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
2011 Grizedale Forest Art Roots outdoor sculpture commission, Grizedale, Cumbria (ongoing)
Conwy Castle Cadw Site Interpretation Scheme commission (ongoing)
Blinc Digital Arts Festival Conwy, North Wales
St Peters Church Lighting Commission Ruthin
2010 Sherman Theatre Architectural Commission Cardiff, working with Capita Architecture
2009 Fourwards Project with Blackpool Council and Illuminations
2007 Magazine 07 Spectre Beacon site specific intervention commissioned by Edinburgh
Sculpture Workshop for Edinburgh Festival, Scotland
Exhibitions: Solo Shows
2007 Biosmos Heart Fine Art Gallery, Edinburgh
Selected Group Shows
2011 Parallax Art Fair London
Light Fantastic Broadfield House Glass Museum, Dudley
Fabric of the Land Aberdeen University School of Geosciences, Aberdeen
Inside Out Rhondda Heritage Park, South Wales
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, North Wales
Cadman Gallery Staffordshire University
2004 British Glass Biennale Stourbridge
Residencies
2009 Safle Public Art Residency Ruthin Craft Centre, North Wales
2008 UrbanGlass Visiting Artist Fellowship Brooklyn, New York
2011 Winner of the Oriel Wrecsam Open Professional Artist Award Oriel Wrecsam
2010 GAS Emerging Artist Lecture Award Louisville Kentucky, USA
Shortlisted for the RBS public Art Award Royal British Society of Sculptors, London
2009 Royal British Society of Sculptors Bursary Award RBS, London
Arts Council Wales and Wales Arts International production grant recipient
2006 The James Pantyfedwen Foundation Award for postgraduate study
Artist Talks
2010 Waterside Arts Centre Sale, Manchester
WAI International Curators Visits artist studio, North Wales
2009 Royal British Society of Sculptors London
Neon Workshops Wakefield, Yorkshire
2008 Glyndwr University Wrexham, North Wales
Selected Publications
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
Selected Online Publicity
2010 WAI News Archive 19th Aug
ACW newsletter 17th July
2009 Casoria Contemporary Art Museum Naples, Italy, 'Not Apartheid', Issue 05
AXIS Curators Choice 11th-15th May