Personal Details

Based   North Wales                                                            
Email    mail@jessicalloyd-jones.com        
                       

             

            Education and Qualifications

2007     MFA Sculpture  Edinburgh College of Art
2005     1st Class BA (Hons) Fine Art Staffordshire University


  
            Public Art Commissions

2012     Grizedale Forest Art Roots outdoor sculpture commission, Grizedale, Cumbria (ongoing)
            Conwy Castle / Cadw Site Interpretation Scheme Commission, Conwy 
2011    
Blinc Digital Arts Festival 
Conwy

            St Peters Church Ruthin Art Trail Commission, Ruthin
2010     Sherman Theatre Architectural Commission Cardiff, working with Capita Architecture
2009    
Blackpool Council and Illuminations Commission, Blackpool
2007     Edinburgh Festival site specific artwork commissioned by Edinburgh 
            Sculpture Workshop

           
           
            Exhibitions: Solo Shows

2007     Biosmos Heart Fine Art Gallery, Edinburgh       

            Selected Group Shows
 

2013     SALT Foundation Claude Verdan, Musee de la Main, Lausanne, Switzerland 
            New Future Museo di Palazzo Poggi, Bologna Curated by Manuela Valentini
2012     Blinc Digital Arts Festival Conwy
            World Event Young Artists Nottingham
            Art Roots Grizedale Forest, Cumbria
            F/ocal Length Oriel Sycharth Gallery, Glyndwr University
            Oriel Davies Open, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown
2011     
Parallax Art Fair London
            Blinc Digital Arts Festival Conwy, North Wales
            Light Fantastic
Broadfield House Glass Museum, Dudley
            Fabric of the Land Aberdeen University School of Geosciences, Aberdeen

            Inside Out Rhondda Heritage Park, Trehafod
           
Breath Taking 18 month t
ouring exhibition throughout 2011/12
2010     Second European Triennial of Ceramic and Glass Mons, Belgium
            Altered States Lauriston Gallery, Waterside Arts Centre, Sale, Manchester
            
SOFA New York represented by UrbanGlass, New York
           
Contemporary Art from Wales Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

           
Public Art Award Exhibition Royal British Society of Sculptors, London
2009    
 Bursary Award Exhibition 
Royal British Society of Sculptors, London
            Illumicycle Solaris Energy Centre, Blackpool 
2008     Conjunction Art Biennale Stoke-On-Trent, with AirSpace Gallery/Staffordshire University
           
Cargo 1 travelling exhibition by boat, west coast Scotland, Ullapool Visual Arts, The
            Gathering Hall, (Skye), Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum and Arts Centre (North Uist)    
           
Electric Blue OXO Tower Wharf Barge House, South Bank, London
2007     Site The Dick Institute, Kilmarnock, Scotland               
           
RSA Annual Exhibition
 Royal Scottish Academy, 
Edinburgh
           
Time Burhley Sculpture Garden, Burghley 
           
On The Rocks The Lighthouse Venue, Edinburgh
2006     Swap 195 Gallery North, Northumbria University
2005     Coordinates The International Harlech Biennale, Harlech
            Cadman Gallery Staffordshire University
2004    
British Glass Biennale Stourbridge

            

            Awards

2012     Winner of the Oriel Davies Open Peoples Choice Award Oriel Davies, Newtown
            Arts Council Wales Creative Wales Award recipient
2011     Winner of the Oriel Wrecsam Open Professional Artist Award Oriel Wrecsam
2010    
Glass Art Society Emerging Artist Lecture Award  Louisville Kentucky, USA
           
Shortlisted for the Royal British Society of Sculptors Public Art Award London
2009     Royal British Society of Sculptors Bursary Award London
            Arts Council Wales and Wales Arts International production grant recipient
2006     The James Pantyfedwen Foundation Award for postgraduate study
 


            Residencies

2009     Safle Public Art Residency Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin
2008     UrbanGlass Visiting Artist Fellowship Brooklyn, New York


           
              Selected Published Articles 

2011     British Medical Journal front cover image, Apr
            
Contemporary Glass Society Newsletter front cover image & double page article, Mar
2009     Concept for Living Magazine Jan issue
2008     AN Magazine front cover image and inside cover article, Dec 08/Jan 09
            The Independent Newspaper extract image The Information Supplement, 8th-14thNov
          
  Glass The UrbanGlass Quarterly, 2008-2009 Visiting Artist Fellows Spring 08