Mez Kerr Jones
(she/them)
Currently based in South London
Roots in Caerdydd / Cardiff
Education
· City and Guilds of London Art School 2022-24 - Sculpture & Woodwork Fellowship
· The Glasgow School of Art 2015-18 - First Class BA (Hons), Fine Art Sculpture & Environmental Art
· Emily Carr University of Art & Design Vancouver 2016 - Exchange Semester
· Kingston School of Art 2014-15 - Foundation Diploma in Art & Design
· Attended state primary, secondary and tertiary education in South Wales
Selected Exhibitions, Residencies & Publications
NOW! Who’s Been Sleeping in my Bed / Bath
NOW! WMC Open / London
Forthcoming Solo Exhibition, C.B.M Galleries / Manchester
Forthcoming The Bonnington Centre / London
2023 Sculpture as Memoir Residency, The Grange Projects / UK
2022 Serious Games, Gallery 115 / Ottawa, Canada
2022 make Residency and Exhibition, Freelands Foundation / London
2022 Positive Dissociations, Deptford X / London
2022 Artist Residency: Devetaki Plateau Association / Bulgaria
2022 Winter Sculpture Park, Gallery No.32 / London
2022 The Coming of Age, Fringe Arts Bath / Bath
2022 Cultivate: Deflect & Organ Magazine / Online
2022 Cultivate: Book & Organ Magazine / Online
2021 Dark Age Before Us, Deptford X / London
2021 This is Not a Shop, curated by Non-Place Collective / Bath
2021 Фестиваля плохого видеоарта, Gallery Bomba / Moscow, Russia
2021 Southwark Park Galleries 37th Annual Open Exhibition / London
2021 Lump It, Wysing Broadcasts, Wysing Arts Centre / Online
2020 SWAP Editions No.5 Island, Creekside Artists / London
2020 SKELF / Online
2020 Non-Place Collective, Bath Fringe Arts Festival / Online
2020 A Selection of Street Corners, Utopia Magazine / Printed
2019 A City Named Dog - Mission Gallery / Swansea
2019 Sir Leslie Joseph Award, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery / Swansea
2018 CYANOPSIA, New Glasgow Society / Glasgow
2018 Glasgow School of Art Undergraduate Degree Show / Glasgow
2018 Love Letters to an Institution / Printed
2017 Up A Hill, Down A Hill, The Woodlands Trust / Dumbarton
2017 Residency: Traditional Crafts & Creativity in a Village Museum, Lišov Muzeum / Slovakia
2017 WOOF Ceramics, The Dogs Trust / Glasgow
2017 12 Hours of Welsh Film, The Barnes / Glasgow
2017 Pub(l)ic, The Old Hairdressers / Glasgow
2016 Ubiquitous: Infrastructures in Bad Condition, Broadcast on Radiophrenia, CCA / Glasgow
2016 Ceramics Exhibition, H. Scott Gallery / Vancouver
2016 Public Art Project, The Queens Cross Housing Association / Glasgow
2016 Girl Gang Zine issues 1 & 2 / Sheffield
2016 25% EXTRA,The Arches / Glasgow
2016 Anti-Brexit Posters, Elysium Studios / Swansea
2015 Vote Art, Peckham Platform / London
2015 IAN Presents an Exhibition, Studio T / London
2015 Drawings at Idea, The Spit & Sawdust Art Space / Cardiff
2014 When Cattitides Become Form, Galerie de l’Angle / Paris
1998 1st Prize in Art Eisteddfod, Year 2 / Wales
Selected Workshops, Facilitation & Employment
2022-24 Sculpture & Woodwork Fellowship, City and Guilds of London Art School / London
2022 Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) / Teaching Qualification
2020 - Lecturer in Fine Art, Foundation Studies, Kingston School of Art / London
2021 - Ceramics Technician, Kingston School of Art / London
2021 Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA) / Teaching Qualification
2019 - 20 Technical Fellowship, Kingston School of Art / London
2018 Material Research Fellowship, Swansea College of Art / Wales
2017 Workshop leader at HMP Parc Prison in collaboration with Mission Gallery / Wales
2016 Art Teacher, Education Department at HMP Greenock Prison / Scotland
2016 Invigilator at Glasgow International Festival / Scotland
2016 Artist Assistant to Beth Shapeero, Samantha Madonik & Philip Gurrey / Glasgow
2015 Technician for Always Print the Myth Exhibition, the V&A Museum / London
2015 Invigilator at the ICA / London
2015 - 18 Gallery Assistant at Mission Gallery Swansea / Wales
2012 - 14 English language Instructor / Paris
2008 Architect’s Assistant, B3 Burgess / Cardiff
Full CV available upon request
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