Concepts
My environment has always inspired me, whether rural or urban. I love untamed nature, craggy rocks and bleak moors. I find myself fascinated and moved by crumbling plaster walls that reveal the bones of a building and bear its human history in marks and faded paint.
This interplay between man and nature often finds its way into my work. I do not usually intend the paintings to be figurative but they are often completed and given meaning by the viewer's imagination. I may be inspired by a storm, a mountain, or a love affair - or possibly all three.
I have recently been exploring the idea of the Dream Painting, recalling the sensation of watching the sky with the mind free to create images in the cloud patterns. I tend to look for hope and redemption by celebrating beauty in its various forms, be it urban decay, a Hebridean storm, or a butterfly's wing.
Influences
I am inspired by painters such as Turner, Mondrian, Matisse, Tapies and Paul Klee.
Career path
Jessica Zoob trained at Central School of Arts and Nottingham University. For seven years she worked as a Theatre Designer under the name of Jessica Tyrwhitt. Her credits include work at Hampstead Theatre, The Royal National Theatre, Bristol Old Vic, York Theatre Royal, The Gate and Greenwich Theatre. She now works exclusively as a painter, exhibiting regularly in and around London and Lewes. Her work is owned by the FSA, Pitcher and Piano, THe Lancasters, London, NEOBankside and private collections world wide.
CV & Education
Solo exhibitions
2012 - Passion, NEOBankside, Hopton Street, London, Southbank
2011 - Adrenalin, 1508London, London, Victoria
2011 - Joy, Medici Gallery, Cork Street, London
2010 - Adventure, Medici Gallery 5 Cork Street, London
2010 - Lewes Artwave, Holly House, Lewes
2009 - Desire, London Design Week 226 Second Floor, South Dome, London
2009 - Focus 09, Studio 226, London
2009 - Landscape and Lines, One in the House, Brighton
2009 - Open House, Holly House, Lewes
2009 - Permanent Collection, Studio 226, London
2008 - Fall in Love, Open House, Macklin Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B
2007 - Colour Fields, HQ Gallery, Lewes
2007 - Space to Dream, 110 Gallery, Golborne Road W10
2007 - Space to Dream, 110 Gallery, London
2007 - Summer Collection for Artwave 2007 Visual Arts Festival, Holly House, Lewes
2007 - Toward the Light, Rochester Art Gallery, Rochester
2006 - Gazing into Far Away, Bar One, Ascot
2006 - Simplicity, Holly House, Lewes
2006 - Zoob, The Great Christmas Art Fair, Alexandra Palace London
2006 -
[email protected] Flint, Flint, Lewes
2005 - Sea Mist, Holly House, Lewes
2005 - The Christmas Collection, Holly House, Lewes
2004 - Pure Crazy, Blackheath Halls, London
2003 - The Joy of Paint, Trinity Arts Centre, Tunbridge Wells
2002 - Hebridean Collection, Financial Services Authority, Canary Wharf, London
2002 - Summer Dreams, Salamander Galleries, Westerham
2001 - Blue, Greenwich Tourist Information Centre, Greenwich
2000 -
[email protected] Castle, The Castle, Holland Park, London
Group exhibitions
2010 - London Design Week, Studio 226, London
2009 - Brighton Festival, Group House, 99 Ditchling Rise, Brighton, Brighton
2007 - Affordable Art Fair, The Affordable Art Fair Sheridan Russell Gallery Stand, London
2007 - The Affordable Art Fair Sheridan Russell Gallery stand, The Affordable Art Fair, London
2006 - HQ Gallery Stand, Affordable Art Fair, London
2006 - Untitled, Untitled Gallery Space at Throgmortons, London
2006 - Work is currently available, Sheridan Russell Gallery, London W1H 1BS
2005 - a is for art, Star Gallery, Lewes
2003 - Greenwich Open Studio, Woodlands, Greenwich, London
2002 - Ainscourt Contemporary Art, Chelsea
2002 - Christmas, Frameworks Creekside, Deptford
2002 - Stark, Affordable Art Fair, London
2002 - Water, Will's Art Warehouse, London
2001 - Group Show, Will's Art Warehouse, Fullham
2000 - Group Show, That Art Site, Portobello Road, London
Curated projects
2009 - Midsummer Dream, Rove Gallery, London
Artist talks
2007 - Toward the Light, Rochester Art Gallery, Rochester
2007 - Walk and Talk, Rochester Art Gallery, Rochester
