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JONATHAN’S MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECTS EMPLOY A FICTIONING PRACTICE ACROSS ILLUSTRATIVE, PERFORMATIVE, AND FILM-BASED OUTCOME. THIS APPROACH IS UNDERPINNED BY FAUX-CONSTRUCTIONS, QUESTIONABLE HUMOUR, DESPERATE GIMMICKS, AND AN INTEREST IN SUBJECTIVE UTOPIAN VISIONS.
SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS INCLUDE THE WEVAA AND BSU FUNDED SUPER DUPER ST.ANNE’S F.C., A FICTIONAL FOOTBALL CLUB EXISTING IN A BRISTOL SUBURB. LEADERS OF MEN, A SET OF BUMBLING, MELANCHOLIC CHARACTERS OBSESSED WITH CONSTRUCTING A PARTICULAR ENGLISHNESS. AND THE BRITISH ART SHOW 8 AND ACE FUNDED BILLBOARD UGO.
JONATHAN HAS BEEN FORTUNATE TO SHOW INTERNATIONALLY INCLUDING JOHN HANSARD GALLERY, DUNDEE CONTEMPORARY ARTS, OOF GALLERY, NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SOUND/VISION, EXETER PHOENIX, SPIKE ISLAND AND CERI HAND GALLERY.
A SENIOR LECTURER AND COURSE LEADER AT BATH SPA UNIVERSITY, JONATHAN WAS PREVIOUSLY ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AT CAMBERWELL COLLAGE OF ARTS, AND HAS BEEN A VISITING ARTIST LECTURER AT NUMEROUS OTHER UNIVERSITIES AND INSTITUTIONS.
PEDAGOGICAL PROJECTS INCLUDE THE BSU FUNDED ACCELERATE PROJECT IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SCHOOL OF FORM [PL] AND THE CSA FUNDED UGO 0.2 DIGITAL PROJECT SPACE [2019-20]. TO CONTINUE THIS RESEARCH, JONATHAN WAS AWARDED A FUNDED PhD AT UCA [FARNHAM, UK].
JONATHAN HAS CONTRIBUTED PRESENTATIONS, ARTWORKS AND PAPERS TO ACADEMIC SYMPOSIUMS; DOING TOGETHER [BATH SPA UNIVERSITY 2023], INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF FOUNDATION EDUCATORS: ~ ONE [PARIS COLLEGE OF ART / FOUNDATION COLLEGE MOSCOW 2021] AND CREATIVITY IN CRISIS [BATH SPA UNIVERSITY 2021].