Biography
Jess Woodrow
Education:
MA - Bath College of Art + Design (2008 - distinction)
Fine Art pg dip - University of Wales (Cardiff).
BA(Hons) Fine Art - Howard Gardens Cardiff. (1990)
Diploma in Foundation studies - Weston-super-Mare college of art.
Presell comprehensive school Pembrokeshire.
Dominican college Wicklow Ireland.
Rathgar Junior school Dublin.
Tullamore national school. County Offaly Ireland.
Selected Exhibitions
2023 Concentric Group Show - West Wharf Gallery, Cardiff.
2023 RCA Open.
Selected for Beep painting prize 2022 at Elysium, Swansea.
2022 'Mad shadows Mute ghosts'. Curated by Jess Woodrow
Group show with Jacqueline Alkema, Rosie McLachlan, Sophie Woodrow, Flora McLachlan Oriel Q, Narberth Pembrokeshire.
2022 'Walking in Two Worlds', group show. Curated by Jonathan Powell, Steph Goodger, Julian Rowe. Volcano, Swansea (Elysium).
2022 'Hibernation', group show with work created in lockdown. Curated by David Morgan Davies. Abergavenny art shop and Chapel gallery.
2022 Drawing. Members show. Oriel Q, Narberth.
2021 Aspects of Landscape - 3 artists. Oriel Q, Narberth. Curated by Harriet Addyman.
2021 'Walking in Two Worlds'. Curated by Jonathan Powell, Steph Goodger and Julian Rowe. Oceans Apart Gallery, Salford and Oriel Caernarfon, Gwynedd.
2016 'The Sound of Water', solo show. Oriel Q, Narberth, Pembrokeshire.
2015 Abergavenny art shop and Chapel gallery - summer show.
2015 '10 Artists from Bristol and London', Searchers Contemporary, Bristol.
2013 'Objects of Desire'. Searchers Contemporary, Bristol.
2010 Open Painting - A survey of contemporary painting. RWA Bristol.
2006/8 I exhibited with West Wales Art centre Fishguard.
After my degree I was a member of Artspace in Bristol and was involved in the committee overseeing the transition to the new building that became Spike Island.
After my MA I was a member of BV studios in Bristol before returning to Wales.
I was elected to the Welsh Group in 2023
MA - Bath College of Art + Design (2008 - distinction)
Fine Art pg dip - University of Wales (Cardiff).
BA(Hons) Fine Art - Howard Gardens Cardiff. (1990)
Diploma in Foundation studies - Weston-super-Mare college of art.
Presell comprehensive school Pembrokeshire.
Dominican college Wicklow Ireland.
Rathgar Junior school Dublin.
Tullamore national school. County Offaly Ireland.
Selected Exhibitions
2023 Concentric Group Show - West Wharf Gallery, Cardiff.
2023 RCA Open.
Selected for Beep painting prize 2022 at Elysium, Swansea.
2022 'Mad shadows Mute ghosts'. Curated by Jess Woodrow
Group show with Jacqueline Alkema, Rosie McLachlan, Sophie Woodrow, Flora McLachlan Oriel Q, Narberth Pembrokeshire.
2022 'Walking in Two Worlds', group show. Curated by Jonathan Powell, Steph Goodger, Julian Rowe. Volcano, Swansea (Elysium).
2022 'Hibernation', group show with work created in lockdown. Curated by David Morgan Davies. Abergavenny art shop and Chapel gallery.
2022 Drawing. Members show. Oriel Q, Narberth.
2021 Aspects of Landscape - 3 artists. Oriel Q, Narberth. Curated by Harriet Addyman.
2021 'Walking in Two Worlds'. Curated by Jonathan Powell, Steph Goodger and Julian Rowe. Oceans Apart Gallery, Salford and Oriel Caernarfon, Gwynedd.
2016 'The Sound of Water', solo show. Oriel Q, Narberth, Pembrokeshire.
2015 Abergavenny art shop and Chapel gallery - summer show.
2015 '10 Artists from Bristol and London', Searchers Contemporary, Bristol.
2013 'Objects of Desire'. Searchers Contemporary, Bristol.
2010 Open Painting - A survey of contemporary painting. RWA Bristol.
2006/8 I exhibited with West Wales Art centre Fishguard.
After my degree I was a member of Artspace in Bristol and was involved in the committee overseeing the transition to the new building that became Spike Island.
After my MA I was a member of BV studios in Bristol before returning to Wales.
I was elected to the Welsh Group in 2023