Zebedee Jones

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Chronology
   
1970
   Born in London
Lives and works in London
   
 

Education
   
1988-89
  Camberwell College of Art, Foundation Course
1989-92
  Norwich School of Art, B.A. (Hons) Degree
1992-93
  Chelsea College of Art & Design, M.A. (Hons) Degree
   
 

Solo Exhibitions
     
2005
   Danese, New York
2004
   Slewe Gallery, Amsterdam
2003
   New Art Centre Sculpture Park and Gallery, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK
2002
   Danese, New York
2001
   Slewe Galerie, Amsterdam
Hester van Roijen, London
2000
   Foundation B.A.D., Rotterdam
1999
   Danese, New York
Waddington Galleries, London
Valentina Moncada, Rome
1998
   Waddington Galleries, London
Green on Red Gallery, Dublin
1997
   Waddington Galleries, London
Patrick De Brock, Knokke, Belgium
1996
   Karsten Schubert, London
   
 

Group Exhibitions
     
2004
   “Abstraction,” Cook Fine Art, New York, NY
2003
   “Black/White,” Danese, New York, NY
“Focus: London” (Lisa Milroy, Zebedee Jones, Peter Michael Davis), Galerie Lelong, Zurich
2002
   “Zebedee Jones and Mark Sheinkman,” Houldsworth, London
2001
   "At Sea," Tate Liverpool
"British Abstract Painting 2001," Angela Flowers Gallery, London
2000
   "Passion," Gasworks, London
"Visione Britannica III: l'Essenza e l'Effimero" (Thomas Joshua Cooper, Andy Goldsworthy, Zebedee Jones, Brad Lochore), Valentina Moncada, Rome
1998
   "Elegant Austerity," Waddington Galleries, London
1997
   "Foundations for Fame" (Stephen Farthing, Denzil Forrester, Nicola Hicks, Zebedee Jones, Mike Leigh, Ray Markey, Julian Opie, Ben Panting), The London Institute Gallery, London
1996
   "Ace! Arts Council Collection New Purchases," traveling exhibition: Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne; Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston; Oldham Art Gallery; Hayward Gallery, London; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham; Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield; Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham; Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast; Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
"Mostly Monochrome" (Fergus Feehily, Edwina Leapman, Marcia Hafif, Zebedee Jones, William Turnbull, Günter Umberg, Maria Lalic), Green on Red Gallery, Dublin
"Real Art: A New Modernism" (Torie Begg, Clem Crosby, Ian Davenport, Peter Davis, Jason Martin), Leeds City Art Gallery
1995
   "6 British Reflexive Painters in the 1990s," Galerie S 65, Aalst, Belgium
"Real Art: A New Modernism" (Torie Begg, Clem Crosby, Ian Davenport, Peter Davis, Jason Martin), Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton
"Summer Group Show," Karsten Schubert, London
"From Here: Art and Language" (Glenn Brown, Alan Charlton, Keith Coventry, Michael Craig-Martin, Ian Davenport, Peter Davis, Mark Francis, Patrick Heron, Damien Hirst, Gary Hume, Callum Innes, Zebedee Jones, Julian Lethbridge, Simon Linke, Jason Martin, Fiona Rae, Bridget Riley), Waddington Galleries and Karsten Schubert, London
1994
   "Six Painters," (Keith Coventry, Peter Davis, Anya Gallaccio, Zebedee Jones, Bridget Riley, Alison Wilding), Karsten Schubert, London
"New Painting," Arts Council of Great Britain; travelling exhibition: Darlington Arts Centre: Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff; Oriel Gallery, Mold, Clwyd; Newlyn Orion Gallery, Penzance; University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne; Norfolk Institute of Art & Design, Norwich; The Drumcroon, Wigan
"Unbound: Possibilities in Painting," Hayward Gallery, London
1993
   Degree Show, Chelsea College of Art & Design, London Group Show, The Slade School of Fine Art, London
"Affective Light," Rear Window, London
1992
   Degree Show, Norwich School of Ar
   
 

Publications
   
1998
   "Elegant Austerity," catalogue, introduction by Sophie Symons, Waddington Galleries, London.
"Zebedee Jones: New Paintings," catalogue, introduction by Michael Archer, Waddington Galleries, London
1997
   "Foundations for Fame," catalogue, The London Institute
1996
   Bonn, Sally. "L'Art en Angleterre 1945 - 1995," Nouvelles Editions Françaises, Paris
1995
   "Real Art - A New Modernism: British Reflexive Painters in the 1990's" catalogue, introduction by Brian Muller, Southampton City Art Gallery
"From Here," catalogue, essay by Andrew Wilson, Waddington Galleries and Karsten Schubert, London
1994
   "Unbound: Possibilities in Painting," Hayward Gallery, London
"Affective Light," catalogue, Rear Window, London
   
 

