JONATHAN ALLEN

Date of Birth
26.02.1966 England

Education & Research

1988-89 MA Fine Art, Chelsea School of Art, London
1985-88 BA Fine Art, Trent University, Nottingham

Recent Exhibitions/Projects

2007 Netting Smoking, with Implicasphere, Cornerhouse, Manchester [URL]
2007 Festival Steirischer Herbst, article 'Look Stupid', Graz, Austria [forthcoming Sept]
2007 Solo exhibition, David Risley Gallery, London [forthcoming Nov-Dec]
2007 Bobby Reader, Art Car Boot Fair, group exhibition/event London [URL]
2007 Helen Chadwick Fellowship, British School in Rome [Oxford, Rome]
2007 Citadel 1, group exhibition David Risley Gallery, London
2007 Harry Smith Anthology Remixed, group exhibition Alt.Gallery, Newcastle, UK
2007 Drawing 2007 - The Drawing Room, London
2007 The Dictionary of War, Edition 4 contributor, Berlin [URL]
2007 Cabinet Magazine, issue 26 MAGIC guest-editor, New York
2007 Cabinet Magazine, issue 24 SHADOWS contributor, New York [URL]
2007 /seconds, issue 4 contributor [URL]
2006 Objects in Waiting, End Gallery, Sheffield
2006 INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL,Archive in the Making-Van Abbe Museum,Eindhoven, contributor[URL]
2006 Zoo Art Fair, London
2006 1st Singapore Biennale, commissioned artist
2006 Scarecrow, group exhibition, Evangelos Averoff Museum, Greece
2006 Solo exhibition, David Risley Gallery, London
2006 Tommy Angel, in assoc. with Duckie, Tate Britain, London
2006 Circus, group exhibition, Three Colts Gallery, London
2006 Smoke And Mirrors, group exhibition, Vivid & macarts, Birmingham
2005 Variety, group exhibition, De la Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea [image]
2005 Tommy Angel for Alias Encounters (ACE), Woodchester Mansion, Gloucestershire
2005 Tommy Angel at Duckie, Vauxhall Tavern, London
2004 Tommy Angel for opening of ZOO ART FAIR, Regents Park, London [URL]
2004 Tommy Angel with Hayward Gallery for Eyes, Lies and Illusions, Café de Paris, London[image]
2004 So You’re Afraid Of What, group exhibition, Redux Gallery, London
2004 Non-Human David Risley Gallery, group exhibition, London
2004 Centrefold Scrapbook 2nd edition launched at Redux Gallery, London
2004 Mesmer group exhibition, temporarycontemporary, London
2003 Tommy Angel performance at the Shed Summit, Cornwall, UK [URL]
2003 Tommy Angel performance, Mediamix Tent, The Big Chill Festival, Eastnor Castle
2002 Con Art group exhibition at Site Gallery, Sheffield, Glynn Vivian Gallery [image/text]
2002 A Night of Performance Magic, Tommy Angel at Lantern Theatre, Sheffield [URL]
2001 The Bristol Art Library, collaboration with Annabel Other, Japan, Poland, USA [URL]
1999 The New Encyclopedists solo limited edition, W.E.Forum, Davos Switzerland [image]
1998 Feint solo exhibition, Deutsche Bank, New York, USA [image]
1998 Quirk group exhibition, Serge Sorokko Gallery New York, USA
1998 Second Truths solo exhibition, Site Gallery, Sheffield [image/text]
1998 StoneTroupers Lovebytes Public Digital Art commission, Sheffield
1997 The Float in the Sight of Things solo exhibition, Ferens Gallery, Hull [image/text]
1993 Hot Air solo exhibition, Mappin Gallery, Sheffield [image/text]

Recent Collaborations/Projects

2006 Gospel Magic, ENCOUNTERS series, Singapore Biennale, National Library, Singapore[more] [more]
2004 Gospel Magic commissioned article for Contemporary Magazine [more]
2004 Carneskys Ghost Train - artistic collaborator: director of digital media [image/text] [URL]
2004 ‘The Head’ in Scott Penrose’s recreation of The Sphinx, Magic Circle, London [image]
2003 Conspiracy and the Internet, Science Museum [URL]
2003 Videographer for Cybersonica Deluxe gallery, London
2003 Assistant for Paul Kieve on Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban Warner Brothers
2003 Speaker at Digital Innovations symposium, ICA, London
2002 Art Director, iSideshow at The Big Chill Festival, Eastnor Castle, Herefordshire.
2002 Artist-in-Residence in Magick shop, Sheffield, Year of the Artist[image]
2002 Assistant to Illusionist Paul Kieve on Christian Jankowski’s film Flock
2002 Stills photographer on Christian Jankowski’s film Flock
1999 Commissioned catalogue essay for The Bristol Art Library [image/text]
1995 Self-initiated six-month residency in the Frederic Mares Museum, Barcelona [image]
1991-98 P/T Lecturer in Fine Art, Univ. of Humberside & Lincoln, Sheffield Hallam Univ.

Awards

2007-8 ACE Helen Chadwick Fellow at Univ.of Oxford & the British School at Rome
2004-7 Arts Council England, Grants for the Arts
2005 Artsadmin Bursary
2002 Year of the Artist Grant
1999/2000 London Arts Board Individual Artists Award
1999/2003 Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust Grant
1998 British Council Travel Grant
1998 Photo98 Year of Photography & the Electronic Image Commission
1995 Elephant Trust Grant
1994/1995 Yorkshire & Humberside Individual Artists Award
1991-93 Henry Moore Fellowship