie Lock Gallery, Folkstone. An exhibition raising money and awareness for mental health Artists: Banksy, Blek Le Rat, Carne Griffiths, Dan Baldwin, Carne, Jamie Reid, Illuminati-Neon and Mal-One. (more...)
- SOLO SHOW - April 2018, Arches 402 Gallery, Hoxton.
Show was a culmination of initial practice of posting a piece a day for 90 days on Instagram, plus large works (more...) - ART AFRICA FAIR - Curated by Art Africa Magazine: presenting Africa’s most exciting contemporary talents. 2017, Cape Town
Curated by: Alimata Diop | Uche OkpaIroha | Pierre-Christophe Gam | Thembinkosi Goniwe | Ruzy Rusike (more...) - GREEN CREATES - Green Party Exhibition, celebrating the best of green creativity, 2016, Hoxton (more...)
Artists: Gavin Turk | Grayson Perry | Lesley Hilling | Ralph Steadman | Sasha Bowles | Tamsin Relly | War Boutique. - HUMAN NATURE' - Investigating our troubled relationship with Nature. 2015, Group Show, Hoxton. (more...)
Artists: Lesley Hilling | Harry Cory-Wright | Jonesy | Ben Wilson | Oliver Barnett | Nicola Nemec.