Jonny Green
b. 1966, North Yorkshire. Lives and works in Newcastle upon Tyne
Jonny Green’s paintings are precise renderings of loose, expressionistic sculptures that sit somewhere between still life and portraiture. Moving away from a quick, intuitive way of working, Green now builds sculptural objects from small discarded things, photographs them, and paints the images in a quietly documentary style.
Through this process the objects take on a monumental presence and a hint of personality: ambiguous characters that are flawed, unromanticised and strangely mesmerising.
Acquire I Will Follow You Into the Dark, Limited edition print
Jonny Green (b. 1966, North Yorkshire) studied Fine Art Painting at Norwich School of Art (BA, First Class, 1989) and the Royal College of Art (MA, 1991). After art school he exhibited widely in England and the US, represented England in the FIAR International Art Prize, a touring exhibition of young painters, and held a residency at Delfina Studios, London. He returned to painting after a break of nearly ten years, was shortlisted for the Threadneedle Prize in 2013 and won second prize in the Griffin Art Prize in 2015. In 2017 he was an artist in residence at City & Guilds of London Art School. His work is held in collections including MIMA, Hull City Art Gallery, Deutsche Bank and Sony International, and in private collections in the UK, USA and Canada.
Selected exhibitions
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2021, solo exhibition, New Art Projects, London
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2017, Artists in Residence, City & Guilds of London Art School, London
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2015, Griffin Art Prize, Griffin Gallery, London (second prize)
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2015, solo exhibition, Carter Presents, London
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2013, Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London (shortlisted)
