Jason Brooks is a British painter and sculptor. He studied at Goldsmiths College before completing his BA at the Cheltenham & GloucesterCollege of Art & Design. Jason spent some time in the British School of Rome in 1990, then going on to receive his MA from the Chelsea College of Art & Design, London in 1992. He debuted among the YBAs in the 1990s with his black and white portraits. He won the NatWest art prize in 1999. Jason judged the NPG Portrait Prize, John Moores Prize and the Jerwood Prize and has gone on to exhibit globally since then. His work is held in private and public collections all around the world, including the National Portrait Gallery Collection, London. A major overview of the artist’s work entitled Perpetual Orgy was published in 2015 to coincide with his solo show, 'Origins', at Marlborough London.
Shows
Brooks had his first one-man exhibition at the Entwistle Gallery in London in 1998. Since then he has shown regularly both in the UK and abroad, including a solo show at the National Portrait Gallery, London in 2008 of portraits, including Sir Paul Nurse, among others. Brooks is currently represented by Marlborough London, with his inaugural show at the gallery in 2013, entitled ‘Ultraflesh’. In 2015 Brooks’ exhibition 'Origins' brought together different techniques used throughout his career to create 8 paintings that drew initial influence from Gustav Courbet’s 1886 paintingL'Origine du monde.
Solo Exhibitions
2015 Origins, Marlborough Contemporary, London 2013 Ultra Flesh, Marlborough Contemporary, London 2008 National Portrait Gallery, London 2006 Stellan Holm Gallery, New York 2005 Auto, Max Wigram Gallery, London 2002 Archimede Staffolini Gallery, Nicosia 2001 Harewood House, Harewood, Leeds 2000 Entwistle, London 1998 Entwistle, London
Selected Exhibitions
2015 “I never thought I´d see you again” Painting History, Marlborough Contemporary, London 2012–2013 Beyond Reality, British Painting Today, Galerie Rudofinum, Prague 2011 Do You Believe?, 3812, Contemporary Art Projects, Hong Kong 2010 Straw Dogs, Spring Projects, London Hyping the Real, Stephane Simoens Contemporary Fine Art, Knokke 2009 Capturing Claudia, Colnhaghi Gallery, London 40 Artists, 80 Drawings, The Drawing Gallery, Powys 2008 Unforgiven, Stellan Holm Gallery, New York Formula One Project, Renault/ING, Monaco & London Fresh Eyes, ING Headquarters, London George Stubbs, Leeds City Art Gallery, Leeds Larger Than Life, Stellen Holm Gallery, New York 2007 Timer, Triennale Bovisa, Milan 2006 Heads, Flowers East, London, UK Harewood House, Harewood, Leeds, UK Museum of Art, Donna Darkness Visible, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull & Southampton City Art Gallery Drawing Breath, The Gallery at Wimbledon College of Art, London 2005 Appearance, Whitewall Waterfront, Leeds ID: Recent Purchases on the Theme of Identity Made through the Contemporary Art Society’s Special Collection Scheme, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull 2004 John Moores 23, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool Blow Up!, St Paul’s Gallery, Birmingham 2003 Yes! I am a long way from home, The Nunnery, London and UK tour Pale Fire, Nordenhake, Berlin 2002 Babel 2002, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul 2001 I am a Camera, The Saatchi Gallery, London 2000 Psycho Some, Lombard Fried, New York No FuN Without U: The Art of Factual Nonsense, Jeremy Cooper, London 1999 Painting Lab, Entwistle, London The NatWest Art Prize 1999, Lothbury Gallery, London The Flower Show, Harewood House, Harewood, Leeds John Moores 21, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool Fresh Paint, Scottish Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow National Dependency, Jerwood Gallery, London 1998 New Neurotic Realism, The Saatchi Gallery, London Postcards on Photography, Cambridge Darkroom, Cambridge Near, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah 1997 Likeness: Representing Sexualities, Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester John Moores 20, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool 1996 Trojan, Paton Gallery, London 1995 Fellows’ Show, Pittville Gallery, Cheltenham 1994 Pet Show, 63 Union Street, London UK Masks, Soho Gallery, London BT Commission, Waterloo Station, London 1993 To Boldly Go…, Cubitt Gallery, London BT New Contemporaries, Serpentine Gallery, London and UK tour 1992 Abstractions from the Domestic Suburb Scene, Benjamin Rhodes Gallery, London
Collections
Brooks’ work is represented private and public collections worldwide, including the National Portrait Gallery in London, the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, and the Saatchi Collection, London.
Personal life
Brooks lives and works between London and Gloucestershire. He lives with his partner Lucy Yeomans and their daughter. He also has another daughter from a previous marriage.
