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 touring 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
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