Selected Bibliography
     
2003
   “Zebedee Jones, Salisbury,” The Guardian Guide, December 6 – December 12, 2003, p. 37.
1999
   Green, David. "Abstract Paintings and Arbitrary Objects," Contemporary Visual Arts, Issue No. 21, pp. 44-49.
Glueck, Grace. "Zebedee Jones," The New York Times, November 19, p. E41.
"Zebedee Jones," New York Magazine, November 8, p. 107.
Hall, James. "Zebedee Jones," Artforum, March 1999, p. 123-124, ill.
1998
   Buck, Louisa. "Faces, places and spaces to watch in 1998: your cut-out and keep guide to the future of British art," New Statesman, January 2, pp. 42 -44.
Dunne, Aidan. "Zebedee Jones, Paintings: Green on Red Gallery," The Tribune Magazine, March 1.
Clancy, Luke. "Zebedee Jones, Green on Red Gallery," The Irish Times, March 3.
Grant, Simon. "Zebedee Jones," The Guardian Guide, November 21 - 27, p. 9.
1997
   Grant, Simon. "Zebedee Jones," The Guardian Guide, January 18 - 24, p. 6.
Coomer, Martin. "Zebedee Jones: Waddington," Time Out, January 29 - February 5.
Rondi, Joëlle. "Zebedee Jones," Art Press, no. 223, April, p. 71.
Moszynska, Anna. "Zebedee Jones: Waddington Galleries, London," Untitled, no. 13, Spring, p.15.
Cohen, David. "Painting in London: through thick and thin," Artnet , May
Foundations for Fame, catalogue, The London Institute.
Collings, Matthew. Blimey!, 21 Publishing, Cambridge.
1996
   Jones, Zebedee. "A brush with genius: Zebedee Jones on Giorgio Morandi's 'Still Life'," The Guardian, October 15, p. 15.
Maloney, Martin. "Mono 2000," Artforum International, October, pp.36-37.
Kent, Sarah. "Council Housing: Ace!" Time Out, October 30 -November 6, p. 53.
Robson, Gavin. Ace!, Arts Council Collection new purchases, exhibition broadsheet, South Bank Centre, London.
Bonn, Sally. L'Art en Angleterre 1945-1995, Nouvelles Editions Françaises, Paris.
1995
   Schwering, Von Gregor. "Das gemalte Bild als Signifikant," Kritik, Germany, February, pp. 12-15.
Kent, Sarah. "Zebedee Jones, Karsten Schubert," Time Out, March, p.45.
Norman, Geraldine. "Stampede starts From Here," The Independent, April 4, p.21.
Searle, Adrian. "Any colour you like as long as it's a joke," The Independent, April 4, p.21.
Feaver, William. "From the sublime to the ridiculous," The Observer, April 9.
Hilton, Tim. "Fate, hopelessness, little clarity," The Independent on Sunday Review, April 9, p. 31.
Gayford, Martin. "The medium that refused to die," The Daily Telegraph, April 12, p. 19.
Auty, Giles. "Edge of the black hole," The Spectator, April 15, p. 19.
Coomer, Martin. "From Here," Time Out, April 19-26, p. 46.
McEwen, John. "Sensational scams in empty spaces," The Sunday Telegraph, April 23.
Archer, Michael. "Licensed to Paint," Art Monthly, May, pp. 8-10.
Maloney, Martin. "Zebedee Jones: Karsten Schubert," Flash Art, Summer, p. 130.
Maloney, Martin. "Artbabble," Untitled, Summer, p. 27.
Muller, Brian. "Real Art - A New Modernism: British Reflexive Painters in the Nineties," Art Press, September, pp. 51-55.
Wilson, Andrew. From Here, catalogue, Waddington Galleries and Karsten Schubert, London.
Muller, Brian. Real Art - A New Modernism: British Reflexive Painters in the 1990's, catalogue, Southampton City Art Gallery, Stedelijk Museum, Aalst, Belgium and Leeds City Art Gallery.
1994
   Hilton, Tim. "Every which way but forwards". The Independent On Sunday, March 6, p. 70.
Lillington, David. "Zeit geist," Time Out, March 9-16, p. 42.
Graham-Dixon, Andrew. "Sort of, almost, in a way, nearly," The Independent, March 15, p. 23.
Morley, Simon. "Unbound: Possibilities in Painting," Art Monthly, April, pp. 28-29.
Muller, Brian. "On Painting II," Art Monthly, September, pp. 18-20.
Muller, Brian. "A Real Art: New Modernism, British Reflexive Painters in the 1990's, Art Line Magazine, November, pp. 36-43. Affective Light, catalogue, Hayward Gallery, London.
Searle, Adrian. Unbound: Possibilities in Painting, catalogue, Hayward Gallery, London.
Lane, Hilary and Sacha Craddock. "Reflection," New Painting from the Arts Council Collection, exhibition broadsheet, Arts Council and South Bank Centre.
   
 

Public Collections
   
  Arts Council of Great Britain
  Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam
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