martin van zomeren / gmvz

Chris Jones
b. 1975, England.

Education
2001- 2002 MA Fine Art (distinction), Central Saint Martins
College of Art and Design, London
1997- 2000 BA Fine Art (first class hons)
University of Central Lancashire, Preston

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009 Duo Presentation, The Armory show (with Praneet Soi)
2008 Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill (NY)
2006 Galerie Martin Van Zomeren, Amsterdam
2001 Glass Box Gallery, Manchester

Selected Group Exhibitions
2009 Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass, KADE, Amersfoort
2008 Stragedies for Concealing, c- space, Beijing
2008 The Golden Record, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
2007 Bird Watching De Vishal, Haarlem, Together with Teylers
2007 Museum and galerie Tanya Rumpff
2007 A Song Turning Inward, OneTwenty Gallery, Gent
2006 Media in Transition, Spielhaus Morrison Berlin
2006 Slider, Cell Project Space, London
2005 Hallucinature Cell Project Space, London
2005 Clouds of Witness Islington Museum, London
2005 Shredder, Galerie Martin van Zomeren, Amsterdam
2005 The Nature of Things, Birmingham Museum,
Waterhall Gallery, Birmingham
2005 Blumenstï¿½ck Kï¿½nstlers Glï¿½ck Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen,Germany
2005 Wunderkammer: The Artificial Kingdom,
Lincoln Collection Museum, Lincoln
2004 Vilma Gold @ Diana Stigter, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam
2004 Axxxpresssunizm, Vilma Gold London and Alice Day, Belgium
2004 Tempered Ground Museum of Garden History, London
2004 Zwielichtige Augenblicke Felix Ringel Galerie, Dusseldorf,
2004 Collage Bloomberg Space London
2003 Bag Lady, Cell Project Space, London
2003 Frass, USB Basement, London
2003 Seesaw, Hannover, Germany
Oriel Mostyn Open 13 Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales
Paul Stolper Gallery inaugural exhibition, London
The Golden Age of Shoreditch Hoxton Distillery London
2002 Yes and No, Loft Gallery, Kunming, S. China
2002 Versus Castlefield Gallery, Castlefield, Manchester
2001 Record Collection The International 3, Manchester/Geneva

Selected Press
New York Times, by Benjamin Genocchio
Published: June 22, 2008
(visit:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/22artswe.html?
_r=1&ref=nyregionspecial2&oref=slogin)
2008 The Journal News, ‘Immortality behind the images’ by georgette Gouveia, (1 June)
2006 18-02 L’art prend l’air a Rotterdam, Valerie Duponchelle, Le Figaro
2006 18-02 Die Art Rotterdam ist…,Swantje Karich, Frankfurter Algemeine
2006 Wunderkammer: The Artificial Kingdom Catalogue,
2006 to coincide with the show at Lincoln Collection Museum, Lincoln,
2005 Blumenstück. Künstlers Glück Catalogue,
2005 to coincide with the show at Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
2005 The Nature of Things Catalogue to coincide with the show at Birmingham Museum
2005 Clouds of Witness Catalogue to coincide with the show at Islington Museum, London
2004 Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung One Day, This Bird Will Die
2004 Fall/Winter Crystalized (Swarovski magazine)
2003 Time Out October
2003 Elle (Japan) October
2003 Tank December 2002
2003 Art Review, December
2003 Art Review, November

Commissions/Residencies
2008 Residency Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art,
Peekskill (NY)
2004 Castlefield Print Portfolio, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester,

commissioned print
2003 Kenzo Paris, a work commissioned for the launch of the new Pont Neuf flagship store
2003 Swarovski, a piece commissioned for the Swarovski magazine
Kunming Red Mansion/ Spero Art Prize, two month residency in Kunming, S. China
2001 Paving Stone Commission Castlefield Gallery,
2000 AIT Smiths Centre, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire,