Education:
RHS Level 2 Diploma in Principles & Practices of Horticulture, 2015-17
PG Dip, Royal Drawing School, (Drawing Year), 2009-10
PG Dip, Artists in Schools, Cambridge Polytechnic, 2005
BA Hons Design Studies (First Class), University of East London, 1991-92
Selected Exhibitions: *indicates solo exhibition
2018 Open Call, Atlas House, Ipswich
2018 DRAW, Mandells Gallery, Norwich
2018 Anna Airy Prize Winners Exhibition, Ipswich Art Gallery
2016 Sideways, Darsham Nurseries*
2015-16 Alternative Yellow Book, with High Stile Projects, Arts Council*
2015 Making Space, The Minories Art Gallery, Colchester
2015 Roam, Darsham Nurseries*
2014 Occupied with Plants, with the Biological Sciences Department, Essex University*
2014 Facing-Recovering, with injured soldiers, Firstsite, Colchester; Royal Armouries, Portchester; and House of Commons, London
2013 Leading the Line, with Lawrence Bradby & Colchester United FC; and Firstsite, Colchester
2011-13 Turf Twinning, with Lawrence Bradby & residents of Greenstead Estate; Firstsite, Colchester
2011 Periphery, with Christopher Langley, Peppermint Shed, Ipswich*
2008 Between Moon and Trees, Firstsite, Colchester*
2006 Bladderwrack, Aldeburgh Festival*
2006 Swan Vigil, The Wolsey Art Gallery, Ipswich*
2002 On the Border, The Minories Art Gallery, Colchester; and The Wolsey Art Gallery, Ipswich*
2002 The Art of Waiting, Ipswich Station waiting Room, Ipswich*
2001 Notes from the Underground, Dostoyevsky Museum, St Petersburg
2000 Tout a Fait, Academie Royale des Beaux-Artes, Brussels
Residencies:
2015 & 2018 Dumfries House, Scotland, with Debbie Watkins Jones
2014-15 Aldeburgh Beach Lookout, Caroline Wiseman Modern & Contemporary
2009-14 Associate Artist, Firstsite, Colchester
2008-11 Northgate High School, Art & Science departments, Leading Edge Fund
Scholarships & Prizes:
2010 Prize for Drawing, Dover Street Arts Club, London
2005 The Juliet Gompert Travel Scholarship, Italy
1991 Anna Airy Award, Ipswich Art Society
Teaching & Education:
2017-present Drawing Tutor, Beth Chatto Gardens
2016-present Associate Tutor, Field Studies Council, Flatford Mill
2014-present Regional Drawing Associate for The Big Draw, East of England
2013-14 Guest Tutor, Art Exchange, University of Essex
2013-14 Gallery Education, Firstsite
2012-14 Founder, The Children’s Art Farm Foundation (CAFF), Ipswich
2011-13 Guest Tutor, MA Contemporary Art & Practice, Colchester Institute
2006-12 Life Drawing Tutor, Northgate High School
Other Positions:
2014-present Gardener, Darsham Nurseries, Suffolk
2002-03 & 2006-07 Vine Cutter, Chateau Gautoul, France
Publications:
2018 Ground Things, Konteksty - Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography, Arts
2014 Journeys into the Unknown, essay by Peter Jenkinson OBE, Facing-Recovering exhibition catalogue, Firstsite
2014 The World’s Long Thoughts, essay by Lawrence Bradby, Occupied by Plants exhibition catalogue, Art Exchange
2014 Six Cuts, essay by Jonathan P Watts, Turf Twinning catalogue, Firstsite
2013 Living Subjects in the Gallery, essay by Cinzia Cremona, Associative Enquiries, Firstsite
2012 Reflection: The Art of Jevan Watkins Jones, essay by Robert Priseman
2006 Song, essay by Katherine Wood, Residue exhibition catalogue, Cornerhouse Publications
Television:
27.03.15 BBC News, Facing-Recovering exhibition, House of Commons,
22.01.12 Songs of Praise, featured artist
Websites:
www.instagram.com/jevanwatkinsjones/
www.royaldrawingschool.org/artists/drawing-year-alumni/jevan-watkins-jones/