Work History
JONATHAN HUXLEY
Born in 1965. Lives and works in London.
1986-1989 BA Honours Fine Art: Trent Polytechnic Nottingham.
1989-1992 Royal Academy Diploma Royal Academy of Arts London.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Jonathan Huxley, Crane Kalman Gallery, London, Feb-Mar 2001
Jonathan Huxley: New Work, Galerie Ariel Sibony, Place des Vosges, Paris, 2004
Jonathan Huxley; so far…, Crane Kalman Gallery, London, Mar – Apr 2005
Small Change, Crane Kalman Gallery, London, April – May 2009
Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris, 2012
Absolute Zero, Waltman Ortega Fine Art, Miami FL USA, 2013
The Human Condition, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris, 2014
Romance; New Works by Jonathan Huxley, Crane Kalman Gallery, London, Sept – Oct 2007
Wildlife; A Selection of New Paintings and Works on Paper, Crane Kalman Gallery, London, May 2015
Remix, Galerie Olivier Waltman, 2016
A Manual for Strange Children, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris, France, 2017
A Boy’s Own Story, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris, France, 2018
Standard Issue, Galerie Olivier Waltman, London, 2018
Michaux’s Dream, (mobile installation) APT Studio, London, Oct-Nov 2019
Multiplex, Crane Kalman Gallery, London, Oct-Nov 2021
SMILE!, Galerie Olivier Waltman, Paris, 2022
JDHD (Jonathan David Huxley Disorder), Crane Kalman Gallery, London, Oct-Nov, 2024
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Boys Own Story, Royal College of Art, London,
Into the Nineties, Mall Gallery, London, 1990
The Royal Academy Schools, Final Year Show (Postgraduate), Summer, 1992
Young Masters, Crane (Kalman) Gallery, London, 1992
Nagoya City Art Museum, Japan, touring to Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto, 1995 (Sponsored by the British Council)
Essence of Humour, Crane Kalman Gallery, London, 1996
Young Blood, Crane Kalman Gallery, London 1997
Hayashibara Museum of Art, Okayama, Japan (an exhibition of the ultra-violet project Boys Own Stories) 2004
Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space, London, 2014
Drawing on Kiefer, Group Exhibition by RA Teaching Staff, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2015
GroCha (Together), Koos Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia, Nov 2023
Encounters, Rencontres, Encounters, Begegnungen, Georges Rodenbach Hall, Hallen Belfort, Grote Markt, Bruges, Belgium, Oct-Nov 2024
COLLECTIONS & COMMISSIONS
Barclays Bank Plc, London
Channel 4 Building, London
Frankfurt Airport Sheraton Hotel, Germany
Goldman Sachs, London
Land Securities HQ, London
Leicester City Council
Lord Foster of Thames Bank (architect Norman Forster), London
Nottingham City Tech University
Paul Hastings LLP, London
Portland Estates, London
Singer & Friedlander, London
Swiss Embassy, Washington DC, USA
The Met Bar, Metropolitan Hotel, London (Commission Mural)
UBS Bank, London
PROJECTS & EVENTS
2006 Art Live, Live Art collaborative event with 500 plus students Institute of Education, London.
2007 The Big Draw, Launch, Somerset House, London.
2008 Deadly Pretty Things Big Draw, Wellcome Collection, London.
2015 onwards Artist educator, Royal Academy of Arts, London.
2016 Elected Member of the Royal Watercolour Society.
2017 Breakdown selected for the Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space, London.
2018 Public intervention: 5m diameter figure circle/Mandala in oil pastel on the ground outside front of the National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London.
2019 Activists and Agents of Change. University College London. Commission to draw on UCL Quadrangle for a day.
Art for Allergy live charity event for Evelina Children’s Hospital: drawing a figure circle on an outdoor plinth, Rolls Royce, Goodwood, West Sussex.
2020 Winner of ING Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary online exhibition due to Covid-19.
Permanent display at Paul Hastings LLP, London.
‘LAUGH’ Lockdown COVID-19 charity collaboration with Crane Kalman Gallery and the Royal Brompton Hospital, London.
2021 Sky High residency and commission Paul Hastings LLP installation of wall paintings 39th Floor 100 Bishopsgate.
2022-2023 Visiting Artists, Wetherby Prep School, London.
2023 Film by Nikolai Voelcker. “I sometimes struggle with meaning”, Jonathan Huxley // Seven Corners.