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 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, 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

            Awards
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