South Wales | South London
Education
Walworth Garden 2024-25 / Diploma in Environmental Gardening, Botany & Horticulture
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) 2022 / Teaching Qualification
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
CELTA 2011 / Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
State primary, secondary and tertiary education in South Wales
Residencies | Awards | Placements
current Artist Laureate, Fluxus Art Projects / FR
2025 Magnetic Residency, Frac Bretagne & la Galerie du Dourven / FR (2 months)
2025 Grizedale Arts Merzbarn Garden-Making Residency / UK (10 days)
2025 AA2A Artist in Residence at Buckinghamshire New University / UK (1 year)
2025 Riso Residency, Arcade Campfa & Biscuits Press / Cardiff CYM (5 days)
2025 Artist Support Fund
(postponed) Artist Teacher Placement Sultanhisar Halk Eğitimi Merkezi / Turkey (1 week)
2024 UN IDEE MODULE II Residency + Travel Bursary, Cittadellarte Fondazione Pistoletto / Biella IT (1 week)
2024 Artist in Residence with Hackney Council Library Service / London UK (1 month)
2024 The Eaton Fund Artists’ Grant
2024 Art School Plus Library Programme / London UK (1 week)
2024 Photofusion Brixton / London, UK (10 weeks)
2023 OPEN CELLS Residency The Koppel Project / London UK (1 month)
2023 Art School Plus Programme / London UK (1 week)
2023 Creative Cardiff Scholarship
2023 Sculpture as Memoir Residency, The Grange Projects / Norfolk UK (3 days)
2023 Sculpture & Woodwork Fellowship, City and Guilds of London Art School / London UK (1 year)
2022 make Residency, Freelands Foundation / London UK (2 weeks)
2022 Ceramics and Craft Residency, Devetaki Plateau Association / Bulgaria (1 week)
2017 Traditional Crafts & Creativity in a Village Museum Residency, Lišov Muzeum / Slovakia (1 month)
Selected Exhibitions | Publications
upcoming The Bonnington Centre / London UK
2025 Artist Talk, Galerie du Dourven / Bretagne FR
2025 Y Lle Celf, National Eisteddfod of Wales, Tŷ Pawb / Wrecsam CYM
2024 The Nature Of Change, Photofusion Brixton / London UK
2024 TALL STOREYS / Printed
2024 INDEX, The Grange Projects / Norfolk UK
2024 Coast, The Photocopy Club / Printed
2023 OPEN CELLS Exhibition, The Koppel Collective / London UK
2023 MA & Fellows Show, City and Guilds of London Art School / London UK
2023 Southwark Park Galleries 39th Annual Open Exhibition / London UK
2023 Who’s Been Sleeping in my Bed / Bath UK
2023 WMC Open / London UK
2022 Serious Games, Gallery 115 / Ottawa CA
2022 make, Freelands Foundation / London UK
2022 Positive Dissociations, Deptford X / London UK
2022 Winter Sculpture Park, Gallery No.32 / London UK
2022 The Coming of Age, Fringe Arts Bath / Bath UK
2022 Cultivate: Deflect & Organ Magazine / Online
2022 Cultivate: Book & Organ Magazine / Online
2021 Dark Age Before Us, Deptford X / London UK
2021 This is Not a Shop, curated by Non-Place Collective / Bath UK
2021 Фестиваля плохого видеоарта, Gallery Bomba / Moscow RU
2021 Southwark Park Galleries 37th Annual Open Exhibition / London UK
2021 Lump It, Wysing Broadcasts, Wysing Arts Centre / Online
2020 SWAP Editions No.5 Island, Creekside Artists / London UK
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 CYM
2018 CYANOPSIA, New Glasgow Society / Glasgow SCO
2018 Glasgow School of Art Undergraduate Degree Show / Glasgow SCO
2018 Love Letters to an Institution / Printed
2017 Up A Hill, Down A Hill, The Woodlands Trust / Dumbarton SCO
2017 WOOF Ceramics, The Dogs Trust / Glasgow SCO
2017 12 Hours of Welsh Film, The Barnes / Glasgow SCO
2017 Pub(l)ic, The Old Hairdressers / Glasgow SCO
2016 Ubiquitous: Infrastructures in Bad Condition, Broadcast on Radiophrenia from CCA Glasgow / SCO
2016 Ceramics Exhibition, H. Scott Gallery / Vancouver CA
2016 Public Art Project, The Queens Cross Housing Association / Glasgow SCO
2016 Girl Gang Zine issues 1 & 2 / Sheffield UK
2016 25% EXTRA,The Arches / Glasgow SCO
2016 Anti-Brexit Posters, Elysium Studios / Swansea CYM
2015 Vote Art, Peckham Platform / London UK
2015 IAN Presents an Exhibition, Studio T / London UK
2015 Drawings at Idea, The Spit & Sawdust Art Space / Cardiff CYM
2014 When Cattitides Become Form, Galerie de l’Angle / Paris FR
1998 1st Prize in Art Eisteddfod, Year 2 / Wales CYM
Teaching | Workshops | Facilitation | Employment
2025 Ceramics and Sculpture Technician, School of Visual Arts, The City Literary Institute / London
2025 Technician, Studio Pottery London / London
2024 - 25 Woodwork Technician, City and Guilds of London Art School / London
2024 - 25 Arts Emgergency Mentor / UK
2023 - 25 Freelance Technician / Exhibition Install Assistant / UK
2022 - 23 Sculpture & Woodwork Fellowship, City and Guilds of London Art School / London
2021 - 24 Ceramics Technician, Kingston School of Art / London
2020 - 24 Lecturer in Fine Art, Kingston School of Art / London
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 Artist Assistant / Glasgow
2015 Technician, V&A Museum / London
2012 - 14 English Language Instructor / Paris
Collections
Brittany Ferries Art Collection / FR
The Glasgow School of Art Library / SCO
Shortlisted
2025 The Churchill Fellowship / UK
2024 Delfina Foundation for British Council funded Residency at Divvy Foundation / Lahore PK
2024 Ikon Gallery Artist in Residence at HMP Spring Hill / UK
2024 Nominated for LAL Award by Photofusion Brixton / London UK
2023 Imperial War Museum 14-18 NOW Legacy Fund Commission / UK
2019 Sir Leslie Joseph Award, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery / Swansea CYM
Featured | More Info
Y Lle Celf CYM
Le Télégramme FR
Ouest France FR
Le Trégor FR
Fellowship at City and Guilds of London
Art Schhol Plus
AA2A
Creative Cardiff Scholarship
Full CV available upon request
© Mez Kerr Jones 2025