Biography
Credit: Faridanifoto
"I believe as humans, anything we imagine, we can materialise. As artists, we have therefore to be rigorous in our originality and stretch the limits of our imaginations. We are in effect Nature's 3D printers."
(TSA. 2019)
Career: After art school Gordon edited various travel & culture magazines internationally as a way of gaining a global perspective. He returned to full-time art practice five years ago and takes part in select group shows and curates projects aligned with his vision. He lives and works in London and still writes about art, specifically supporting African art abroad.
Vision: As central to his art practice, he draws every day and regularly shares the works on Instagram. With a working method similar to free-writing, he creates a unique visual language to entice us into an alternate universe. He is currently creating a body of large work for a solo painting show.
Workshops: He holds regular drawing workshops that share facets of his process, allowing his students a unique access to the exhilarating power of pure invention.
Selected Exhibitions:
Education: Studied under Helen Leiros, Delta Gallery, Zimbabwe.
BA(FA) Michaelis Art School, University of Cape Town.
(TSA. 2019)
Career: After art school Gordon edited various travel & culture magazines internationally as a way of gaining a global perspective. He returned to full-time art practice five years ago and takes part in select group shows and curates projects aligned with his vision. He lives and works in London and still writes about art, specifically supporting African art abroad.
Vision: As central to his art practice, he draws every day and regularly shares the works on Instagram. With a working method similar to free-writing, he creates a unique visual language to entice us into an alternate universe. He is currently creating a body of large work for a solo painting show.
Workshops: He holds regular drawing workshops 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 2019
Artists: Delphine Lebourgeois | Georgia Kitty Harris | Gordon Glyn-Jones | Jenny Timmer | Michael Henley | Peter Mammes (more...) - ONE MORE LIGHT - June 2018, 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
Education: Studied under Helen Leiros, Delta Gallery, Zimbabwe.
BA(FA) Michaelis Art School, University of Cape Town.