Artists > Katherine Jones
Katherine Jones RA (born 1979 in Sussex, England) makes imaginative and luminous compositions marked by a wealth of contrasts and textural details. An avid reader, Jones gleans ideas for her work from literary sources and films, as well as from current events covered in the radio programs she listens to while working. Often repeating a certain motif over and over in the course of a series, Jones sinks her teeth into a subject and renders familiar and fantastical imagery in a manner that is both profound and playful, raw and exquisite.
Recent solo exhibitions in which Jones’s work has been shown include Fine Ladies and Gentle Men, Gainsborough’s House and Museum, Sudbury, UK (forthcoming 2025); Bright New, Rabley Gallery and Drawing Centre, Wiltshire, UK (2024); Taper to Green, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (2022); The Iron in the Earth, Rabley Gallery and Drawing Centre (2021); We Grew The Long Bones, Eton College, Windsor, UK and Jeannie Avent Gallery, London (2020); and The Precious Hours, Rabley Drawing Centre (2018). Jones’s work is in numerous public collections such as the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; Yale University Library; the Boston Athenaeum; Eton College; the University of Warwick Art Collection; Swarthmore College; and Wellesley Library.
Jones was elected a Royal Academician in 2022. She received her BA (Hons) in printmaking from the Cambridge School of Art, and her MA in printmaking from the Camberwell College of Arts in London. She lives and works in London.
Recent solo exhibitions in which Jones’s work has been shown include Fine Ladies and Gentle Men, Gainsborough’s House and Museum, Sudbury, UK (forthcoming 2025); Bright New, Rabley Gallery and Drawing Centre, Wiltshire, UK (2024); Taper to Green, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (2022); The Iron in the Earth, Rabley Gallery and Drawing Centre (2021); We Grew The Long Bones, Eton College, Windsor, UK and Jeannie Avent Gallery, London (2020); and The Precious Hours, Rabley Drawing Centre (2018). Jones’s work is in numerous public collections such as the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; Yale University Library; the Boston Athenaeum; Eton College; the University of Warwick Art Collection; Swarthmore College; and Wellesley Library.
Jones was elected a Royal Academician in 2022. She received her BA (Hons) in printmaking from the Cambridge School of Art, and her MA in printmaking from the Camberwell College of Arts in London. She lives and works in London.
