Bio
Jonathan Gent was born in 1976. After studying at The Cheshire School of Art and The Edinburgh School of Art respectively, he then worked and lived between France and Los Angeles. He has recently moved from California to The Highlands in Scotland. Gent’s paintings have been exhibited widely throughout the world including Edinburgh’s Scottish national Gallery, The Saatchi Gallery, The Freud Museum, and has recently held solo shows in Dubai, Los Angeles, New York and London. Gent has gained a strong reputation with collectors including Tilda Swinton, Robin Vousden, Rami Farook, Samantha Morton, Aimee Mullins, Simon Hillary, John Papsidera, David and Tia Hoberman.
Gent has warranted coverage in magazines such as I-D, W magazine, Another Magazine, Time Out, and Self Service. Gent makes paintings and drawings which present an inventive, gnarled vision of human complication.
Born in 1976 in Cheshire England
Lives The Highlands Scotland
Education
1993-95 Cheshire School of Art – Painting
1995-98 Edinburgh school of Art – Drawing & Painting
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2004 – HOTEL “america”
London England
2004 – GLU Gallery “This is the one they’re going to remember me for”
Los Angeles USA
2005 – GLU Gallery “Shapes and Colours”
Los Angeles USA
2008 – XVA “Views Of The Eternal City”
Dubai UAE
2010 – CARTER PRESENTS “england”
London England
2010 – XVA “Women (Vol.1)”
Dubai UAE
2012 –Mummery & Schnelle “11 Paintings”
London England
2013- FallonBarr “Amuse Bouche”
New York USA
Fairs
2008 – The Creek Art Fair
Dubai UAE
2008 – SCOPE
London England
2009 – BAF
Dubai UAE
Selected Group Exhibitions
2004 – The Freud Museum “The royal road to the unconscious”
London England
2008 – ALEF & Phillips de Pury & Co “Regional Delicacies: Alef’s Art Mezze”
Dubai UAE
2008 – XVA Artist in Residence The Creek Art Fair
Dubai UAE
2008 – THE PRINTSPACE “10”
London England
2008 – XVA “summer collection”
Dubai UAE
2008 – The Wharf Project “Dystopia For All”
London England
2008 – CARTER PRESENTS “A Shot In The Arm”
London England
2009 – “A Shot In The Dark”
Chateau Radvanov
Czech Republic
2009 – XVA “summer collection”
Dubai UAE
2010 – La Lanta Gallery “Another Side”
Bangkok Thailand
2010 – Leroy House “Mortars At Dawn”
London England
2010 – DOB gallery “On The Edge”
Bangkok Thailand
2010 – Saatchi Gallery “Art of Giving”
London England
2010 – Traffic “I don’t need Your Money Honey, All I Need is Love – works from The Farook Collection
Dubai UAE
2011 – Harris Lindsay “Now and Then” by Adrian Dannatt
London England
2012 – New Museum of Liverpool “Liverpool Love”
Liverpool England