Kiera Bennett and Reece Jones discuss the work in
this year's ArtWorks Open on Saturday 8th September at 2pm - 3:30pm, ArtWorks Project Space.
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Kiera BennettKiera Bennett (born Oldham 1971) studied at The Royal College of Art (2000–02) and Oxford University, The Ruskin School (1990–93) and Mid Cheshire College of Art+Design, Northwich (1989–90)
After Leaving The Royal College in 2002 Bennett was involved in creating Rockwell, an artist run gallery and studios in East London (other founding members include Alex Gene Morrison, Reece Jones, Gavin Nolan, Chris Davies) It closed in June 2007. Predominantly working in painting (but also collage) Bennett has shown internationally and currently lives and works in London. Past shows include 'New Contemporaries' in 2002, 'Collage' at the Bloomberg Space London in 2004,where Bennett showed alongside artists including Chris Ofili, Marcel Duchamp, Robert Rauschenberg and Max Ernst, John Moores Painting Prize 23, The Walker Art Gallery in 2004, 'Fuckin Brilliant/Maji Yabai, Tokyo Wondersite Gallery, Shibuya, Tokyo in 2006, 'Bad Moon Rising', a solo show at Rockwell Gallery London in 2007 and 'Precious Things', Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda, Ireland in 2008, a group show curated by Graham Crowley, former professor of painting at The Royal College of Art, other artists included Ansel Krut, Varda Caivano and Paul Housley. She also received The Cocheme Fellowship at Byam Shaw School of Art in 2004 (concluding with a show alongside artist Ryan Gander). Her work is in various collections including those of Mario Testino, Cornelia Parker and Julian Opie |
This Is Not A Love Song
(charcoal on paper
with polymar varnish 64 x 78 cms)
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Reece JonesReece Jones was born in Botswana and lives and works in London. His work has shown internationally (Japan, The US, Belgium, Croatia, Russia, Germany) with recent solo shows at Triumph Gallery, Moscow and All Visual Arts, London. He was one of the founding members / curators of the Rockwell project space in Hackney and is a lecturer in Fine Art - Painting at City & Guilds of London Art School, Kennington.
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Solo Exhibitions
2012 Control Test, All Visual Arts, London
2011 Control Test, Triumph Gallery, Moscow
2008 Fatal Attempts at Re-Entry, Simon Dickinson, London
2006 Salon show for Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst and Joe La Placa, London
2005 Andrew Mummery Gallery, London
2004 Protect and Survive, Rockwell, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 Obsessive Compulsive Drawing, Stephane Simoens, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
2012 Cinema, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium
2011 Restless Nature, Newlyn Gallery, Cornwall
2011 Polemically Small, Garboushian Gallery, Los Angeles
2011 Polemically Small, Torrance Art Museum, California, USA & Charlie Smith Gallery, London
2010 Vanitas; The Transience of Earthly Pleasures, All Visual Arts, London
2010 Papyrophilia, Charlie Smith Gallery London
2009 The Age of the Marvellous, All Visual Arts, London
2008 Night, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2008 Nowhere Is Here, Drawing Room London, Apex Portsmouth & Fruehsorge Contemporary Drawings, Berlin
2007 Nature and Society // Parallel Lines, Ethnographic Museum, Dubrovnik
2007 The Whiteness of the Whale, Transition Gallery, London
2006 Jerusalem, Dean Clough, Halifax
2005 Maji Yabai! (Fuckin' Brilliant!), Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo
2005 NLKII, Wooster Projects, New York
2005 Faux Realism Part 1, Royal Academy Pumphouse, London
2005 NLK, Soho House, New York
2005 Remarkable, Andrew Mummery Gallery, London
2004 The Horizon of Expectation, Empire, London
2004 Independents, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool
2004 1st Assembly, the Ragged School, London
2004 Sympathetic Nerve, Capsule, New York
2004 Ready Steady Go, 3 Colts Gallery, London
2003 Rockwell, Rockwell Project Space, London
Selected Bibliography
Big Drawing, Drawing as Performance. Elephant Magazine #10. Anna Ibarra and Marc Valli. Spring 2012.
Reece Jones, Control Test, Exhibition of the Week. Time Out London. Helen Sumpter. March 2012
Interview With Reece Jones. Culture Compass. Loma-Ann Marks. March 2012
Reece Jones in Conversation With Jonathan Wateridge. Jonathan Wateridge, Mitteland. Exhibition Catalogue. 2011
Reece Jones at Triumph Gallery. Dazed Digital. Zoe Dickens. June 2011
Reece Jones, Control Test. Exhibition Catalogue. Triumph Gallery, Moscow. 2011
Vanitas, The Transience of Earthly Pleasures. Exhibition Catalogue. All Visual Arts. 2010
The Age of The Marvellous. Exhibition Catalogue. All Visual Arts. 2009
Nowhere is Here. Exhibition Catalogue. The Drawing Room. 2008
Night. Exhibition Catalogue. Royal West of England Academy. 2008
In The Studio. Time Out London. Helen Sumpter. March 2008
Nature and Society // Parallel Lines. Exhibition Catalogue. Ethnographic Museum, Dubrovnik. 2007
Reece Jones. The Guardian. Jessica Lack. August 2004
Reece Jones Protect and Survive. Time Out London. Sarah Kent. Issue 1771. 2004
Born Cry Eat Shit Fuck Die. Miser and Now Magazine. Reece Jones. April 2004.
Friends in High Places. Art Review. Jessica Lack. July 2003.
2012 Control Test, All Visual Arts, London
2011 Control Test, Triumph Gallery, Moscow
2008 Fatal Attempts at Re-Entry, Simon Dickinson, London
2006 Salon show for Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst and Joe La Placa, London
2005 Andrew Mummery Gallery, London
2004 Protect and Survive, Rockwell, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 Obsessive Compulsive Drawing, Stephane Simoens, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
2012 Cinema, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium
2011 Restless Nature, Newlyn Gallery, Cornwall
2011 Polemically Small, Garboushian Gallery, Los Angeles
2011 Polemically Small, Torrance Art Museum, California, USA & Charlie Smith Gallery, London
2010 Vanitas; The Transience of Earthly Pleasures, All Visual Arts, London
2010 Papyrophilia, Charlie Smith Gallery London
2009 The Age of the Marvellous, All Visual Arts, London
2008 Night, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2008 Nowhere Is Here, Drawing Room London, Apex Portsmouth & Fruehsorge Contemporary Drawings, Berlin
2007 Nature and Society // Parallel Lines, Ethnographic Museum, Dubrovnik
2007 The Whiteness of the Whale, Transition Gallery, London
2006 Jerusalem, Dean Clough, Halifax
2005 Maji Yabai! (Fuckin' Brilliant!), Tokyo Wonder Site, Tokyo
2005 NLKII, Wooster Projects, New York
2005 Faux Realism Part 1, Royal Academy Pumphouse, London
2005 NLK, Soho House, New York
2005 Remarkable, Andrew Mummery Gallery, London
2004 The Horizon of Expectation, Empire, London
2004 Independents, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool
2004 1st Assembly, the Ragged School, London
2004 Sympathetic Nerve, Capsule, New York
2004 Ready Steady Go, 3 Colts Gallery, London
2003 Rockwell, Rockwell Project Space, London
Selected Bibliography
Big Drawing, Drawing as Performance. Elephant Magazine #10. Anna Ibarra and Marc Valli. Spring 2012.
Reece Jones, Control Test, Exhibition of the Week. Time Out London. Helen Sumpter. March 2012
Interview With Reece Jones. Culture Compass. Loma-Ann Marks. March 2012
Reece Jones in Conversation With Jonathan Wateridge. Jonathan Wateridge, Mitteland. Exhibition Catalogue. 2011
Reece Jones at Triumph Gallery. Dazed Digital. Zoe Dickens. June 2011
Reece Jones, Control Test. Exhibition Catalogue. Triumph Gallery, Moscow. 2011
Vanitas, The Transience of Earthly Pleasures. Exhibition Catalogue. All Visual Arts. 2010
The Age of The Marvellous. Exhibition Catalogue. All Visual Arts. 2009
Nowhere is Here. Exhibition Catalogue. The Drawing Room. 2008
Night. Exhibition Catalogue. Royal West of England Academy. 2008
In The Studio. Time Out London. Helen Sumpter. March 2008
Nature and Society // Parallel Lines. Exhibition Catalogue. Ethnographic Museum, Dubrovnik. 2007
Reece Jones. The Guardian. Jessica Lack. August 2004
Reece Jones Protect and Survive. Time Out London. Sarah Kent. Issue 1771. 2004
Born Cry Eat Shit Fuck Die. Miser and Now Magazine. Reece Jones. April 2004.
Friends in High Places. Art Review. Jessica Lack. July 2003.
